Treesy
Has anyone else noticed how insanely popular trees have become in the past few years?
I’ve always been a tree fanatic. My parents own a greenhouse business and I was always more interested in everything outside the greenhouse (trees, shrubs, perennials) than in anything inside (houseplants and annuals). My dad always has an interested person to show cool new trees to when he brings them in…and I’m always complaining about the beautiful trees that cannot be grown here in chilly Zone 4. Japanese maples, for example. Most magnolias. It’s really a very long list.
All I can do is be thankful we’re not Zone 2. Wretched! I cannot imagine living above the treeline. It is so barren, so stark and uncomfortable up there, even without the vicious winters and the long, dark hours.
So that trees have become trendy lately is not something I’m going to complain about, though I am always curious about why trends move as they do. Etsy is particularly good at displaying trends. Trees are everywhere…and to prove it I will show you the tree items I have just in the first few pages of my favourites list, within pendants. The first one, from Anna Leigh Designs, also displays the Gothic trend, which just keeps getting more popular. Soft, punky, fantasy Gothic, reminiscent of a Tim Burton movie.
Here’s another one, by Gabriel, that looks vaguely Gothic. Very pretty/creepy and forest/fae.
This wire and stone chip pendant is by Beadiful Expressions. Wire and stone trees have been surfacing in the craft world for five years or so now, it seems…and here they are in pendant form:
This last one is the most classically ‘tree’ in my eyes, as it looks just like a ‘flesh-and-blood’ tree rather than a stylized version. But they’re all gorgeous and I’d gladly have any of them. This one is by ChickieGirl Creations:
I’d love to make a tree hairstick, but I think the best I can do is use wooden stick portions. I can’t draw or paint to save my life. 
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Izile commented on February 5, 2008, 12:34 pm:
I guess I never noticed trees NOT being popular. Then again, I was born and raised in the deep rural south.
Probably why I have such an affinity for trees. Gotta climb them. Can’t help myself. Go to China - climb a tree. Go to Italy - climb a tree. Go to Seattle - climb a tree. Go to Central Park - climb a tree. It’s an obsession.
Krista commented on February 5, 2008, 12:46 pm:
I’m from Ontario, Canada…eastern central, or thereabouts. It is VERY treesy here, with our huge maples and so on.
Trees as a design theme have only gotten huge like this in the past five years or so…maybe the past two or three, even.
My arms aren’t strong enough for vigorous tree-climbing. I’m a cyclist most of all, and a gardener, so my legs get more development than my arms. It is SO hard to get good biceps when you’re a girl. *pout*
Izile commented on February 5, 2008, 4:06 pm:
Hehe, my arms are pretty puny, I’m just determined and work with the tree to get up it.
http://images.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/c76/c20/c76c2033-ef73-4e9e-b248-b2cf38901af2
see if you can find me 
Krista commented on February 5, 2008, 7:42 pm:
I think I found you. You’re on one of the lower big branches…on the left of the picture…you’re wearing dark blue.
That’s a big tree! You being in the south means we likely have a lot of different trees around us.
Janet commented on February 15, 2008, 12:03 pm:
I love trees too. Thank you so much for featuring one of my tree pendants here on your blog! All the pendants that are pictured here are beautiful!! And I wish I could make a tree hairstick too. I’ve been experimenting ….
Krista commented on February 15, 2008, 2:09 pm:
The closest I’ve gotten is my Amazon hairsticks, which look sort of ‘treesy’: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=9530868
Thanks for stopping by! I love your pendants. Trees just make me all excited…
Aimee commented on February 23, 2008, 12:46 am:
You definitely have the skill to make treesy hairsticks, Krista! What about using graduated stone beads to form a pine shaped topper or using high-gauge flexible wires to create 3D branches? You’ve got the creative energy, I bet you could find a way!
Krista commented on February 23, 2008, 8:47 am:
Thanks. But I was thinking about the stick portion as well as the end/topper, which I don’t have the skill for, as I can’t carve, and intricate detail with clay is beyond me. Plus it would take so long that I’d have to charge and absurd amount to make it worth my time. But a tree-ish end could be done, I’m sure.
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