Pink Saturday!

FFF-Nana's Ornaments

A few of my favorite things Friday, and I don't see these often but I know they are there. I feel connected to my grandmother every time I place one of her handmade ornaments on the tree. A salt dough present.....

A salt dough reindeer!

A impish elf.....

A decorated boot!

A beaded girly......

A nested blue birdie!

This is where I get my love for ornaments. C&G Design.

Felt Ornaments-Rocking horse

I really couldn't wait to make this one, it's cute, but all of them are pretty much cute.

After gluing what I could glue..... I was ready for embellishments, not too much embroidery on this one.

AND....it was difficult to stuff.

What happened to these little horses? C&G Design.

Christmas Tree Playground

What do we find at night;
Romping and playing with delight.
Tossing a breakable glass ball ornament;
Always remembering the sentiment.
Sparkle, show and shine;
Rousing the scent of pine.
Dodging bells and swinging on garland;
Imagination isn't a far land.
Friends alike along with foe;
Here we are dressed for snow!

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Felt Ornaments-Teddy Bear

The second felt ornament is the beloved teddy bear, once I got the hang of all his parts, he became easy for me to do. Can you believe at this stage all my fuzzy friend needs is enhancing with a few embroidery stitches?

Done! How quickly a few added details can add so much personality. Now for the background....hummmm, white is good.

Awww, isn't he cute?

Madame wants him for the tree, if for a short time....C&G Design.

A & H Gigi

I became aware that HP stood for hard plastic in the doll world, a number of years ago. Sometimes you'll find HP for a mark followed by a mold number, then perhaps a representation like a turtle, a flower or a diamond.
My sweet faced girl is marked "A & H Doll" and under that...1981.
I had no idea what A&H stood for and I still don't even after researching the mark, I figured the H stood for hard as her arms are tough, A (arms?) & H (hard?). A & H is a doll company, they made a fifties version of my doll called "Gigi" and she was a walker, although Wikipedia indicated some were not walkers. Gigi started as a hard plastic doll and many collectors remember her as "Neither Ginger or Pam". Gigi was a remarkable look alike for both. Since the fifties Gigi has gone through 4 or 5 other forms. Which brings me to my point, I'm glad mine is marked A&H otherwise I wouldn't of known even though her face called to me.

You can see the many layers my dolls dress has, it is surely a beautiful example of a period dress. A&H also made a series called "Dolls of Destiny" which are considered "historical dolls" and mine maybe one of many in the group, a group including male figures.

Gigi has a roundish head with roundish eyes displaying a soft appearance with a pouting mouth.

Can you believe I found her thrift store on the toy shelf while new porcelain dolls were in cased under a showcase?

Sooner or later the store is going to catch on to me. C&G Design.

Felt Ornaments-Poinsettia Star

I love working with felt, not only is it easy, it lends an air of folk art to its structure. The following ornament begins another series of others, everything will be made from felt. One of these days I may separate all the ornaments into the same-like group for sale, the end goal being prices as a whole tree packaged. I thinks this star is very pretty with the poinsettia flower in the center, the yellow french knots enhance the idea of this common Christmas plant.

Tulips on each point with a red french knot for the stamen, leaves in the narrow corners of the poinsettia, and white as the base of the star turned out to be very attractive.

I'd thought with the folk feel I might try to have a purple back, the color is important because it will over lap showing an edge to the star. Yellow seemed to traditional.

Nope, did not work, yellow it is......

Felt is the perfect tree ornament as it is unbreakable and won't roll away. Today, there are many more colors to choose from, camouflage, leopard striped and so on....

Stands out with the greenery. C&G Design.