Tuesday, January 1, 2013

A Very Supernatural Christmas

Since I was in college, I've always had a little tree in my room to decorate for Christmas.  The tradition started when I went Dumpster Diving at the end of a spring semester and came across a small pink Christmas tree.  I kept it in my apartment and decorated it for each holiday.  I parted with the tree a couple years ago, but last year I bought a new white tree with colored lights.  That year I decorated with with pink, girly items.  This year, I wanted a fandom tree.  I really wanted Person of Interest, but it was too hard to think of feasible ornaments:

After a long debate with my Mom, I decided on Supernatural.  Of course, I started with Cas as the Tree Topper.

"You should show me some respect."  Sorry, Cas...
I wanted something reminiscent of the angel blades, so I went with a silver cone design for the topper.  This was pretty easy to make, really.  Roll up some cardboard, use some shiny material (I cut up a Mylar emergency blanket^^'), then print out your favourite version of Cas.  Caveat, though: I would use stiff paper for the wings so they don't droop or tape a popsicle stick or something behind them.  I was much too lazy to do this at first, so I ended up covering the wings in clear packing tape--sorted!
S...h...i...n...y...
Finding ornaments for this tree was difficult, so I had to get pretty creative/weird.  My brother, Luke, donated his cap gun to the tree (which was a blessing, as that meant he no longer used it to shoot the noisy, smelly caps in the hallway).  I also added a blue Christmas pick, for Cas' eyes.

 I used a tie as the "garland", but I liked it better tied backwards, so I just draped it over the tree.  Up top there is a black muscle car for the Impala (I'm ashamed to say it's a convertible, but that's all I could find at Hobby Lobby...)  Now, I really wanted a cheeseburger ornament for Dean, but those proved to be ridiculously hard to find, so I settled for a diner with on on the sign.  Next to it is a slice of pie for Dean (also a confection for Gabriel).  Below that is a sock monkey for Misha.

On the opposite side are a few angel items: the single white feather for Cas and the gold wing-shaped heart for my angel ships (couldn't help myself).
Why, yes, this bookshelf IS mostly comprised of manga...
And, there you have it.  All in all, I'm pretty happy with my Supernatural tree.  This year I'll keep an eye out for anything else I can add to it next Christmas.  So far I need a hex bag, pentagram-something, gun, something for Sam (can you BELIEVE I couldn't find ONE moose ornament?!), and more for secondary-characters.  
Leave me some suggestions in the comments!!

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