So, after some good, warm food and some intermittent lounging, I realized all I needed to feel better was the wholesome therapy of holiday decorating…
The tree in the living room is gonna be a slim tree this year, i didn’t want to deal with the mess of re-wiring the electronics in order to make room for a big tree…
I started with faceted multi-colored lights (shut up! all white lights are SO passe!) and large frosted globe lights in these great jewel tones… Then the ever-fabulous Costco ornaments – both packs! Add 2 dozen-packs of large glass ornaments from Pier 1 and an infinite number of adorable little glass balls and tear-drops in fantastic atypical colors…
Although I have started the process of making my own fancy S-shaped hooks for hanging, I am far-behind the ornament gathering. My alternative to ordinary hooks is this crazy thing…. I have piles of silver and gold cording and colored ribbons cut to about 6 inch lengths. I tie each ornament onto a branch and made a simple shoe-string bow. (I KNOW! I said crazy!) One year I even color matched the ribbons to the ornaments! (YEAH! I KNOW!)
Later I plan to add as many strands of vintage glass-bead garlands as can fit on the danged thing.
I have often tried to count the number of ornaments I put on a tree. I always give up before I finish, since I don’t keep the original boxes and have nothing with quantities on it… I do know that three years ago I topped out at over 250 glass ornaments on the same size tree…
And yes…each was tied on with a bow…
Some day I will inventory and list each and every ornament, sprig, tree and bead I own and you will ALL see the overwhelming magnitude of my sickness… (I know that when it comes to tiny ornaments – say an inch and a half or less, I must have more than a thousand.)
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