Black-and-White Beauty

With a mix of textures and patterns, a basic black-and-white palette can be just as festive as the standard red and green during the holidays. Colleen Pausley of Life on Kaydeross Creek was inspired to create this rustic neutral tree after finding steely gray bells at a local home decor shop and then picking up some coordinating gift wrap at a discount store. She stamped cute wood slice ornaments to double as gift tags and tree decor and filled out the tree with silver and white glass balls, salt dough cutout ornaments and buffalo-check ribbon garland.

The rustic wood ornaments contrast nicely with the smooth finish of the glass balls. Turn to page 41 to learn about stamping wood slices, or see Colleen’s blog for more instructions.