holiday decor

This year, I decided to feature some of my hand made ornies each day as a countdown to Christmas.

I posted them on IG and FB daily and thought I would share them all at once with you here too.

Some are special, with family stories behind them, like the previous ones with family photos (my immediate family, and my great grandmother and her sister) or this one made from one of Sugarwing's old shoes.

This is one of Dewdrop's baby shoes.

Others are just for fun.

This was a scrap of watercolor paper I had been practicing on, years ago, and came across in a box of junk. I cut it into a ball shaped ornament and hung it on the tree. (The snowy effect is done by sprinkling salt onto the wet paint)

This is one that I made at a craft day with pals.

And this one reminds me of my early vintage paper days. I went through a paper doll  making stage, that was every bit as fun as playing with the paper dolls I had as a child.

Once, a friend gave me a packet of photo paper she didn't want and there were a few photos in it.  I didn't realize they were family pictures her husband had copied years ago, just thought they were some old photos they didn't want (I personally have tons of old pictures like this, so thought nothing of it) and made one into an ornament. She was here for craft day, and had fun making decorations with the images herself. It was a nice surprise for her to find them in my studio on craft day.

  It doesn't  matter if the pieces have a special meaning for me, each is special.

And I love unpacking the box of goodies each year and looking through my treasures as I add them to the tree.

I will leave you with the rest of the countdowns and wish you a very, very Merry day.

 

 

 

Last summer, I found a boxful of ugly snow globes at an estate sale.  I had big plans to remake them, but ended up setting them out for sale at A Snowbird's Song.  

Apparently, no one wanted them… So I decided I needed to reclaim them for my original purpose. Some are easier to open than others, this one was pretty easy to get apart.

The snowman was exchanged for a little pink angel, and I made an arch from wired tinsel and millinery blooms and placed it over the vintage tree behind her. Then, poured on tons and tons and generous glops of glue.

The glue was camouflaged with mica flakes.

The wooden base got a coat of distressed white paint, some crepe paper and sparkly bits.

I am kinda glad no one else bought this $1 item, and I look forward to redoing the others that were not purchased.