Manzanita Trees (??)

Okay, not sure if that's what they are called but they are the little trees with the branches on them that some people use for centerpieces! where can I find them?? ANy ideas?

You're right, they are manzanita trees.

http://www.bloomsandbranches.com/

you can also find them on www.nettletonhollow.com and www.save-on-crafts.com

I got a few of mine from the San Francisco Flower Mart...they have one in LA too.  I ordered the rest of mine from BloomsAndBranches.  They arrived pretty quickly.  I ordered the 24" branches.  A couple of them were a little on the narrow side so I put two of them together to make it a little wider.  I suggest that if you order from them order an extra branch (or 2) just to be safe.

where are you girls getting the crystals for the treess??

we got ours at the LA flower district. they have SO many stores there that carry them

Check out ebay, especially the vendor "lookingforcrystals".  Here is his online store.  http://stores.ebay.com/Looking-For-Crystals  We ordered about 2,200 crystals, prestrung (silver and gold) directly from him.  They are 30% lead crystal and very sparkley!  He is very nice and easy to work with.  His name is Peter. 

You can also get the branches here: http://www.save-on-crafts.com/hb.html

Jess,  I'm using the acrylic crystal strands from www.shopwildthings.com.  They have crystal strand 'curtains.'  I just cut the strands off of the curtain rail and then into varying lengths for the trees.

http://www.shopwildthings.com/clgecu.html