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Christmas Countdown 11 - Christmas Tree #15 : Bling



Rhinestone Christmas tree 
Advent Blog Day 15 - Bling 
With only 10 more days to go, sparkly 'bling' trees had to make an appearance. I first knew about small Christmas trees and wreaths made from vintage jewellery sometime ago when Gloria from Anne's Glory Box introduced them to her embellishing classes. There is no shortage of images of  absolutely beautiful trees and ornaments which  collectors of jewellery have lovingly created from their treasures... I'll let you  "ooh and aah" ... 
Costume jewellery trees 

Beads, brooches and watches 
Gold Jewellery

And here is a basic tutorial - you provide your own jewels .... 
Turorial - Treasure Trees 
http://artfullymusing.blogspot.com/2013/01/jeweled-trees-tutorial.html
Or you might have a collection of vintage watches .... 
Vintage Watches 
 Other possibilities are Christmas tree art works ... 


And then let's get serious  with the real stuff ... 


Swarovski crystals 

Diamond Christmas Tree :  Singapore ( Value US$ 1, 005, 000. ) 

24 k gold Christmas tree ; Osaka, Japan 
Let's catch a breath and see you tomorrow for some more amazing Christmas trees ... 

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