What hangs on your tree? Are the ornaments store-bought, homemade, made by the kids, knitted, or crocheted?
Mine are a mixture of homemade and store bought. Some come from places that we have been to and others are from my in-laws vacation trips. Some are cross stitched, plastic canvas, but most are beaded. I don't have any crocheted ornaments, only chains that my DD has stitched and tied into bows.
I wish a Peacefull and Warm Holiday filled with Joy to all my RCTY friends.
Diane
I have a mixture of everything on our tree! Even stuff my kids made in school when they were little. They still have fun looking round the tree at *their* ornaments and laughing about them, remembering when they made them. Some of them are little cut-out type ornies that have their school pictures inside the middle. I put the good glass/ornamental things up near the top of the tree and progress to the wooden/cross stitched/plushy things near the bottom. That way the cats can't do as much damage. The Christmas tree is the nearest thing they get to a *billiards* table you know....No tinsel though, makes the furballs sick.....Have a bunch-well a ton really- of the mini multi-colored lights all over it too. Marie and the cats- wishing everyone a Happy Holiday-Merry Christmas
Mine are a mix as well.
Some of them are made by children, some of them are hand-made by professional crafters, some of them are shop bought.
None of them are knitted or crotcheted, although I do have some plastic canvas ones. I did knit one from recycled sari yarn, but it turned out rather shapless, so I frogged it. I might try making a ball with it: that would reflect the light beautifully.
Mine are a mix too. Only one is made with yarn. (a mother and child that are basically made of tassels with wooden bead heads) One is a construction paper card with my DD's picture as a baby in it and one a star than DS#2 made in pre-school . DS#1's star finally got too fragile to hand last year. THe DGD's have added a few too. The rest are a real mix of decorations acquired over the years. That is my main tree in the living room. There is also a doll tree - a small articificial one (the main one is real) - which is decorated with tiny ornaments. It is small enough that I store it decorated with all but the most fragile ornaments. I always choose one or two dolls dressed in pajamas to gather by the tree
- and have little packages and doll sized toys underneath. This tree is in the family room.
My tree has a mix of ornaments on them. Store-bought, and homemade.
Some of my ornaments are also ornaments that my nephew has made me over the years so it's a wonderful feeling.
Hope you have a wonderful Christmas.
Darlene in Toronto
Mine's a mix too..everything from an wood orca (from being stationed in Iceland - like I didn't have a big enuf reminder of that time in my 13-yr old DD LOL! ) to this year's fake Credit Card ! Whenever we get the credit card offers in the mail, we usually give them to our 9 yr-old DD to play with..but she thought to put one on the tree this year. Funny Child!
Donna In S. Indiana
how lovely your homely home sounds special wishes back to you as well.
Mine are mixed, but no knitted or crocheted ones - maybe I'll do some snowflakes one year! Every year I find an ornament that reflects some of the events of our lives that year, such as a teddy bear with a computer for the year we bought ours, a couple of little houses for the years we've moved and that sort of thing.
I often collect ornaments when we travel, too.
Eimear
DD2 arrived home on Wednesday and set about getting us ready for Christmas, in other words putting up decorations. We have 2 Christmas trees in our small(ish) living/dining room, both artificial (can't cope with the smell/needles) the larger of which has a variety of things on it varying from little ornaments mad e by the children when they were small to corn dolly type ornaments in various shapes. There are a few hand sewn quilted ornaments, made by a friend and sold at a charity Christmas bazaar and on the top is the angel I crocheted when we first got married (30+ years ago) with a large bead for a head and a large sequin for a halo. Looks a bit sad now but there is NO substitute. If I could work out how to make another (or found the pattern: unlikely) I'd make one for each of the children for their own trees, maybe when the grandchildren come along. The other tree is a fibre-optic one that glitters and flashes and which Ann has dressed with a selection of crocheted and stiffened stars I made last year for the bazaar and which didn't sell, so I took that as a sign that they were ours. And they look good on the little tree. We've also got just about the most flashing lights I think I've ever seen, in various rooms. Not quite headache making, but almost! She is now a happy bunny, she loves Christmas and making everything look sparkly Hope everyone else has just what makes them happy Love & higs Christine
wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
InspirePoint website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.