trees...

We finished putting our tree up this evening. Lynn's job was to unwrap and distribute the ornaments to the boys who in turn hung them on the tree or handed them to me to hang on the tree. Uncle Nic helped too.



I have to admit it turned out really nice: Logan and Caleb were very satisfied with their job; Lynn actually looked at our ornaments and was surprised by how many really nice ones we have in our (my) collection; and I think Nic had a good time too. I fully anticipated it being completely lopsided and wonky, but in the end the tree was reasonably balanced, needing only a few minor adjustments.

I am definitely missing a box of ornaments and decorations somewhere around here...will have to go looking for that tomorrow. Instead of looking for it tonight I decorated another little "tree." Some of Logan's weekend homework was to bring a 3-D shape wrapped as a gift to class on Monday. I have a stack of these press board cones that I often forget I have. They're just plain brown things and I thought, "how boring." So, of course, I had to decorate it before I wrapped it and sent it off to Kindergarten.



I decoupaged some green mulberry paper to the cone, wired some tiny grapevine around the outside, made a little nest out of excelsior and tucked the little cardinal inside the nest and topped it off with a tin snowflake I painted white and then covered in German glass glitter. Took about twenty minutes (plus dry time for the glue) to put together and everything was from the stash. Hooray for quick and "free" projects!