Not OT: holiday ornaments
Ginger in CA
California - at least here on central coast. Other places have some
wierd weather going on.
To put myself in the holiday mind I am making ornaments. In the last
several years it has been simple beaded ornamets, which several people
liked. This year I am doing small stockings and bell shaped ornaments
with scraps, flannel and backing. Using a cookie cutter for the bell,
and a small stocking template. Add a loop for hanging and a small
jingle bell, and there you go! Only two of the stockings will actually
be able to hold anything - they are for a friend and his daughter in
their new house. It's a challenge to figure out which scraps to use!
These will go to co-workers and such.
Decided not to do my cowboy boot stockings this year.
There are about 12 drawn out so far, better go get the machine out now
and get this first batch done!
Ginger in CA
Polly Esther
from loved ones and they are cherished. Are you remembering to at least put
your initials and the year on them? Polly
"Ginger in CA" <wrote> It is a brilliantly clear chamber-of-commerce day on
Ginger in CA
In past years the little beaded ones had a tag with sentiments and my
name on it.
Ginger in CA
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Sherry
I think that sounds lovely. I still have every handmade ornament I
ever got. Even
the ones the kids made in school, nearly 30 years ago.
I had a friend once who refused to let her kids put their handmade
ornaments
on the tree. Her tree was very....ummm..."coordinated" I guess is the
word. All
certain types of bulbs in certain colors.
I thought that was just the saddest thing. A Christmas tree with no
memories
on it.
Sherry
Polly Esther
their place is not at our house. Back in our younger days, it was fun to
rescue the 'fresh' tree that nobody else would adopt and cover it with
everything the little folks could create. The last live tree was sort of
'S' shaped and had a really bald spot that gave plenty of room for glittered
popsicle sticks and batting snowballs. The funniest favorite is a roadkill
armadillo from Texas. One year I think I'll do a tree in taupe tulle.
They'll think I've lost my mind. Polly
Julia in MN
made in kindergarten and the clothespin/kleenex/pipe cleaner angel DD
made in Sunday School when she was about 3. The kids are now 39 and 36. :)
Julia in MN
Sherry wrote:
> I think that sounds lovely. I still have every handmade ornament I
> ever got. Even
> the ones the kids made in school, nearly 30 years ago.
> I had a friend once who refused to let her kids put their handmade
> ornaments
> on the tree. Her tree was very....ummm..."coordinated" I guess is the
> word. All
> certain types of bulbs in certain colors.
> I thought that was just the saddest thing. A Christmas tree with no
> memories
> on it.
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Sandy E
When we were putting up the 5 (just 5 this year) trees at church,
last week, a couple of the splendid, dedicated decorators worried that
the tree in the parlor looked a bit bedraggled and past its prime. As head
of the decorating team, I reminded them, "You know what to do w/ a frumpy
tree, don't you? Put on more ornaments." We did. More ribbon, more
silver balls, more love, "it's all good".
Yesterday that tree got so many compliments, and we all just beamed. ;->
I have all the holiday ornaments from a few years of RCTQ swaps;
they're all precious. Sometimes they go on the big tree, sometimes I share
them between trees, this year they'll go on their own tree here in the
sewing den. Can't have too many ornaments; I love those ornament holders
made just for hanging the special beauties:
http://www.finehomedisplays.com/ornamenthangers.htm
Dad made me some wooden stands, years ago, for holding cookies &
gingerbread critters; they're still some of my favorite "trees".
R/Sandy
On 11/30/09 8:32 AM, in article 7ni3b4F...@mid.individual.net, "Polly
Sandy
"Polly Esther" <Poll...@cableone.net> wrote:
We don't have a "decorator" tree, either. While our girls were growing
up, I made it a tradition to get each of them a new ornament every year.
That was fine until they married -- and our tree suddenly had very few
ornaments left! LOL! I had to run out and buy whatever I could find (no
glass, though -- I didn't want grandchildren to have to worry), and
those are the ones we use now, along with the few we still had after
the "great ornament migration". Oh, and decades ago I made fabric
"candles" for the tree. The wire that holds them on the branches is
breaking these days, but those candles still go on every year. :)
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http://www.sandymike.net
Kate XXXXXX
myhrr. So much gold bling that last year the GMNT asked why we bothered
with the tree bit: just heaping all the gold bling in the corner of the
room would look like a tree!
Sometimes non gold ornaments go up elsewhere...
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Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!
Cindy Schmidt
2010, we will be packing up and moving to Goergia so that means after this
Christmas, I will be separating the kids ornaments to leave with them.
Gonna be kinda sad. :(
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Cindy from MO
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Sunny
at the handmade ornaments. These are the kinds of gifts that are kept
in the heart and never go missing.
Hugs,
Sunny
Susan Laity Price
the family room. The "boys" still have ornaments on it from grade
school. My mother-in-law gave me ornaments from my husband's
childhood. Sorry to say my own mother had themed trees so there aren't
any memory ornaments from my childhood.
In the living room is MY tree with all of my elegant handmade
ornaments, many of them made for magazine articles back when I was
writing and editing for the needlework and craft industry. Some are
from my friends in the Society of Craft Designers. I also have
purchased some ornaments at craft shows and art fairs for this tree.
Then there are the smaller trees in the kitchen and dining room. Those
are themed trees but they don't get put up every years unless we are
entertaining.
As much as I like my multiple trees you can imagine which decorations
will be going with us to our retirement location. As the "boys" have
purchased their own homes I have given them many of their childhood
ornaments. Our retirement retreat will probably only have space for a
smaller tree but it will be filled with the memories of both my family
and the best of my writing career all mixed together.
