under the wire

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This was a rough but good year. Big projects and heavy schedules sit on the horizon and I’m working to clear the tedium of life prior to the chaos.

I thought that included holiday decorations, but as Christmas neared neither of us wanted to wake up without a tree on Christmas, so I got to work re-imagining Star Trek: The Christmas Tree as a tabletop edition.

I’m thrilled with the results.

a table with a small Christmas tree on it. the tree is full of Hallmark Star Trek character ornaments and red plastic icicles. the table is covered with a tree skirt made from vintage Star Trek printed fabric. the Hallmark Star Trek storytellers stand on it along with a couple of other Hallmark Star Trek tabletop pieces. the table is surrounded by wrapped presents with big, fancy bows.
we wrapped presents mostly for Lulu, who loves ripping them open.
her presents are tucked away,
for reasons...
a table with a small Christmas tree on it. the tree is full of Hallmark Star Trek character ornaments and red plastic icicles. the table is covered with a tree skirt made from vintage Star Trek printed fabric. the Hallmark Star Trek storytellers stand on it along with a couple of other Hallmark Star Trek tabletop pieces.
I’m quite happy with the drape
of Star Trek: The Tree Skant
on the tabletop.

This year’s tree is highly edited, sticking to mostly non-magic character ornaments and new and/or newish ships. Only a handful of batteries in this iteration.

close-up of the multicolor, shaggy tinsel tree. there are little faux tribbles tucked into the branches.
our fantastic cobbled animated treetop
won’t fit on the tiny tree,
so I used a metal not-Keepsake
Hallmark ornament as the topper.
improv gets you everywhere.
close-up of the new USS Titan ornament and the comic con exclusive repaint of the Enterprise G.
the Crown store released USS Titan
and the Comic-Con exclusive
Enterprise G repaint.
close-up of Hallmark's new Ensigns Mariner and Boimler from Star Trek: Lower Decks.
Lower Decks! Lower Decks!
Lower Decks!
Mariner and Boims join ST:TCT
close-up of this year's new Guinan ornament from Hallmark from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Guinan defends ST:TCT from Q’s attack!
a close-up of... oops! how did Rick and Morty get there? they are always popping up, stupid portal gun...
what are they doing here?
Rick and Morty popped in for a caper. probably gonna steal our tree
for portal juice.
*bbbbbeeeeeellllccchhhhhh*
close-up of the NSEA Protector from my husband's favorite Star Trek movie: Galaxy Quest. Rick and Morty hanging out in the background.
the NSEA Protector
from our favorite Star Trek movie:
Galaxy Quest.
close-up of this year's mini Hallmark Star Trek ornaments: 7 of 9, and Voyager.
tiny 7 of 9 and Voyager
close-up of the new Star Trek arcade game ornament. the screen lights up and dialog from the game plays.
Star Trek: The Arcade Game
close-up of the Borg Cube tabletop decoration, complete with mini Enterprise D.
the Borg cube, living large

5 thoughts on “under the wire”

  1. Rick & Morty!? I expected the Protector, but not R & M! Tree looks amazing. Love the Lower Decks ornaments and the Trek video game one, too. Gorgeous tree.

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