Thread: Bah! Who needs a black tree? ;)

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I want one also. I am sad by the fact, I very rarely ever luck up on deals like this.

I wish I bought black tress while I had a chance.

Love it!!Way to work with what you have.Love the scene you created.

Hallow Mistress of the Abyss! You don't really need a "sewn" tree skirt...IMO - get a few yards of fabric - the colors or textures of your choice - and simply place it around the tree in a scattered/bunched sort of way. I think the bumps and texture would be sooo cool under the tree! That way - you can even add a few little rats or snakes peeking out from the folds of the fabric. You could even bunch a black spider web around the base. Set the tree on top - in the middle - and let it radiate out from the center. . . then put a sparkle pumpkin or three underneath at the base. Viola!

My poor MysterE had to hold me back from our Garden Ridge assortment of various colors of trees!They had PURPLE and Orange ones!! Pine tree shape - so not as knarley and creepy as your wonderful one - but so fun for a Halloween display year round!! Hubby wouldn't budge... I think our bargain cookie jar funds are all but crumbs until next year....

As for making one for you --- I could make a nice one - but Santa has not yet brought my new sewing machine .... Could you wait until next year?

BOO!

Duplicate post deleted - thanks. (Sorry Larry)

Sometimes you gotta axe yourself "What Would Martha Stewart Do????" ... then you do the exact polar opposite!!!

$One.Fiddy per yard "creepy" Burlap "fabric". If it must be shaped, cut a "Pac-Man" shape, and call it good. Frayed Ends might look nice... if so.. play "Frayed Ends of Sanity" by Metallica whilst fraying the ends.

$3 per yard white cotton 'canvas'. A misnomer'ed fabric not actually made from canvas fiber.. Wash it with that Ritt Super whitener, phosphate stuff and hit it with a black light.

OR get some of those fancy craft sponge sheets, make skull, ghost, witch silhouette shaped sponges. Soak the sponge in Ritt super whit & water, and stamp the white fabric. Hit it with a blacklight.

OR Super white the canvas, then do a batik pattern. Mix glow powder into the wax. Glow in the Dark Powder Its pricey, I have not tried doing batik this way.. I am just guessing its possible. I have no idea how the ultra green is only $80 per pound, and the zinc stuff is more than $50. Then hit it with a black light.

OR you could "sacrifice" some Hi-lighter markers, mix the innards with rubbing alcohol then "paint' the white fabric. Then hit it with a black light.

OR.. back to square one. Sew a nice tree skirt.

love the tree. and what fun ideas everyone is giving you for skirt ideas. if you have any halloween tissue wrapping paper of a larger size you could crinkle that under there and then place a few halloween bows. you can do a lot with trees.

hallowsusieboo, wal-mart has a blue tree, and i saw a gold tree and a black tree at khols. i've never seen an orange one, that would be pretty.

very cool ,great clearance bargain- my Walmart didn't have anything like that, in fact they had not much of anything for Halloween this year, let alone clearance(BOO!) lots of great ideas for a tree skirt!

you could put cheap harley emblems on it,orange tinsel-garlan-and sell it to a biker.

The tree looks great, and I really like the light-up moon and bats in the background. What a fantastic find!