Happy Holidays to you! Today, I thought I would share my Christmas tree and all the handmade ornaments from past years. When the kids were little, each year I made them a new Christmas ornament, with their name and date.
Here is my tree. I have to confess that I still need to add the angel at the top, and ornaments, too. Plus start wrapping the gifts. Note to self- bring in the ladder!
Here is my favorite ornament, though I did not make it:
I own a few of these cute sock cows, plus some sock monkeys.
Now for the homemade ornaments:
This ornament is special as it was made by my crafty grandmother about 30 years ago.
Cookie cutter and painted dough star.
Tin punch ornament using frozen orange juice lid.
Large Jingle Bell- writing using a white paint pen. Used to have a ribbon bow top, but oh- well.
Beaded Santa. This was given to me by my MIL.
Ribbon Candy wreath.
Fabric horse ornament on a dowel.
Potpourri angel with lace and stainless steel pad hair.
Victorian lace roses.
Plastic straw ornament.
Cross-stitch kitty circa 1985 for my daughter Amy.
Amy made this cute snowman ornament when she was 9 out of painted tin can.
Anyone care to share their homemade or favorite ornaments on their blog, too? I would love to see yours. The ornaments above remind me of happy memories of Christmas past. Hugs, Carla
Carla Barrett 
ha ha. my favorite handmade ornament is also a cow. how funny is that? I got her in a gift exchange about 30 years ago…. now ruth ann always hangs near the top of our tree.
LOL Pam! Yours has a name- too funny!
We have, I think, 100% hand made decorations, about 95% of which were made by us over the years and different trees…….I’ll see if I can post some photos for tomorrow.
Ohhh….. can’t wait to see!