Thursday, December 23, 2010

Our tree this year

White spruce that my husband and son cut at a tree farm this year. A lot of it had to be trimmed so that it wouldn't hit the ceiling at it was 14 ft when they brought it in. I like a tree with open branches. We collect trinkets from our travels around the world to use as ornaments on our tree. I thought I'd photograph a few this year.

ornaments from Peru

Ornaments from Alaska and Hawaii

Ornaments from Cambodia

Homemade ornaments, from Asia, ornaments with special meaning & Caleb with his own small tree and ornament collection
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12 comments:

  1. LilacAveDecember 23, 2010 at 9:15 AM

    Fabulous blog post! I loved seeing the ornaments from all over!

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  2. Robin@creations-anew.comDecember 23, 2010 at 9:30 AM

    Sue, love your tree.....
    We are the same way, we have ornaments from our travels...and special things we've done...

    Have a Merry Christmas!
    Robin

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  3. AnonymousDecember 23, 2010 at 9:40 AM

    what a gorgeous tree! And I love all the precious ornaments--they are beautiful! :) I like the space in the tree, too--we got used to those in Germany--and the ones we buy here are so very full. :)

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  4. JessiDecember 23, 2010 at 10:14 AM

    Beautiful! I do the same thing...instead of collecting other trinkets, I collect ornaments from my travels around the world too. It's fun to pull them out every year and remember all of the places I have gone.

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  5. DeeDecember 23, 2010 at 10:16 AM

    That is a gorgeous tree! Thanks for sharing your home decorations. We don't have room for a real tree this year, so it is nice to see someone else's.

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  6. TriciaDecember 23, 2010 at 10:23 AM

    Beautiful tree! And it is so wonderful the ornaments you have collected. Memories are so wonderful!

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  7. MYSAVIORDecember 23, 2010 at 11:24 AM

    Both of your trees are so special! Thank you for sharing this with us.

    ♥♥♥
    Sue

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  8. UnknownDecember 23, 2010 at 11:56 AM

    Lovely, just lovely!! Love the eclectic selection of ornaments!!

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  9. JessiDecember 23, 2010 at 2:02 PM

    Thanks for the inspiration Sue...I did a blog post about my trees too. They are so entirely different from your style, but I thought you would like to see them:

    http://twoseasidebabes.blogspot.com/2010/12/our-christmas-trees.html

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  10. ChocolateDogStudioDecember 23, 2010 at 8:26 PM

    Lovely Sue! I need to take photos of our tree,. I hope you don't mind a few copycat artists.

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  11. Sue RunyonDecember 23, 2010 at 8:51 PM

    Go right ahead, Karen. I love seeing other people's trees. Come back and post your link here!

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  12. sammysgrammyDecember 29, 2010 at 1:51 PM

    what wonderful memories your ornament collection must evoke, Sue. They are truly treasures.

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