CHRISTMAS TREE AS A 

CENTER PIECE

Christmas time is right around the corner. You probably started decorating your home and thinking of inviting your friends and family for Christmas or New Year party or you may just want to decorate your home and give a sense of Holiday feel to it.

You can create a pseudo Christmas tree with various elements. One example is what I did in the above picture.

Here is How:

• To create an exact look that you see in the above picture, you need to have 17 wine glasses; approximately 7" to 8" height, glue dots for securing the glasses, silver decorative beads, red satin ribbons, decorative snow flakes and white votive candles.

• First decide where do you want to display your pseudo Christmas tree, because when you set your display, you aren't able to move it around. So you need to be sure where you want to place it.
• There are five tiers of glasses need to be set in order to create your Christmas tree. 
• To create the first/bottom tier: Set seven wine glasses horizontally next to each other. This is considered as your bottom or first tier. You can use glue dots on the  bottom of each wine glasses to secure them to your table.
• To create the second tier: You need four glasses for this step. Facing to your first tier of glasses that you have created and starting from left to right; 1) Place your first glass in between the rims of the second and third glasses that you set on the bottom/first tier, 2) Place your second glass in between the rims of the third and fourth glasses that you set on the bottom/first tier, 3) Place your third glass in between fourth and fifth glasses that you set on the bottom/first tier, 4) Place your fourth glass in between the rims of fifth and sixth glasses that you set on the bottom/first tier. Now you have created your second tier of your tree. You can use glue dots at the bottom of your wine glasses to secure them and prevent them from falling down.  
• To create the third tier: You need three wine glasses for this step. Facing to your first and second tiers and starting from left to right; 1) Place your first glass in between the rims of the first and second glasses on the second tier that you have already created, 2) Place the second glass in between the rims of the second and third glasses that you have already created on the second tier, 3) Place the third glass in between the rims of the third and fourth glasses on the second tier that you have already created. Now you are done with your third tier. You can use glue dots on the bottom of each glasses to secure them and prevent them from falling down.
• To create the fourth tier: You need two wine glasses for this step. Facing to your first, second and third tiers and starting from left to right; 1) Place your first glass in between the rims of the first and second glasses in the third tier that you have already created, 2) Place the second glass in between the rims of the second and third glasses in the third tier that you have already created. Now you have done setting up your fourth tier of pseudo Christmas tree.
• To create the fifth tier: This is the final step. You need only one wine glass for this step. Facing to your first, second, third and fourth tiers, place your glass in between the rims of the first and second glasses in the fourth tier that you have already created.

Now that you have created your pseudo Christmas tree, it is time for you to decorate it. I've used silver decorative beads and red satin ribbons. I have also used decorative snow flakes that I've placed on the rims of my outer glasses. I've used white votive candles around my tree and I've place one red long candle inside my glass in the last tier to give light and shine to my tree. You can decorate anyway you like. Let your imagination fly and be creative.

Enjoy your tree.

Moji