I waited until December 1st to put up Christmas decorations and listen to Sufjan Stevens' songs for Christmas (thanks Sarah H!). Now I'm in full holiday mode. I didn't put up a lot of decorations because Michael and I are going home for Christmas, but I did make some new ornaments for the (fake) tree that I'm particularly proud of:
When I worked at The Sellution, one of the Main Street antique/consignment stores in Vancouver, I nabbed some of the single chandelier ornaments that were kicking around. The store kept a drawer full, and I wanted to make earrings. I did make a few pairs (Lydia, didn't you get some?), but most of them were too heavy on the ear. Last year I decorated my tree with candy canes, but I wanted something shiny this year. When I started digging through my suitcase of craft supplies, I found 12 of the glass beads. I took out the metal hardware and threaded them with colourful embroidery thread. Presto! Heather Armstrong just featured glass bird ornaments on Dooce. We're on the same page, but she didn't make hers.
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
The goose is getting fat
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as i am also going home for christmas my decorations indoors are almost nil...just some fairy lights around my window. but just you wait until you see what i've done to my classroom! watch this space...
Purty! I love homemade Christmas ornaments and I LOVE that you put up and decorated a tree that you aren't even going to see on Xmas Day. You are a true Christmas crafter!
Erin.
I do have those earring and I still wear them lots.
Sarah and I just decorated admirably for under $30. It's very festive.
Super cute! What a good idea, Erin.
I'm waiting until my last paper is handed in before bringing out the box of decorations. When the paper is in, the piles of crap around the house can be sifted through and recycled or put away. Then the Nisser come out (Danish elves).
I'll put a penny in the old man's hat...
Pretty.
Indeed, we did decorate for under $30! It's quite a sight to behold. We have Hanukkah lights, a silver tree with blue ornaments, my makeshift menorah, lights in the kitchen and 3 strings of lights in the living room. Whew! We've never decorated before, so it's kind of fun! You should come and see.
oh man. i JUST realized that i've become one of those people who leave the holiday lights up all year. at least they are indoors?
your crystals are awesome. i love those things! i want to build a whole christmas tree out of glass baubles and leave that up all year too.
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