Thursday Thirteen - Ornaments

I love Christmas ornaments. We have made it a family tradition that we all get a new Christmas ornament every year and then Santa leaves us each an ornament in our stockings. I also get some as gifts and have gotten the ones I had as a child from my mom. I'm not so big on the kinds of trees that have all the same ornaments or a theme. The way I figure, it's the history and the mish-mash of ornaments that give a tree it's character. Here are some of my favorites.




This is one of the first ornaments I received as a gift. I picked it out myself at our annual church craft bazaar and all my brothers and sisters got ornaments from the same booth that year. I think I was about 6.



I just love this one, it's fancy without being gawdy.



My mom gave me this one last year. Either she or my grandmother made it. It's very small and is basically starched string. I'm sure the type of handiwork has a name, I'm just not sure what it is...



This is Jake's first handmade school ornament. Emma should be making one this year, too.



Dave and I received this the year we got married.



I love how simple this one is. The picture's not all that great, but it's a green felt heart with the word "joy" stitched on the front.



Jake's first Christmas ornament from his first Christmas.



I really like how delicate this little angel is.



We got this Swarovski Crystal ornament from our good friends. It's beautiful when you put it right in front of a bulb and how the light plays with it.



Emma's first Christmas ornament from her first Christmas.



We love the Peanuts Gang in this house! This one is only about an inch tall so it can easily get lost amongst the bigger ornaments, but it makes me smile every time I look at it.



This is another one I got when I was really young. It has a little bell hanging off of it and has my name etched into it.



Merry Christmas!!

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