Church Christmas Decor 2013

I put up Christmas decorations at my church again

this year.... the theme I was asked to stick with was

"White Christmas." That was the name of the program

that the church did, so they wanted the decorations to

reflect it. I was a little sad because the red decorations

we had last year were so beautiful! But... it made sense

why they wanted to change it up.

 

Unfortunately, the budget for the decorations was much

smaller than last year's, so I couldn't really do too much.

So 10 trees and over 200 feet of garland later... here it is!



The focal point is, once, again, the 11 foot Christmas tree behind

the choir loft. It is a pain to put up because of it's height... and even

more of a pain to fluff the branches and add lights!

But it sure is pretty once it's finished.

 

For the smaller trees, I just put some white garland around

them to help with the white color scheme.

 

For the trees that were on the stage, we added fake snow to the

branches as well as in lieu of tree skirts. I would have liked to

put down more "snow" under the trees, but ran out of time and budget.

 

I found these flocked wreaths at Big Lots and thought they

looked nice. I tried adding some things to the wreath, but in

the end, decided they looked better being just plain.

 

I also had three trees at different entrances to the church. We added

some snowflake ornaments as well as silver ball ornaments, and white

deco mesh ribbon as a topper and garland.  Fake snow went underneath

these trees as well.

 

Front entrance tree:

 

Side entrance tree:

Cafe entrance tree:

I got a little bit electrocuted while

decorating this tree! I was fluffing some

branches with the lights on, and touched

a light that the glass had busted!

I also found these silver snow lined trees at

Hobby Lobby that I liked, and got enough to put

in each of the 6 window sills in the santuary.

 It doesn't look like much, but it took 65 man hours to decorate

the church! It's a huge undertaking, even when doing something

more muted and understated.  I really want to say THANK YOU

to the following people who took their precious time during this

busy season to help me out, whether it was for 5 minutes or for

7.5 hours!!! I can't even describe how much you all saved me -

there's no way it could have been done without you all pitching in!

 

Rebecca Albert

Debbie Bandy

Mark Bandy

Brittany Belcher

Paul Belcher

Beth Calvert

Elizabeth Cooper

Evie Davis

Karisa Dillon

Judy Gibbs

Mary Greene

Lee Hale

Isaiah Haynie

Keith Herbert
Randy Jackson

Paul James

Melinda McComas

Terri McCoy
Brad Miller

Roger Mills

Terri Owens

Mindy Reed

Rob Reed

Bethany Sharp

 

And also, thanks to Pat & Danya McClintic for

donating another tree to the church this year!

 

Now.... who's free to help take DOWN the decorations

on January 1st, New Year's Day?? Pretty please?!?

Many hands make light work!!!