Showing posts with label handmade Christmas ornaments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label handmade Christmas ornaments. Show all posts

Thursday, December 20, 2018

Southwest Christmas Tree 2018


Our Southwest Christmas Tree aka Yucca flower stalk has re-emerged this year albeit with only a couple new additions as we steadily replace the ornaments made in China with ornaments handmade by our friends and family members.  This year a fine hummingbird carved by Tom McDevitt of McWidget Studios joins the throng adding song, crackle and movement amidst the yucca flowers.  Also, a family heirloom, yes, handmade, though by whom, unknown, hangs now.  It's a cut glass crystal that once graced the family dining room chandelier.  Other handmade ornaments can be seen in the background:


The Baltic birch scroll saw cut angel mentioned in last year's Southwest Christmas Tree blogpost was fabricated in a limited number for Etsy with two finishes even.

Happiest Holidays to all and best wishes for a great year ahead.


Friday, December 4, 2015

Southwest Christmas Tree Year 2


Our yucca flower stalk has returned for its second year as our Southwest Christmas Tree, but this year we hired the services of a professional decorator.  Here follow some close-ups of several of the handmade ornaments and, of course, Happy Holidays to all my readers, customers, friends and family!!

Santa in the round by J. Lipton


San Xavier del Bac by K. & R. Palmour

Father Christmas by S. Winn
Flat Santa by J. Lipton
Saguaro Monument by K. & R. Palmour
Christmas Tree by M. Lefkowitz

God Bless Our Home by S. Winn
Yucca Flower by Nature