Christmas Decorations to make at Home

Hi guys! I wanted to share an idea I had for soe outdoor Christmas decorations. I started browsing about a month ago and was shocked at the prices. Plus I don't know if I even need to mention this out loud but

I am not a blow up decor kinda gal. It's not my style to have a plastic Rudolph sitting in my yard. Pisser would have a fit.

Also, because if I were to buy the items I conjure up in my blonde brain, I'd pay a fortune and hubby works cheap.

Plus I don't have to pay for shipping!

I scrounged around in our scrap pile and found some more of that industrial shelving Greg brought home, and we cut it up to make a Christmas tree.

I asked him to use other items we already had on hand like metal washers and a piece of re-bar.

Mainly because if my idea went from epic to hair brained, I didn't want to say it cost us any money.

I could just shrug it off and say "ehh I was bored".

I asked Greg to make notches in the washers and then weld the metal triangles he cut onto them.

My thinking is; if I can take it apart, it will be easier to store it away 11 months out of the year.

I plan on sanding the color off a bit and letting it rust up a bit. Which it is doing that already as it is outside, behind the garage.

It should be strong enough to stand up to our high winds and the re-bar can go deep enough into the ground to keep it from flying into my neighbors house as well.

I have plans to make two more in varied sizes, and I am currently debating if I need to use metal again or maybe do one in wood and another in plexi glass.

Three different materials for 3 different sized trees kind of sounds interesting, but I am thinking metal would be a more consistent look for what I have in mind.

I just need to make up my mind and go buy some or scrounge around some more.

Especially since I only have 3 more weeks until we start putting out our decorations outside.

My mind is yelling "get it in gear blondie!"