A Hand Crafted Christmas

Greetings, ladies!
My very favorite type of Christmas decorations are those that have been created by hand!  Sure, I love to buy new ornaments every now and then (especially hard to resist them after the holidays, when they can be purchased for a song!).  But to me those that have been crafted by hand have so much more meaning.  So, I thought I would share some that we have on our tree.

One of our neighbors hand paints ornaments and presents us with a new one each year.  Isn't this cardinal gorgeous?  I love birds, and have quite a few bird themed ornaments on our tree, so this is one of my favorites!

I had so much fun creating these ornaments that I filled with hand torn pages from vintage sheet music books.  I have them in my Etsy shop.

A few years ago, hubby and I took a trip to Nova Scotia, so our neighbor painted us this pretty lighthouse at Peggy's Cove, which we were lucky enough to visit.

And I love this pretty angel that she painted!

A cute little angel ornament that my mom hand stitched.

Another angel, that a favorite Aunt of mine created.  Doesn't she have the sweetest face?

And she made this little cutie, too. Love her wings!

Another of our neighbors creations, which she painted in honor of the beautiful swans that live on our lake.

I picked up this adorable little Santa at a garage sale a few years back.

 I made this set of Parisian Ornaments for my Etsy shop.  I've been having to much fun making these pretty paper roses from vintage book and sheet music pages!

 I made a bunch of these ornaments last year from milk weed pods.

A couple of shots of our tree.  It's really tall!!  We even have to wire it to the door frame!
I'll share more of our ornaments and decor over the next several days with you.  Have a great night!