You will need:

A small 8" to 12" artificial Christmas tree.

Pieces of german statice, dried purple, pink, blue statice. Pieces of baby's breath, love-in-the-mist, cock's comb, and other dried floral materials.

Hot glue gun.

Mauve or blue or any other favorite color ribbon-about 1/4-1/2 inch in width.

Start tucking in pieces of dried floral material into the branches of your tree, hot glueing them in place. Fill in all the branches until tree is full, and you almost see the green of the tree. Top the tree with a tied ribbon, adding 1 star anise to the top!

You will have something so pretty to share with a friend or keep for yourself! Plus, I think you will have a hard time putting this item away after the holiday season is over!! Let me know if you give this a try!