I'm with Lis...
I've gone the non-traditional option too, mainly because I still haven't finished decorating our tree and it isn't fit for human consumption....
Was pretty proud of these little home made decorations, just bought some red beads, some cheap vases from a discount shop and the little silver, jewelled trees were from Kmart for about $4.20 each.
After Christmas I will just take out the Christmas trees from the top and leave the beads and vases as they are, because our family room is
decorated in browns and reds.
