Get your Christmas on.
I love Christmas ornaments, as I’m sure lots of people do, especially when they are handmade or gifted from special people. As a kid, my Grandmother Bebe subscribed to a series of Christmas craft books called Christmas Is Coming. I used to pour over these books for hours, over and over again, waiting for Christmas to come so that I could make all the fun things in these books. The craft that I remember most are wine cork reindeer. My family saved wine corks for over a year to collect enough to make a giant herd that could encircle the gigantic kitchen island/bar in my grandmother’s kitchen. The looked much like these.
Now that I’m older and not going home for the holidays I feel the itch to make ornaments for my own tree. All sorts of ideas come to mind. There’s salt dough, paper crafts and painting glass balls. I envision all matter of craft supplies such as pipe cleaners, glitter, jingle bells, beads, construction paper and old Christmas cards.
This year I am organizing a Christmas ornament swap. I know it’s a bit last minute, but I think it would be fun. If you are interested in swapping ornaments then please email me at designateddryden@gmail.com and let me know if you would like to swap up to 3 ornaments per person with others randomly assigned to you. Children are welcome to participate. You should include your address and let me know if you are interested in having an International partner (no guarantees though). Sign up by November 26th (I know that’s only a week). I will get you your ornament partners assigned to you by Dec. 1st and then you will have until Dec. 10th to mail (or swap if that person happens to live in your town). You can let me know if you are interested here in the comments as well.
I love Christmas ornaments, as I'm sure lots of people do, especially when they are handmade or gifted from special people. As a kid, my Grandmother Bebe subscribed to a series of Christmas craft books called Christmas Is Coming. I used to pour over these books for hours, over and over again, waiting for ...