Hi all thanks for the support :) Kylie, would you have cuttings of the ones that have not yet flowered? If you do, and if you would like the white from Trinidad, i wouldnt mind trying the ones you have, hopefully i may get them to bloom. Thanks again everyone :)

What kind are you looking for? Are you near Seattle? Look for a copy of TREES OF SEATTLE - SECOND EDITION. Locations of numerous kinds of maple trees are given. Lots of them on streets and other places where you could help yourself without anyone being bothered.

Thanks for the reply, sboxx. I've been doing some looking around on the internet and think the deal at Costco is the way I'm going to go. You mentioned a good price from Walmart on the Expression, but I have to think that's for the machine only. At Costco, I would also be getting 3 cartridges, which I'd have to purchase anyway because what good would the machine be without cartridges? Also, in looking around and reading reviews on several sites on many of the different Cricut products, I found out about a site that seems to have the best prices on cartridges. It's cricut-central.com.

I've done that in the past. We ended up with a free artifical tree one year. I put it in the middle of my narrow front porch in front of some windows. Then I strung dark red lights and glittery garland. It was pretty and fun. I'm trying to remember how I weighted or secured it....don't recall. My mom used to wrap boxes with a brick in them to put around the trees out front. That was always fun. I like to put decorative pillows on the wicker...I usually just wrap an outdoor pillow in holiday fabric and secure with safety pins. Lights, a pretty wreath...those are classic around here.