We had a very tatty tree which had served us well.... it got retired after our last use.
We went to town to buy a new one
they were sold out
we went to about 6 stores
so I gave up
When we came home I looked at our wood fire
and dusted it off
Hubz and I wound tinsel and lights and fetched out a couple of Christmas quilts
and now it has a whole lot of my extra special decorations, all hand made... by friends, family and a few of mine
I love it
and it takes up no extra space
Beautiful hand made decorations have been arriving at my home this month
Maria sent this gorgeous coaster... but it is being a decoration since I don't want to spill my wine gin martini coffee on it.....
Shez sent this cute stitched circular one....
Michelle sent a lovely stitched dove on felt
the quilt group had a decoration swap at our lunch..... Heather made mine out of ribbon on a polystyrene ball....
I think we might have a workshop on these next year.... so I will attend
I have a couple of finishes.... my Melbourne son needed 2 new cushion mattress covers. Made out of upholstery corderoy about 2m x 1m... and have a long zip each.
I didn't really know what I was doing so I hope they work ok....
December has Christmas parties.... sadly I can't get to them all but I did make some yummy for the Tuesday girls group....
Melt 2 bars white chocolate, add 1 cup each of tiny marshmallows, pistachio nuts and dried cranberries.... mix well, put in pan in fridge till set... chop up.... eat.....
easy peasy yummy scrummy and looks pretty too ... thanks to friend Rachel for teaching me this one....
Righto, Gotto Go... sorting, baking, tidying to be done.... perhaps I should start with a wine gin martini coffee
14 comments:
great idea for for your Christmas tree. The decorations are lovely. The recipe sounds delish. Thanks for sharing. Now i better get moving & make my brother his White Christmas. Hugs, xx
LoVe that idea... & a special way to show off those gifted ornies too.
Yummy recipe as well...
Merry Christmas Fiona...xox
What a clever idea and I love how you decorated it.
Debbie
Love the Christmas tree! Your white chocolate yummy looks good, I think I could like that.
Love your personalised Christmas tree and all its gorgeous decorations. Enjoy your wine, gin, martini, coffee or whatever. Cheers.
I love it! I have a friend who decorates a six foot wooden giraffe at Christmas! lol
Well done.....your chimney tree looks very festive and perfect for all those special decos! Yummo Rocky Road....will keep that one. Thanks for sharing xx
Fabulous way to decorate the fire place with tinsel and lovely gifts received from all.
Great to help your son with some special sewing.
Thanks for sharing the yummy treat..
Perfect way to decorate for Cnristmas. That recipe sounds wonderful, will have to try that out. Enjoy that drink whatever you decide on.
Your decorations look terrific and I do like your “tree”. Enjoy your treats you made.
Brilliant idea for your 'tree' and you have received some lovely decorations to put on it. Your chocolate thingy sounds delicious! xx
Good to have a plan b ready when you need it, love your Christmas tree plan b. Thank you for the recepie. The goodies look very nice. I'll try that one out.
I love the "tree" - I think it's a keeper - no extra storage!
I love your new Christmas tree..... I think it worked very well..... I popped mine back into the cupboard but thinking I need a new one next year...it's shedding lots of leaves.... .. Must look early by the sounds of it......
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