VINTAGE SHEET MUSIC CHRISTMAS TREES
Holiday greetings from Lake Arrowhead!
If you’ve been following my blog for a while you may remember that for several years I’ve been in charge of making the centerpieces for a Holiday Luncheon and Fundraiser held each year at our Country Club. Last year I made these glistening gold Christmas trees for the tables.
I wrote a tutorial on how you too can make these golden centerpieces. Read all about it here.
The year prior to last I made these centerpieces for the same event, placing live trees in urns tied up in burlap ribbon.
This year the theme for the event was “All the Sounds of Christmas”. I searched the internet for centerpiece ideas with a music theme and came up with this idea for Vintage Sheet Music Christmas Trees on a website called Twig Decor.
Image Via Twig Decor
I followed her tutorial and with a couple of modifications made my own Vintage Sheet Music Christmas Trees.
The inspirational tutorial over on Twig Decor suggested using actual vintage sheet music. I didn’t have a source for vintage sheet music so instead I searched the internet for printable vintage Christmas sheet music and came up with this resource on a website called Kick of Time. I downloaded the printable sheet music found here and printed it out on both sides of the paper. Each 14 inch tall Christmas tree required about seven, 8 1/2 x 11 sheets.
I cut the sheet music in half lengthwise and then cut each strip into triangles. Using an open pair of scissors, I curled the wide end of the triangles in the same fashion as you would curl ribbon.
After searching every conceivable resource for cones, I found that styrofoam and oasis cones were very pricy. Then I came across these hollow paper cones here on one of my favorite websites, SaveOnCrafts.com. Their 14 inch cones were priced at an affordable $2.99 each.
Using a hot glue gun and starting at the bottom of the cones, I glued down the pointy side of the sheet music triangles.
I continued gluing in an irregular, circular fashion until I reached the pointy top.
I then covered the top of the cone with a flat, uncurled sheet of paper, covering up all of the exposed cardboard cone.
Each tree was crowned with a tiny ornament that I purchased at Home Depot.
You may have noticed that the inspiration tree from Twig Decor sits on a slice of real log which creates the appearance of a tree trunk. Since my cones were hollow I skipped this step. At the luncheon (which I couldn’t attend this year) my trees were placed on round mirrors and surrounded by votive candles. I was told they looked great.
At the end of the event each of the 13 Vintage Sheet Music Christmas Tree Centerpieces were sold for $25.00 each, adding to the funds raised at the luncheon. All of the proceeds from the event go toward college scholarships to local mountain kids and for care packages to our local troops stationed abroad. Two very worthy causes for which I was happy to be a part of.
So there you have it: VINTAGE SHEET MUSIC CHRISTMAS TREES
Thank you Twig Decor for the inspiration!
Need some more holiday inspiration? Check out these posts:
A Capital Christmas | Celebrating Christmas in Washington, DC.
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