I always love pulling out all our Christmas decorations. It’s great to see our old creche that’s been in the family for at least four generations. I love the stockings I made for the girls. This year, I’m happy to have some new decorations to add to the mix. I was inspired by Sarah (a common occurrence, being inspired by Sarah) to get out my wood burning tool and make something. We had a spare piece of plywood sitting around from Alma’s new bed. I looked around for some Christmas inspiration and decided to do a O Holy Night wood burning.
I also decided to actually display the Christmas cards we received this year, and I figured they would add a little color to the yellow wall with the O Holy Night wood burning. I just strung up some red ribbon, got some wee clothes pins, and let my friends and family provide the color.
Last year, my friend Jacque made me this awesome chalkboard. It’s been fun changing it up through the year. For Christmas I drew a tree and added some completely random Christmas words. Pretty sloppy, but still gets the message across.
My mother in law is a fantastic water color artist and gave us this painting of Mary and Jesus with a poem. It’s a lovely Christmas decoration.
Nice work, Carolyn! I LOVE how the plaque turned out – and it looks so good with your holiday cards flanking it! Don’t you just love woodburning tools? We had one as a child and I have no idea why it took me so long to get one for myself as an adult. Such a great tool AND toy. =) I actually have a woodburning project that I’ve been putting off … hm, maybe this is just the push I need to knuckle down and get it done!
(And speaking of knuckling down, your post is reminding me how long it’s been since I’ve blogged. Thanks for the nudge – I’m not sick anymore, it’s definitely time to get to that backlog of photos I have prepared!)
I love wood burning, but I’m sure I’m totally doing it wrong! I would love to take a class or something!
I LOVE your wood burning! You are so crafty. Your decorations always look so good, with your seasonal mantels and everything. Sadly, you will not, however, be getting a Goss christmas card to hang near your wood burning this year. Because I am lazy. And did not get on it in time.
Thanks!