My burlap Christmas

I'm going au' natrual for Christmas this year. Oh please, get your mind out of the gutter. Au' natrual meaning BURLAP! Burlap on my Christmas tree. (And be prepared for photo overload.) Check out my burlap banner too! Every year when I decorate my Christmas tree, I get the ornaments out and stare at them for a while, organize them by color and start putting them on the tree. I've tried to add ribbon to the tree, only to have it look completely ridiculous, like a novice slapped it on the tree. I guess I am a novice when it comes to decorating a Christmas tree. I mean c'mon, don't most of us only do this once a year? I've searched and searched the web for some great Christmas tree decorating tips. There are no excellent tutorials out there, and unfortunately, this is not a tutorial either. Rather, just a post about how I was able to get my tree looking how I finally wanted it to look after decorating a tree for hhhmmmmffffthmmteen years. What I was ...