Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Decorating


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:

Jeanette said...

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

Cheryll said...

LoVe that idea... & a special way to show off those gifted ornies too.
Yummy recipe as well...
Merry Christmas Fiona...xox

WoolenSails said...

What a clever idea and I love how you decorated it.

Debbie

Jennifer said...

Love the Christmas tree! Your white chocolate yummy looks good, I think I could like that.

Karen's Korner said...

Love your personalised Christmas tree and all its gorgeous decorations. Enjoy your wine, gin, martini, coffee or whatever. Cheers.

Terry said...

I love it! I have a friend who decorates a six foot wooden giraffe at Christmas! lol

Michelle Ridgway said...

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

Maria said...

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..

kiwikid said...

Perfect way to decorate for Cnristmas. That recipe sounds wonderful, will have to try that out. Enjoy that drink whatever you decide on.

Janice said...

Your decorations look terrific and I do like your “tree”. Enjoy your treats you made.

Lin said...

Brilliant idea for your 'tree' and you have received some lovely decorations to put on it. Your chocolate thingy sounds delicious! xx

Flickenstichlerin said...

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.

Susan said...

I love the "tree" - I think it's a keeper - no extra storage!

Chookyblue...... said...

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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