Kitchen Tree

This is a little tree I usually put up in my kitchen. The tree itself is from Michael's, where there are always great sales before Christmas. It's all decked out with some silverplated cutlery. Everything is small, to match the scale of the tree.

There are some sugar tongs, a butter knife, a couple of children's spoons and a diminutive salt shaker. There's also a small fork -- a fish fork? Plaid ribbon entwines the whole, and a small St. Nicholas peeps out from behind the branches.

The tree sits on our butcher block cabinet, along with a few Christmas plates and some more greenery. Slowly but surely, Christmas is unfolding here. More to follow in the days ahead...