Christmas Decor'

I am the type of holiday decorator that appreciates coordinated fashion and color, but has always had a homegrown Christmas.  Homemade Christmas decor is like greeting old friends within the ornament box from your child's preschool days.  Everything on our tree is beautifully mismatched, but meaningful and significant.

This year we did something radically different. Our friends stayed in their boxes.

Last summer after Eric's mother died he brought home from his parent's house an SUV filled with Christmas ornaments. Lee Ann thoroughly enjoyed decorating her Christmas tree each year. She had hundreds if not thousands of ornaments!  I am not exaggerating.  Boxes upon boxes of gold, red, silver, white and pink glass ornaments are all at my house now!

She had a pink and white tree.  She did a red tree.  There was a gold tree.  And even a silver tree.  Each year was a different coordinated fashion of holiday shimmer and shine.  No wonder she left up her tree well into February each year.

This year in celebration of her first Christmas in heaven we decorated our tree with about 75% of her red and gold glass ornaments, most of her red berries, lots of her specialty ribbon, and her unique golden angel. Needless to say the task took hours...  but as you case see we are showcase ready!

Merry Christmas, Mom!