THEME TREES

Way back in 1991-1992 we lived in Union at The Queen Anne Inn. It is a big historical 3 story house with a basement. It was a bed and breakfast. The owners (friends of ours) were going to go to live in Hawaii for a year and needed someone to run the inn. We did it and it was awesome. We had guests. We had weddings. We had ghosts. We had a lovely big house with expansive grounds. I decorated for the holidays and I had a tree in every room. There were lots of rooms and lots of trees. It was fun thinking of different themes for the trees to match the rooms. When we left there I decided to carry on the themed tree idea. Here's a list of the trees since:
1993 - Victorian Pressed Paper Ornaments (from the union house)
1994 - Snowman Tree (snowmen fabric stiffened then cut out each individual snowman)
1995 - Natural Tree (nuts, fruit slices, cranberries, rafia bows)
1996 - Santa Tree (I tole painted a lot of santas)
1997 - Noah's Ark (I already had a collection so I used that then we painted paper animals)
1998 - Nativity (I used nativity sets I had already, then lots of nativity christmas cards)
1999 - Victorian (antiques around the house, hankies, spoons, buttons, tea cups, etc.)
2000 - Old Fashioned Kitchen (cookie cutters, utensils, sifters, gingerbread cookies)
2001 - Gold (everything in the color gold and this was my least favorite of all)
2002 - Outdoor Life (traded ornaments with a friend)
2003 - Antique glass ball ornaments (been collecting them at thrift and antique stores)
2004 - Red and white (used some from victorian, snowman and santa trees)
2005 - Patriotic Tree (Brandon's first tour in Iraq. Red, white and blue lights, balls, flags)
2006 - Silver and Green (Very pretty, used new and old. Anything in the house that color)
2007 - Red, White and Green (Basic christmas colors...makes a beautiful tree)
2008 - Red, White, Blue (Iraq again. This makes a very impressive tree. So beautiful)
2009 - Silver, White and Green (I'm stuck on these pretty color combinations)
2010 - Christmas Cards (All christmas decor packed and stored so I punched holes in cards)

This year I started with lime green and white. I had got a lot of ornaments last year on clearance. As I was decorating it I added in some red and it is really quite beautiful in person.
Maybe it's time to think of a theme that's not a color. We'll see!