Thanks for that excellent idea Pepe, will be doing that for sure, will save a lot of time and be much more accurate.

This will be so much quicker also.  Hoping to fill two big white trees with them.  As it gets closer to Christmas I'll post some pictures of the decorations on the trees.

I'm really grateful and appreciative for all of your help.

you're very welcome.

i found these balls online and have passed them on to a few people now.

i just love the idea of handmade decorations, they make the tree personal.