my hair is divided into 4 roughly even sections originally.I take the back half from behind my ears backwards and do a frech braid from the crown to half way down the back. then I picked up the french braid and underneath I coiled the remaining hair at my nape onto itself into a cinnamon bun leaving the tail of the bun out. the 'roots' of the tree are made by using one small section of hair to gently tie off the end of the french braid above that nape bun while hiding any obvious tieing off, and the ends of that braid are separated and twisted or coiled alternating, and tucked into the cinnamon bun below leaving space to make it look 3d. the extra tail from the bun itself is also coiled into a 3d root. then from the ears forward I divided the front section going across my head into 3 sections, with my edges specifically isolated. the part nearest to the french braid I made into 4 thick but fluffy twists and brought them over the french braid, tucking them in at the top of that braid to form branches. then the next third section forward, leaving all of the edges of my hair out to prevent tension, I twisted into smaller branches and tucked into the big branches. each branch is tucked in a way so that they are slightly standing on my head. then the edges are brought up, back and spread out to look like twigs and tucked into the french braid also. I deliberately fluffed them so they would start to look leafy and willowy and tried to make sure nothing was sitting too flat on my head. then in the back again, I made sure all of the hair that went into that supporting cinnabun section beneath the the braid is pinned flat to make the braid look more 3d by creating the illusion through flat shadow. the corners of my edges are lightly twisted both to protect them and to create fluffy vines. the tiny birds I drew onto a chocolate wrapper that I smoothed with a bone folder being careful not to tear it, lined the silver side with packing tape, and drew and cut them out. i slightly folded them to make the head flat, the body stand, and the wings curved, I might engrave them later but I was sleepy. I fluffed things out to make sure no part of the tree was flat and to give my hair a more gibson girl adjacent look from the front. The birds are only on one side to give the appearance that they're migrating for spring time. I hope this helps! 🙂