I'm definitely some who would vote real in this week's
Bam or Slam over at The Mustard Seed. When I was younger, there was a Christmas tree farm on the outskirts of my home town. On the morning of the Friday after Thanksgiving, my Dad and I would go pick out our tree, then my Mom and I would decorate it while we watched the Arkansas-LSU game.
My first year of law school when I had my own apartment for the first time, I drove to the Christmas tree lot on in the tire center parking lot on Cantrell in Little Rock and negotiated down the price of my tree so I could have the one I loved. I stuck it as far into the trunk of my white Nissan Maxima as it would go, then tied the trunk lid down on top of it. Back at the apartment, I dragged it up the steps by the trunk to my second floor home.
Several years ago, I found this image in a Cottage Living magazine (RIP). I fell in love~
I'd never seen a real flocked tree before, so I tried to recreate my own version with an artificial silver tree that I found on Ebay~
It just wasn't the same, though. Last year when we walked in the Calloway's Garden Center where we get our trees in Texas, I wanted to cry. They had a whole section of the most beautiful trees I'd ever seen...they were flocked! I was too nervous to pull the trigger last year, but now I've waited 11 months to get my flocked tree.
I woke up at 7 a.m. on Black Friday--not to shop--but to go get my flocked tree! After a stop at Starbucks to fuel up with a skinny latte, we were on our way! I ended up lucking into finding a 10' foot "skinny" tree that I had custom "super" flocked. And, yes, the sales lady and I went through a whole round of "flocking" jokes. I don't think her manager was as amused as she and I were! I had to wait over 24 hours for it to dry, so at 7 p.m. on Saturday night, we went to bring my baby home!
I want to keep the suspense a little longer, though, so I'll leave you with a few of the images that inspired me to flock my tree!