Now to find the time to decorate in the next two weeks.
Susan
On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:08:44 -0800 (PST), Sherry <srid...@aol.com>
wrote:
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Ginger in CA
We could do a holiday in July swap next year. What do you think?
Ginger in CA
On Nov 30, 9:40 am, Sandy E <el...@tx.rr.com> wrote:
> Howdy!
>
> When we were putting up the 5 (just 5 this year) trees at church,
> last week, a couple of the splendid, dedicated decorators worried that
> the tree in the parlor looked a bit bedraggled and past its prime. As head
> of the decorating team, I reminded them, "You know what to do w/ a frumpy
> tree, don't you? Put on more ornaments." We did. More ribbon, more
> silver balls, more love, "it's all good".
> Yesterday that tree got so many compliments, and we all just beamed. ;->
>
> I have all the holiday ornaments from a few years of RCTQ swaps;
> they're all precious. Sometimes they go on the big tree, sometimes I share
> them between trees, this year they'll go on their own tree here in the
> sewing den. Can't have too many ornaments; I love those ornament holders
> made just for hanging the special beauties:
> http://www.finehomedisplays.com/ornamenthangers.htm
> Dad made me some wooden stands, years ago, for holding cookies &
> gingerbread critters; they're still some of my favorite "trees".
>
> R/Sandy
>
> On 11/30/09 8:32 AM, in article 7ni3b4F3liab...@mid.individual.net, "Polly
>
>
>
> Esther" <Polly...@cableone.net> wrote:
> > I can enjoy a decorator Christmas tree. They're okay in their place but
> > their place is not at our house. Back in our younger days, it was fun to
> > rescue the 'fresh' tree that nobody else would adopt and cover it with
> > everything the little folks could create. The last live tree was sort of
> > 'S' shaped and had a really bald spot that gave plenty of room for glittered
> > popsicle sticks and batting snowballs. The funniest favorite is a roadkill
> > armadillo from Texas. One year I think I'll do a tree in taupe tulle.
> > They'll think I've lost my mind. Polly- Hide quoted text -
dealer83
15-20 "decorator" trees to do every season for my boss. By the time
Christmas rolled around, I could barely think of putting up one more
for our home. Of course I always did and it was by far the favorite
with the homemade ornaments from our kids, mementos from vacations,
and family times. When the kids moved out, their ornaments went with
them too and our tree was bare also. We've slowly replentished the
ornaments from trips we've taken. The latest were two ornaments
purchased on our trip out east in Oct. from the Wendell August Forge
in Ohio. We're still making new memories for our tree and each one I
hang brings back such good thoughts. Donna
On Nov 29, 3:29 pm, Ginger in CA <gaw93...@msn.com> wrote:
Sandy E
Would you?
Sue DiN.. used to do this one.
There were some beauties passed around; some of us kept it simpler,
some when all out; I love them all.
R/Sandy
On 11/30/09 7:03 PM, in article
458d5a31-a94f-43d3...@u16g2000pru.googlegroups.com, "Ginger
Lizzy Taylor
> Howdy!
>
> Would you?
> Sue DiN.. used to do this one.
> There were some beauties passed around; some of us kept it simpler,
> some when all out; I love them all.
>
> R/Sandy
>
>
> On 11/30/09 7:03 PM, in article
> 458d5a31-a94f-43d3...@u16g2000pru.googlegroups.com, "Ginger
> in CA" <gaw9...@msn.com> wrote:
>
>> Well, dang. A swap is something I never thought about.
>> We could do a holiday in July swap next year. What do you think?
>>
>> Ginger in CA
I'd love it if someone took the ornament swap on again. And having it
in July would make it quite different.
Lizzy
Maureen Wozniak
(in article
<71f04c1d-21af-4474...@m20g2000vbp.googlegroups.com>):
> On Nov 29, 3:29ï¿œpm, Ginger in CA <gaw93...@msn.com> wrote:
>>
>
> I think that sounds lovely. I still have every handmade ornament I
> ever got. Even
> the ones the kids made in school, nearly 30 years ago.
> I had a friend once who refused to let her kids put their handmade
> ornaments
> on the tree. Her tree was very....ummm..."coordinated" I guess is the
> word. All
> certain types of bulbs in certain colors.
> I thought that was just the saddest thing. A Christmas tree with no
> memories
> on it.
>
> Sherry
Our neighbors and good friends have a tree like that. Pretty, but I think my
tree with all the ornaments that came from our families, and the ones we've
collected together, and even a few handmade ones from the children of friends
will be even prettier.
Maureen
Maureen Wozniak
(in article
<458d5a31-a94f-43d3...@u16g2000pru.googlegroups.com>):
> Well, dang. A swap is something I never thought about.
> We could do a holiday in July swap next year. What do you think?
>
> Ginger in CA
>
>
I bet I could be talked into that one.
Maureen
Ginger in CA
a swap. Is there anyone who would like to step up and join me?
I remember Sue DiN swaps!
Ginger in CA
On Nov 30, 9:15 pm, Sandy E <el...@tx.rr.com> wrote:
> Howdy!
>
> Would you?
> Sue DiN.. used to do this one.
> There were some beauties passed around; some of us kept it simpler,
> some when all out; I love them all.
>
> R/Sandy
>
> On 11/30/09 7:03 PM, in article
> 458d5a31-a94f-43d3-9f8f-a6a529a33...@u16g2000pru.googlegroups.com, "Ginger
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