I’m so excited to show you my finished tree for the Michaels Holiday Dream Tree Challenge!!
So I know my colors were going to be turquoise, red, white …but when I started decorating, I fell in love with the red and white by themselves!
My favorite thing about the tree? These ginormous glittery candy cane ornaments…and yes they’re shatterproof, too.
Here’s a close up of the rest of the ornaments. Every single thing you see on this tree is from Michael’s so you can find what you need there along with many other themes.
As for the top of the tree? This was the very first year I haven’t had a star on top! I saw these blingy candy swirls and knew they had to top the tree!
Oh and in case you missed the how to add snow to an artificial tree tutorial…
I want to give the fabulous people at Michaels a HUGE thank you for inviting me to be a part of this amazing challenge.
Thank you for my dream Christmas tree! I couldn’t be happier!
Make sure to check out the many dream trees from the other bloggers on Michael’s Facebook Album, and their Pinterest board!
It is breathtaking-I absolutely love the red and white combination, very festive!
Thank you so much!!
Looks great!
Thank you Julie!
I LOVE the top – – great job!
I’ve never done anything but a star on top before…so it was a fun change!
wOW, IT DOESN’T GET PRETTIER THAN THAT. Christmas is at Kari’s house this year!!
Aw…Mom, you have to say that!!! Love you.
Pretty tree I want to try it this year how tall
Was your tree I have a 6 ft and a 9ft don’t know if it would be overwhelmi ng on the 9ft tree.
Hi Leeann, This picture is a 6ft tree but the following year I bought even more candy cane ornaments and used a 9ft tree. Both of them look great!!
Love love love this. Come do ours(:
I didn’t realize what a ton of work goes into this…especially the faux snow!
Kari! This is amazing. AMAZING!! I completely love it, I love how full it is, I love the spunky topper, the fun ornaments, the colors, love it all. I want this in my house! 🙂 Great job! xoxo
Thanks Brooke!! I love your tree, too. I love how you used the frames! Thanks for stopping by!
Wow thats so beautiful x
Thank you Sandra!
how much do you think you spent putting it together? were the swirls on top very expensive?
The sticks coming out of the top were about $5 each and that wasn’t using a coupon. I used 4 sticks on top! Not too bad!
You did an incredible job, Kari!! I absolutely love it, those giant candy canes rock!
Disney so fun to see you here!! Love that you stopped by and thanks!!
I love it!!!
Thank you Morena!
So, so cute Kari!! 🙂
Thank you so much Rebecca!!! By the way, I’m loving your new Christmas templates!
My daughter Tya has a white tree that she does in purple each year. (she is 14) She wants to add in white and do the candy canes in purple! She already has tons of purple ornaments.
Sounds gorgeous!!
Love it Kari! I’ve had a peppermint tree for years now. It’s nice because you can always find more red and white ornaments to decorate with. I have those same giant candy canes and they are my favorite part of the whole thing.
You have them, too? Aren’t they so gorgeous?!
This is so amazing!
It’s beautiful & I LOVE it- way to go!!
Thanks Patsy!!!
Oh my HECK! I absolutely love how this turned out. STUNNING!
You know how I am about candy canes!! lol
Thanks Beck.
Amazing! This is my theme every year but those giant candy canes are to die for. I have never seen those at our Michaels! Utah Michael’s stores are so much better.
You have mad skills!
I was in another Michaels store today and noticed they didn’t have the candy canes either. Looks like some stores carry more inventory than others.
Thanks for your sweet comment Lynette!
Oh my goodness, your tree is stunning!!! I love how everything blends so beautifully together. What a gorgeous job you did! 🙂
Thank you for your sweet compliments!!!
love it!! Especially those giant candy canes! : )
Those are my fave, too!! I didn’t know if they’d look good on my tree because they are so huge…thought I’d try it and so glad it worked out!
Beautiful tree. I would never have thought of using the big candy canes, but they look good.
Thank you Trina!
This is just fabulous– it’s gorgeous and so whimsical.
It’s so much fun to finally have my dream tree Elizabeth! Thanks.
I am headed to Michael’s tomorrow, hoping to find those swirlies you used for the top. I LOVE it!
I hope you find them Danielle! I love them!
Your tree is stunning! I love that when I google Michael’s trees this is one of the first ones to come up!
Now about those candy canes. I cannot find them at Michael’s. Did they come in a box or loose? I am having the hardest time and they really are a must-have! ;-D
Hi Cyndie,
Thank you! They come in a large clear box as a set of 4…I believe they’re 19.99, but with a coupon it makes them a little over $10…great deal!
Red & white is a great holiday color combination. You did a great job. Thanks for sharing.
I was actually going to add turquoise to the color pallet but decided to stick with the classic red/white…so glad I did!
I recently came upon your blog and LOVE it! Thanks for sharing all of your fun ideas! I love everything about your tree! I think I will use it as inspiration for mine! Do you have any suggestions for using the deco mesh? I’ve never worked with it before.
Thanks Corinn!
I love the deco mesh…it automatically sticks to the tree and I didn’t have to tie it on like I do with ribbon. Give it a try…you’ll LOVE it!
Absolutely awesome!
Where can I purchase the items on the tree?
Hi Joshua,
I found all of the items on this tree at Michaels Craft Store.
FABULOUS!
I love your blog. Im glad I’ve found it.
Hey i love your tree. Yes just came across it, I would love to recreate it, I live in the UK, I found ou That michaels doesn’t deliver to international addresses ? do you happen to know the names of the baubles etc so I can google them or something I am I live with the giant candy canes, do you happen to know their length, I have found some online but I want to make sure they are similar in length to the ones you have. My son would just love this. I know this post is a bit old but I am amazed.
Hi Kari,
would love to know if you could assist in identifying the ornaments you used for this tree, its amazing. Unfortunately Michaels does not have everything on your tree.
Is it a possibly to engage your services for a fee? Look forward to hearing from you.
Hi Priscille,
I actually created this tree 6 years ago so unfortunately they do not have many of the ornaments. They do have many similar peppermint ones though and you can put together a beautiful peppermint tree with many peppermint and snowflake ornaments out there.
Hope that helps!
Kari
how big is the candy cane? i tried searching on michaels, is it the 9″ or 16″?
This tree was actually one of my first Christmas trees back in 2005 so I’m not sure if they still sell this size of candy cane. I would guess these candy canes would be closer to 16″ they are pretty big!