Mod and shiny stainless steel tree…

Upside down corner tree — seriously, this is not an upside down photo.

Who the heck can drink this much soda?

Stray Dog Designs creates wonderful offbeat home items; including Christmas trees. So Nightmare Before Christmas style; I love them. There’s way more to see at Stray Dog.

Tacky purple tree or lighted palm trees from Treetopia (they also have candy apple red, black, pretty in pink and lots more.)

For our b5 Canadian friends:

And last but not least Charlie Brown’s sad little tree — not so offbeat, but I couldn’t resist.

Which of these will you be enjoying this year?

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Offbeat Christmas Trees for Offbeat Homes

I love this. Keim took cookie homes to a whole new level here. He used Lightwave to create a 3D model, made templates, and has the whole process available to see at his website Haunted Dimensions.  This structure is nothing short of amazing — I think kids especially would love it.

Can you believe the detail. So cool.

If you visit Haunted Dimensions you can see the whole house going up, more photos of the finished project and do much more nifty stuff like download the templates for your own house, see other mansion projects (think paper 3D), and more. The site is tons of spooky creative fun. You can also send in your own photos if you give this edible home building a try. Many people have sent Keim their versions but my favorite is the wedding cake with a tiny (and dead) bride and groom. Very Nightmare Before Christmas style.

This is my recommendation for your must visit Halloween season site this year — edible architecture. What could be better?

Would you try this? I think it’d be fun but Cedar might get tired before we finish.  

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The Haunted Mansion Sugar Cookie House