12 Days of Catmas: Day One - DIY Photo Tree

Hello Friends and welcome to Day 1 of the 12 Days of Catmas!

Starting today and until the magical day of December 25, I will be posting every single day!  The posts will range from extreme Christmas related things to completely not Christmas related things. Please anticipate that these posts may be long or kind of short but I hope you will still enjoy hearing from me everyday!

DAY 1:

If you read my Christmas Dorm Decor post, you probably saw that I arranged my photos into a Christmas tree shape and I mentioned how I've never seen anything done like that before, so today I thought I would share a little info about how I did it as well as a little template for you to follow should you decide to do it too!  And in case you have no idea what I'm talking about, this is what I did:

Like I mentioned before, I've never seen something like this done on Pinterest of anything, I've only see people arrange fairy lights in a tree shape, or they use garland.  So because I couldn't find anything, there was no template or anything for me to follow, meaning I had to think hard (which really isn't that hard, I'm just lazy).  I just started arranging the photos on the wall and let it happen and I think it turned out really nice.  So step by step, here is what I did!

But first, SUPPLIES!  

• 27 (ish) photos (I used 8 portrait style, 15 landscape style, and 4 photo booth strips)
• Poster putty - or you can use tape that won't damage the wall

Optionally:

• Decorations for around the photos i.e. a star for the top
• The following template

I made this template for you to follow if you'd like as well.  I would've liked to have a template to follow, but it's up to you!  And of course yours does not have to be exactly like mine.  Feel free to not follow the template and do you're own thing!

Step 1:

You don't have to do this, but I personally like to lay out my photos on the floor first and arrange them so I know exactly what it will look like in the end.  It just makes it easier so if you mess up, you can fix it without having to peel and restick it onto the wall.  After I lay it out, I like to take a photo of it just in case I forget what it's supposed to look like.

Step 2:

Start placing your photos onto the wall!  I like to start at the top so I know that I won't run out of space at the top.  Make sure you leave a space at the top if you're going to put a star!

Step 3:

Decorate it!  Put garland or lights around the tree, put ornaments between the photos.  This part is completely up to you're creative minds.  I kept mine simple only because I forgot to add extra stuff lol.

Step 4:

Admire you're hard work.  It's not a difficult job to do, but it can be quite time consuming.  It took me a good hour to do the entire tree.  It'll probably take you more or less depending on how badly you're trying to get it done.  

And that's it!  It's really easy to do and it'll look even better when you make it your own.  If you make your own photo Christmas tree, tweet me a photo using #thecaitlynlee and #12DaysofCatmas!  I'd love to see it!  

As always, thank you so much for reading and Have a Merry Christmas!  See you again tomorrow :)

Love, Cat <3