joy to the world, the tree has come

Every year, my sister and I plan a fresh new tree design. It involves lots of simple handmade ornaments and garlands and a topper, lovingly cut, assembled, stitched, strung, and more each year. It's at the top of my list of traditions I love.

This year, with Craft a Song of Christmas on the blog, I wanted to choose a song as the theme, so we picked Joy to the World because both Anna and I love it so. (There was a brief moment that we were considering Last Christmas, but we moved on...) We decided on the using the first verse of the song as our inspiration, and so I present to you, our Joy to the World Christmas Tree!



Joy to the world,



the Lord is come



Let earth receive



her King



Let every heart prepare Him room



And heaven and nature sing



And heaven and nature sing
And heaven and heaven and nature sing

Here's a quick breakdown...

Joy to the world: 18 gauge wire bent into the word joy based on this tutorial
the Lord is come: a felt tree topper based on my ornament design
Let earth receive: paper globes using this tutorial
her King: glitter scrapbooking paper cut and hot glued into crowns
Let every heart prepare Him room: freehand cut felt hearts
And heaven and nature sing: punched card stock clouds washi taped onto baker's twine
And heaven and nature sing: recycled card board birds (from a previous tree)



Now, have a very merry Christmas! I'll be back later this week, but I'm taking a few days to enjoy time with my family!