Monday, December 2, 2013

O Christmas Tree

Saturday I put up my Christmas tree.  Well, actually Mike brought the tree over and put it up for me.  I decorated it, though.

I don't really celebrate Christmas.  I am not Christian and now that I am single and estranged from my sister, I don't have family that celebrate it.  I used to join in the celebration with Mike and his family, and with my sister and her family, but that is in the past.  But I decided I wanted a tree.  I like Christmas trees.  I like sitting on the couch at night with the overhead light out, looking at the lighted tree.  So I decided to have one.  Maybe I should call it a solstice tree.

Many of my ornaments are handmade, mostly by me, although I have a couple made by my nephew in past years.  Here are a few of the ones I made.

That's not the greatest picture.  It's a dried orange slice.  I have several of those on my tree.  They are really pretty.  The light shines through them like stained glass.

And here is the whole tree.


3 comments:

  1. Beautiful tree and ornaments! I especially like the cat one! What are they made of? How did you make them? If it's convenient you could consider making these in bulk and selling them online. I bet people would buy them. They're very unique. Tree looks great!

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    1. Thanks, Laura! Most of the ornaments, including the cat one, are just fabric circles glued onto cardboard circles. I used scrap material I had around the house. I had a bunch of ideas for other ornaments to make but am really short on cash currently so went with what I had. The cat ornament was made from an old, worn out pillow case.

      The one that is silver and has red mesh on it, that is just a cardboard circle covered with aluminum foil. The red mesh was from a plastic net bag that you get apples in.

      I thought about maybe trying to sell some ornaments. Thanks for the encouragement.

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    2. You're welcome! They are very pretty and how creative for you to have made them out of cardboard and pretty patterned felt! I like that they are not breakable since my cats like to bat glass ornaments off the tree. These are pet and kid friendly and unique!

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