Christmas decorations

[JUL]

cookies

 

[InletBchDweller]

Old soccer, basket, or kick balls covered in alumnium foil? Roll in glue and glitter? Paper mache a balloon and then decorate the shell.

paper mache~! Now that sounds like a fun project. Thanks SWGB!

 

[Zebraspots]

You should do a recession tree theme! Decorate it only with found or handmade objects - seashells, button & bead strings, Christmas cards, paper snowflakes, origami ornaments, pinecones or nuts, ribbon bows, citrus studded w/ cloves, old toys, decorated clothespins, you name it!

 

[JUL]

hole punched cans and lids with lights inside.....RECYCLE

 

[DD]

You should do a recession tree theme! Decorate it only with found or handmade objects - seashells, button & bead strings, Christmas cards, paper snowflakes, origami ornaments, pinecones or nuts, ribbon bows, citrus studded w/ cloves, old toys, decorated clothespins, you name it!

hole punched cans and lids with lights inside.....RECYCLE

I likey!!!!

 

[kitlit]

...seashells & sand dollars.

Awww! My very best Christmas memories are of coming down to my grandparents house on Eastern Lake (the "Yellow Fly") and helping my grandmother decorate the tree with nothing but seashells and sand dollars strung through with wire as hangers.

My grandmother used to walk the beach for miles every morning (back when we had lots of shells) and the house is full of jars, baskets, lamps and wall hangings with shells hot-glued on them.

Those were the prettiest ornaments ever! I went looking for them last year, since we had the family Christmas party in the Yella Fly, but never could find them. They must've gotten thrown out at some point.

 

[Ocean Lover]

I don't know if I mentioned this before but I'll post it anyway.

Our first year of marriage (a few decades ago) during our "salad" days, we had just enough money to buy a real tree, but nothing to buy decorations. I went to the tree lot and picked out a cheap little tree and gave it to the "tree lot guy" to tie up. After he tied up the tree, he took a saw and sawed off the bottom 1/2" or so of the trunk--so the tree could suck up water. Scattered on the ground were several of these 1/2" round pieces of tree trunks of varying sizes. I asked if I could have these pieces and he said, "Sure, they're just trash, you can take them all."

After we set up the tree, we sanded down the cut side of the tree trunk pieces and drilled a hole through the top of each one. We then collected up the Christmas cards we had received, cut out the pictures and glued them on the trunk pieces and brushed on a clear coat of varnish. We strung pieces of colored ribbons through the holes and hung our "25 Trash Ornaments" on the tree.

We received several positive comments from our friends about the pretty and unusual ornaments--only one recognized their Christmas card.

After Christmas was over, we tossed the tree with the "ornaments" attached into the trash. In the years that followed, we bought more and more beautiful ornaments from all our travels around the world--but every year as we decorate our tree, we reminisce about our "first tree" and those special "trash" ornaments--and every year we wished that we had kept just one.

LOVE this story. I can't believe you threw them out!!! I bet they were really pretty.

Shelly's story reminds me of mine and Mike's first tree...we were in RocKhill SC living together...we went into the woods and cut down a tiny pine tree with a steak knife. We put it in the living room and I made aluminum foil balls to hang on it...I think we also strung cranberries and popcorn together to make a garland....maybe this was the begining of the end???
It is, really, a good memory.

I plan on making lots and lots of organic ornaments this year.... found objects, so to speak! Treasures

This made me laugh out loud!!

My first year out of college and on my own, I had a cranberry/popcorn decorated tree with a red scarf tied on top. I loved that little tree!

Aww, I love popcorn and cranberry garland.

Awww! My very best Christmas memories are of coming down to my grandparents house on Eastern Lake (the "Yellow Fly") and helping my grandmother decorate the tree with nothing but seashells and sand dollars strung through with wire as hangers.

My grandmother used to walk the beach for miles every morning (back when we had lots of shells) and the house is full of jars, baskets, lamps and wall hangings with shells hot-glued on them.

Those were the prettiest ornaments ever! I went looking for them last year, since we had the family Christmas party in the Yella Fly, but never could find them. They must've gotten thrown out at some point.

Sounds wonderful Kitlit. I love my seashell and sand dollar ornaments. I always buy Christmas ornaments on vacation and love to reminice when we unpack them and hang them on the tree.

 

[Miss Kitty]

All I can add is that I bought a delicious Christmas candle and some darling gift tags today. Went in for placecards and came out with Christmas! I have already started burning it and it is getting me in the mood for a tree! It's times like these that I was I was jdarg.

 

[DD]

All I can add is that I bought a delicious Christmas candle and some darling gift tags today. Went in for placecards and came out with Christmas! I have already started burning it and it is getting me in the mood for a tree! It's times like these that I was I was jdarg.

Oh Kitty...I bought candles too and burned them over the weekend. I bought Balsam Fir. Brrrrrrrrrr.....makes me want a fresh tree!!;-)

 

[Ocean Lover]

Oh Kitty...I bought candles too and burned them over the weekend. I bought Balsam Fir. Brrrrrrrrrr.....makes me want a fresh tree!!;-)

Yeah, but if you have those, you don't need a fresh tree!

Can you belive it's been snowing here today?:angry: