My grandmother Annie loved to put beads on her tree. She would go out in her backyard, cut her own tree, drag it in and decorate it. She could do most anything and was good at whatever she tried. She was quirky and funny and her tree matched her personality. When she got older and it was more difficult to handle the large tree she would just cut a branch and put it on top of a table, by the window, of course. She used the same ornaments that she used for the large tree, so it would bend and sway with the weight. Her beads were always so interesting. I believe they actually came from her jewelry box.
