Three Trees = A Three Book Giveaway!
Since good things (and sometimes bad) comes in threes, I
decided to put up three Christmas trees this year.
One is my antique tree. I found an old Christmas tree stand
at Goodwill, along with glass ornaments.
As I turned both Christmas decorations in their original 1950’s boxes
over in my hands, and idea turned over in my mind. I’d clean up the stand,
insert floral foam in the water reservoir, add a small artificial tree (I don’t
do real trees-see the next tree’s paragraph), and decorate it with the antique
ornaments that I inherited from both of my Grandma’s. I did an up close shot of one of favorite old
time ornaments.
Do any of you remember these?
The second tree is adorned with my collector’s Terry Redlin
ornaments. The last time I tried a real Christmas tree it was decorated with
these ornaments, and it fell over breaking several! We were lucky a store in
the mall carried the ornaments and we were able to replace every one that
broke. My husband secured the tree to insure that is didn’t fall over again by
tying it in place for the remaining holiday season but from that point forward,
I swore off of real trees.
My third tree is the biggest. It’s the tree that all the
gifts will be stuck under. My tree topper is three hand quilted ornaments that
my mother made. Beside it sits one of the Christmas quilts that she started and
I finished after her death. My
inspirational romance books, Lily of the
Field, Job’s Tears, and Rose of
Sharon, have a quilting theme thanks to my mom.
It seems appropriate in this season of giving, to give away
some books, three as a matter of fact to three lucky winners. Leave a comment
about my trees, quilts, your trees or any other Christmas memory to be entered.
Merry Christmas!
I like all your trees. I had a few ornaments like the one you pictured, but don't know what became of them. I do have to laugh because I'm working on my very first half-square-triangle quilt right now and that's what you have on your rack. I sew and write in the same room and during the Christmas season, I have a lot of trouble even visiting the writing side!
ReplyDeleteLiz,
ReplyDeleteGlad you stopped by. Quilting is fun,time consuming, and dare I say, an obsession? I'm not the quilter my mother was, but I do enjoy it. Sewing is more my thing to, and yes, I have sewing projects for the holiday season!
Job's Tears and Rose of Sharon can be purchased by calling 800-873-8635, which is Harlequin's reader services. These two books are harder to purchase because of a change in publisher. BUT my new Heartsong Presents that releases in May 2013, will be listed on Amazon and Barnes and Noble!
ReplyDeleteLove these, especially the vintage tree. I miss my childhood Christmas decorations and have been slowly finding some of them on ebay!
ReplyDeleteLooking for your new releases!
My mom had those plastic ornaments. I think I still have a few of them. Who knew??
DeleteBeautiful trees, Rose! Thanks for sharing. You are inspiring me to get going with my own. :)
ReplyDeletelovely trees. And how wonderful to have quilted memories, too. I have a few ornaments from my grandmother--tiny fuzzy elves, one for each of her children, and the grandchildren's reindeer and angels for my part of the family. It's always a treasure hunt unwrapping them each year.
ReplyDeleteOh Rose, these trees are all just beautiful!! I do love the simplicity of the first one... so pretty! I love all the "old" original ornaments, I know what you mean..I have some of my grandmothers that I put on our little tree also. The quilt is exquisite...I can't imagine the memories it stirs up in you each time you see it as you walk by!
ReplyDeleteEach tree in it's own has magic and beauty to it. Thanks for sharing them with us.
What a wonderful give away...what a gift it would be to win and for me to share with others.
Blessings,
Gert
Thanks for sharing your trees Rose! When Ned and I were first married, we could hardly afford our first Christmas tree. For a topper I bought a white dove and after 30 1/2 years, I still have that white dove. I now have a new topper, but the white dove is always put in the front towards the top. Merry Christmas to you and your family Rose!!! Deb Hauser
ReplyDeleteHi Julie,
ReplyDeleteI've started scouring second hand shops for vintage ornaments. Thanks for stopping by.
Rose, I'm a dealer at our local Brass Armadillo, and I have to walk past those ornaments and just say NO. lol Love the old ones the best.
DeleteThanks, Jane! I usually only put up one tree but I was inspired to do three this year.
ReplyDeleteGert,
ReplyDeleteSome vintage ornaments are very fragile because they are crafted out of such thin glass. I'm always amazed that so many have lasted through the years.
Deb,
ReplyDeleteDid you recognized those two little girls on Santa's lamp in the picture by the antique tree?
I love all your trees and I especially love the big one with the quilt by it, it is wonderful you finished your moms quilt. I quilt so it means so much to me. I understand about the real trees seems like they can't handle all the heavy ornaments. Love all your trees. By the way the quilt is Beautiful....
ReplyDeleteThanks for being my guest today, Rose!
ReplyDeleteI love Christmas trees and have decorated ours in many different ways. One year all in gold with each ornament engraved with the names of our family and close friends. Another year with homemade ornaments made by our children. Once all counted cross stitch, and another plastic canvas. Wish I had good pictures to show all of these because I was very proud of them. I think that our very first tree was still my favorite because it was decorated with the cards we got that first Christmas.
ReplyDeleteThanks for showing us Rose's beautiful trees, Cheryl. Rose, I could tell you have good taste - I have that same blue paint all over my house - it goes well with golden oak woodwork. "Lily of the Field" is a GREAT book! Blessings to you both!
ReplyDeleteLilsis your ornaments sound great!
ReplyDeleteHey, Cathy, thanks for stopping by!
Lilsis-
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing about your ornaments. They all sound wonderful. I really like the simplicity of the Christmas cards!
Cathy,
ReplyDeleteTwo great minds on the paint color! HA!
Thanks for stopping by.