Funky Christmas Tree
 

I want one. Anyone seen any in the stores? Last year I had an arrangement of birch poles, red dogwood etc. this year I'd like something maybe metal, a tree skeleton shape. No built in lights though.

Otherwise I might break a branch off the tree outside and spray that white but that idea is a little old hat. I may even have to resort to a real tree.

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we aren't allowed real trees :(

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First I thought of sheet metal with the tree stencil cut out and back-lit, then that it would be easier and more versatile to make or buy a gobo of a tree and project it (on metal if you wish).

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A gobo? What's a gobo? It doesn't sound very polite.

ID like a three dimensional tree that I can hang the ornaments on, really just a metal sculpture od a deciduous tree without leaves. There's no time to start welding and cutting.

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perhaps you need a metal stree too. I should set up production.

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I like this one

http://forum.make-the-cut.com/upload...d/19/12499.jpg

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There must be something by Blue Peter involving coat hangers.

Do you have sticky-back plastic?

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Me neither but then I'm not allowed goats either.

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yeah but for me it is just the condo boards rules rather than court mandated :)

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That's probably why he hasn't started a goats thread.

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He will soon!

It sounds a bit 'UnCanadian' to ban Christmas trees Zoe? Is this common in condos?

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i think so and to be fair when you see the mess that the people who ignore it make trying to get their tree in the elevator and up 40 floors , you can see why

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Our strata Volkssturm only allows artificial trees, which on the one hand makes our tree get cheaper every year. :thumbup:

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in fairness our condo boards rules are really not that bad, there isn't a single one I can't see a legitimate cause for

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I think there might be a law or something in BC about live trees and multi-family dwellings as even the places that are not part of a strata or condo board and pure rentals ban them as well.

I found a loophole anyhow, small potted pine tree I happen to decorate in December. Its small only 3 feet tall, it's a house plant.