The Keepsake Tree

I mentioned in an earlier posting that the tree in the dining room is our keepsake tree. I took several pictures of keepsakes to show you, but for some reason they turned out blurry. I'll try again. In the meantime, I will show you this pink glass ornament. It has 7 sides. On the back inside it is "mirrored" like mercury glass. I have a clear glass one too. Several years ago, I went to a yard sale in a retirement village. The lady told me that she remembers these ornaments on her parent's tree when she was a child. She was retirement age. I was happy to trade my quarter for these ornaments from her childhood. She didn't act like it mattered to her. I think about her everytime I put them on the tree and wonder why she didn't care about them.
I usually just use things I have on hand to decorate, so the top of this tree has ribbons and flowers. After Christmas, I'll do something else with them.

One year while designing costumes for a Christmas show, I needed glitter ribbon to edge a costume. Since the only ribbon I could find like that had wire in the edges, I used my serger blade to cut the wired edge off. When I looked on the floor and saw the beautiful curls of wire lying there, I just hung them on the tree instead of dropping them in the trash. Now each year I put them on a tree somewhere in the house. That's just a tiny idea that you can do too, if you need to "stretch" the use of your ribbon.

Have a wonderful day.

Love, Rachel