Sunday I stopped by
Gethsemane to pick up some plant food for my dying orchid plant and was pleasantly surprised that their holiday open house was going on. Of course I couldn't leave without peeking around every corner of the store to see all the wonderful things that they have....upside down trees, glittery acorns, hand blown ornaments from poland, ribbon, ribbon, ribbon, garland galore! did i mention ribbon? I couldn't help myself but to buy 2 glittery acorn ornaments & a surprise ornament for donald. and of course the reason for stopping, the plant food! Although I don't see the sense in spending $35 on an ornament that i'm just going to drop or step on while trimming my tree, they sure are pretty to look at...for hours! I had to keep telling myself "it's ok if i don't have lots of pretty ornaments on
my very own tree this year...just wait til the end of the season and buy them on sale!" If not, there's always hope that I can win the $250 raffle and splurge on one before christmas!
After searching online yesterday to find a cute Christmas stocking pattern, I came across an amazing swapping website
(swap-bot) that's hosting a handmade ornament swap. Once you sign up, you're given 8-10 names that you will need to make an ornament for and in return you will receive 8-10 ornaments. How cool is that?!? Maybe my tree won't be lacking pretty ornaments after all! I just couldn't wait to leave work and run to the fabric store to buy stuff to make my ornaments. After spending $22.91 I have enough fabric, ribbon, pom-pom balls and jingle bells to make 100 ornaments! Good thing I'm getting a head start on my holiday crafting! Here are a few pics of what I made last night:
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