Decorating the Christmas Tree

The women of our church had the opportunity to decorate a Christmas Tree for the History Museum in our town this year. Each year, different organizations decorate a tree, and the townspeople come and vote for their favorite. The winning tree receives a cash prize for their organization. We thought this would be a good way to get our church name "out there" in a different sort of way. The theme we chose was "Jesus Loves the Little Children of The World." We used two small globes to top the tree, colored ribbon (red, brown, yellow, black and white) as streamers coming down from the top of the tree, and little paper dolls with children's faces on them as ornaments. We also had some buttons with flags of different countries, angels, and some other little items as well. Also, one of the women made little banners that said Merry Christmas in different languages that we put on the tree as well. Here are some pictures of our little tree. It was a fun time.










Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Candle Giveaway!

Image
Since my husband is working on a Saturday; since it's been a cloudy, rainy day; and since it's been almost two months since I have done a blog post. I am doing a GIVEAWAY! Carl is working on a Saturday evening for a co-worker, but he will have Labor Day off. That will be nice because Carl will be able to stay at our family reunion as long as he likes. For the past few years, he has only been able to stay for an hour before heading into work. Instead of staying home by myself, Mom and I went shopping. We went to a consignment store called Off The Hanger, where I bought this pair of shoes for only $6:   Cute, huh?   We also went to Bath and Body Works. They were having a Labor Day Sale. The 3-wick candles are 2 for $20 this weekend. The mini candles are 2 for $5, and they also have lots of other things on sale. I love it when they have the candles on sale. I absolutely love the candles at Bath and Body Works!   I bought these two large candles.  ...
Read more

What do you collect?

Image
I am sure every person out there has some odd or crazy thing he or she collects. Especially when you travel...do you have a certain object you like to buy/find as a souvenir? Some collect those spoons with the location on the handle. Some like the shot glasses or keychains. Others may enjoy postcards or stamps. I am sure you can think of lots of things you could pick up when you are on vacation or visiting a new location. Me, I like to get these: For some crazy reason, I love to get these smashed pennies. They are usually pretty cheap, only 50 cents to a dollar each, and make a simple souvenir. I thought I had more of these, but maybe I gave some away. The ones here are from Texas, Arizona and Chicago. I look for these penny machines at all the tourist places. I think it's fun. May I also right here say that if you are traveling and come across one of these machines, think of me and get me one? If I may be so bold to ask for a souvenir... I would love to add to my collection!
Read more