Christmas Tree

I finished my crocheted Christmas tree! I was up until 2 AM last night finishing it up and taking pictures. None of the pictures I took really do it justice. The little garland that I chained is much more sparkly than it looks in the pics. I just finished making a table top tree. I used to make these all the time out of coat hangers. For the life of me, though, I could NOT remember how to assemble the coat hangers! I finally was about to give up when I noticed this wooden paper towel holder that I had sitting in here (was supposed to be to aid in rolling yarn, but didn't work) anyway, I ended up bending coat hangers and using LOTS of duct tape (sometimes I do things like a dude! :D ) and made a tree like frame contraption! I then took another 45 minutes to wrap lights around it and tape them in place. However, when I wrapped the garland (had to used two 18' lengths together to make it full enough) I discovered the lights were mostly hidden! Well, I'd NEVER made one with the lights on the outside before, but there's a first time for everything! So I undid them all (another 30 minutes) wrapped the garland back around, and then the lights on top. Pretty! I was done in by that point, so I put the whole shebang on the table in the living room. I have little mini ornaments, so tomorrow morning I will decorate it. THEN I will take some pics! I kind of wish I'd taken pics of it UNassembled first! :D Only two more days before it's back to school! :( But, that's okay. Now that I have everything cleaned up, who needs time to crochet, craft, burn dvd's etc.? Here is also a pic of my coffee table decoration. Bibi has gotten very used to having her "mommy" around! She's not going to know what to think when there's not a warm body to cuddle with in the cold! Ooops! I forgot to give you a link to find the Christmas tree pattern by my friend, June Gilbank! Do go and check out her wonderful patterns and other great things! http://www.planetjune.com/blog/christmas-trees-crochet-pattern/