Parade of Ornaments--Where in the World?
Today features ornaments that have a geographic place associated with them.
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| This Inuk/Eskimo (chose whatever word you feel more comfortable with) child was given to us by neighbors after they moved to Alaska. We think of them when we hang the ornament every year and we also think of them whenever we use the broom they left with us when they moved. Twenty-five years later, the broom still serves us well in our garage. |
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| This colorful lady was given to us as a souvenir from a friend's trip to Mexico. |
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| This is a state coin ornament from Virginia. We got it after we realized there was nothing on the tree representing Virginia where Ward was born and grew up. We may have to get another one of these from Louisiana because I realize that we don't have anything for the state Wally was born in. |
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| Ward has cousins who live in South Africa. One of them brought this Zulu doll to us one year during a visit. |
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| This was sent to us the first year we had moved from Texas by friends. It is also the state that Theo was born in. We have another one, but I couldn't seem to find it on the tree when I was taking pictures. |
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| This star was painted by a local artist and has the name of the town we just moved from here in Maryland. We actually have other ornaments she painted. She and I were on the same craft show circuit for a couple of years. I was selling jewelry and felted purses and she was selling painted things. |
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| This ornament was made from olive wood from Bethlehem. I was given a set of them as a thank you gift for volunteer work at my church. |
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| This West Virginia ornament was given to me by my parents during my second Christmas away from home. |
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| This one was given to me by my sister last year. Notice the blue and gold which are WV state colors. |
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| And this is a fair trade ornament showing people from all around the world. This was also a volunteer gift. |
I've very much enjoyed looking at your ornaments and these are my favorites, maybe because I also feel international :) I love how you have memories associated with each one. Thanks for sharing, you have a lovely tree.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Nathalie. Most of my ornaments have memories associated with them. My family is not really interested in hearing the stories again and again, so I share them on my blog. A fun self-indulgence for me.
DeleteI know the trendy thing is to have a "decor" tree, but I really love trees that represent the family and its interests. Yay for you for doing that! For me, one of the joys of the tree is the memories we have associated with the ornaments. And I learned something new about you--making jewelry and felted purses! (OK, I think I remember now that you made the purses, but I'm sure I didn't know about the jewelry).
ReplyDeleteI especially like the Zulu and the olive wood ornaments. They are all wonderful, though. And now I'm kicking myself that I didn't get an ornament from our out-west vacation last summer. Oh well, I have fridge magnets--frugal, don't take up much space, and I can see them daily.
We do the fridge magnets from vacations, also, for all the same reasons. We usually don't get much else except occasionally a T-shirt. I have a friend who also collects magnets from her travels and displays them relative to each other geographically on the side of her fridge--a magnet map of sorts. I love the idea, but I don't have that much room on my fridge for display.
DeleteI'm just getting started on the ornament parade. Stay tuned...
I just caught your reference ... where in the world ... is carmen sandiego? Right?
DeleteI love the magnet map idea but we use our magnets functionally for appointment cards, calendars, etc.
Carmen Sandiego, yep. Have you been singing that song now that you thought of it?
DeleteYour ornaments are beautiful and I do love it when each has a story or connection to family or memory or friends.
ReplyDeleteI think the connections are why I like them so much.
DeleteAwww... I love that all your ornaments have stories. Can't imagine my cats leaving any of them intact though!
ReplyDeleteI have three geriatric cats that don't get into much any more. However, they were in the middle of all of the boxes while we were decorating. Also, there are no breakable ornaments on the lower half of the tree. Another post may feature the cats' ornaments that we hang for them to play with.
DeleteI remember you posting about the cats' ornaments - I think I tried that, last year. But Dancer wasn't interested; he just wanted to eat the fake pine needles off the tree!
ReplyDeleteOh, cats. Mine eat the real pine needles, but leave the fake ones alone.
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