Pink Saturday Tradition

It's another Pink Saturday theme and this week is all about traditions.
I can't really say that my family has passed on a special, unusual item, duty or saying for the day of Christmas.
I can say however, that as kids we were allowed to open the smallest gift on Christmas eve and that was true year to year.
Having children of my own has made me discover they have many extended family to share, I would have to say our tradition is to spend the weekend before Christmas with my in-laws and Christmas eve with my side of the family. We celebrate Christmas day to ourselves and have for many years, it works well.
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Goodies

Just a short post and a really bad photo! I wanted to show what I did until the wee hours last night. I made these Christmas trees, (it works better with green wrapped Reese's) and these little mice which I first saw on CC's blog, Lace 'n Ribbon Roses.

I'm sending them to school with Madame today, they should be a hit, all 30 of them. Today will be the last school day before a 2 week vacation and today is the Christmas concert to which my daughter has a solo on her saxophone. I fear she will hit a sour note but she's well practiced and tells me it's easy, all three of the songs she has to choose from. This is the last year for me to visit the elementary school after 11 years straight and I'm so happy she has earned her place and privilege for these honors. C&G Design

Water

Well, I'm on my last designed ornament of this set, I'm not quite sure if they will head to Etsy at this late point....maybe I will have a sale after Christmas, who knows?

The element of water was easy, blue and dangling. How well this hem lace works on covering the styrofoam ball. These have been a joy to do.

I had some large blue zig-zag trim I gathered to make a little forget-me-not flower on top. Water....flowers, forget it, it's a stretch

On to my real work, a doll project. C&G Design

Pink Belindy

Raggedy doll #6 is this cute pink Belindy, Beloved Belindy is the nursery nanny at Marcella and Raggedy Ann's home. I'm not quite sure what she has pinned to her dress other than a rusty bell but I'm assuming it's a primitive feather duster.

Join Julie for the last two dolls of this 7 day give-a-way. C&G Design

Fire

I had just a minimal idea of what I wanted for the "Fire" ornament, I knew I'd have to use orange, red and yellow. I wasn't quite sure how. I ended up splitting the base with red and yellow, I also ran a little of gold trim around the ornament to use as a guide for my fire. You can see some of it in the above photo, they remind me of sparklers popping off at each side.

I decided on a whirly black base just because black pops with the red and yellow.

Sequins and gold beads adorn the red part of the ball, I felt this had to be different from the yellow although I don't know why!

The back of the "fire" seems bare.... a call for some more gold was in order!

The red side reminds me of a fancy shirt.

I thought the gold tassel was the perfect addition. C&G Design

A New Spot!

This is the year we decided that the spot for the tree is going to be in the hallway. Last year it was in the formal livingroom which we spend hardly no time in. This hallway, or pet room as I like to call it, is right next to the familyroom, we spend hours there. The tree will more than likely be there every year from now on. Did I mention it was easy peasy to move my plant stand? Here is hubs putting the skirt around the bottom of the tree, we just placed the lights and I want you to notice the square lights, aren't they cute? They are presents and I was only able to splurge on one string ($10.00 apiece), we laid them at a steepe angle on the tree so it would look somewhat jointed but random at the same time. Oh well! It works!

My camera is not the best at taking lit photo frames, in fact in the lower photo I turned off the flash, it's remarkable what one photo will do from another.

Now go's the battle of the cats vs. the round ornament game. C&G Design

Wind

I thought about it...and thought about it, how can I make wind, ha! Ha! How can I make the weather wind!!! I mean. Peach would most definitely be the color and of course I have only the wide lace, adjustments were made to completely cover the styrofoam in a smooth manner, here is where cheap school glue comes in handy. Anyhow I decided to create a swirly pattern, envision a tornado if you will.

Again, I started with a string of embellishments, it seems to do okay and it's easy. Sometimes I think crafts can be so intricate that it wouldn't hurt to put in a little something that's short but sweet.

These tiny pearls are cute although a little overwhelmed by the head of the straight pins.

And at first, I thought I wouldn't like the fuchsia but in the end it worked really well. Don't they look like sequins in the photo?

I have MANY filigree beads that I can cut in half (made from soft brass) and used them as end caps. Pretty huh?

I actually gasped and jumped a little when I saw those brass beads. Oh, delight! C&G Design