Here is Martell upon arriving in tree country searching for the perfect little guy for us. He kinda blends in with the trees in this picture, but don't worry. He's there.
After much deliberation we found a good one and took it home with us.
My family has a tradition of making mexican hot cocoa when we get home from tree hunting. It's a yummy way to warm up while we decorate and if you've never had mexican hot cocoa it is better than the regular stuff. Either get your own and find out for yourself or come over next year when we get our tree. Martell strung the lights while I made cocoa and then he hung the meager supply of ornaments that we have. Most of which my mom sent us last year because she probably didn't want to be held responsible for throwing away the ugly old things I made in 3rd grade. I'm serious. Look.
You can't see it in the picture but that little angel does actually have a unibrow. I told you it was bad. Naturally since Martell was hanging them, all the ugly ones went straight to the top...on purpose.
Well, our tree didn't have a skirt and the ornaments we had were sparse and ugly, so I got to work. And now I'm done! Here it is in all it's completed glory.
And here's a close up of some of my awesome ornaments.
Hooray for traditions and Hooray for Christmas! Oh, and Hooray for my in-laws who were all completely on the ball this year and had presents to send home with us at Thanksgiving.
8 comments:
Well done homemade tree! It looks super festive!
Wow, it looks realer than our tree farm trees. It hasn't been trimmed to look conical. I like it. Our first ornaments were cut from specially printed fabric (for the purpose of making ornaments), sewn and stuffed. Now we have lots of ornaments, each with a memory attached, but I remember a time when we had just a few homemade ones...
I love your decorations...especially the unibrow angel. I'm so glad you went to get a fresh tree from the mountains. We love it too!
great looking tree! I think I will just pin this picture on my wall instead of getting a real one. and nice stash Mar (heh heh), where the heck is the rest of you beard??
A unibrow angel! Bahaha! I love it! Nothings makes a family tree if not ugly homemade ornaments. We have a plethora on OUR tree, at least.
I think your unibrow angel may even rival Tracie's angel (may it rest in peace).
I love homemade, crazy trees. When we lived in Calgary, Ikea sold "as is" trees (they were wrapped in tight webbing so you had no idea what they looked like) for $20. We loved guessing what they'd look like and sometimes they were good and sometimes not, but we never cared. And the decorations--on sparely decorated trees with meaningful decorations are the best. AFter 15 years and five kids, our tree practically moans under the weight of meaningful decorations, but they ALL go one anyways. So wonderful to start the traditions you'll look back on. I hope it was merry merry Christmas for you all!
ummm, i may just be really bad with ornaments, but i think yours are SUPER! well done with the traditions and hooray for abuelita!
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