I tried to put the lens in the
places I saw my grandson
put his head, to give us
a child's view of a
Christmas tree.

Christmas tree photos.

Oops, I should have posted these before the God's Eyes.

Continuing my adaptation from jeancats' design (see Nov.18th).
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Seems strange to show the original - because how on Earth did I go from a little round ornament with a band, to the newest ones which are supposed to be 'God's Eyes?!
LOL
Looked at one after another you can see the progression, but it's so funny if you just look at the first and last.

Striped teardrop ornaments.
Made on the large square board.

Bead trees.
Made Six at a time on the large circle board.

Ornaments after ironing.

Not even a mouse...
Perler bead mice, gingerbread house and a replica of a German ornament we had when I was a child.

Starting Christmas tree ornaments.
Here are three bead ones before ironing; inspired by jeancats on flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeancats/sets/72157624041042781/

I came across a picture of the ornaments I made for a Christmas Exchange in 2007, and realized I had never posted them.
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I went out in the yard and pulled Morning Glory vines, removed the leaves, formed the wreaths, and set them to dry in the sun on the henhouse roof.

The figures are apples from our tree made into sauce, then mixed half and half with cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, ginger, and cloves. I put 2 Tablespoons of white glue in there too. Mixed the dough, let it set for a while and cut out with mini cookie cutters. Let dry for a few days.

Brought in the dry wreaths, wrapped them with satin and/or glittery ribbon. When the figures were dry, accented them with satin and/or glittery fabric paint. Let everything dry, and try to match the centers with a nice wreath. Tie them together.

That's about it.

Perler bead Christmas tree ornament - a patchwork quilt heart.

"The Cave"
This is a 2 foot long sign I carved from a hunk of bark from a tree we had to cut down. I hope you can see the skull silhouette.
The colors are from the different depths of carving.

Been working on a tiki from a chunk of trunk.

One of the stuffed toy soldier ornaments.
I'm going to embellish them more during the year, but they did nicely this year.

Gingerbread Heart Ornaments .More from the preprinted gingerbread set.

My daughter made the bottom left.
The bottom right plant is from the Perler website, and the others are my variations of it.

Pipe cleaner and crystal bead candy canes.
Notice a bit of a pattern around here? :D

Bead drops from paddle wheel, pearl and faceted beads.

Pre-printed gingerbread-look teddy bears. Not my design, but I wanted to post them so the picture of our tree(s) will be more complete. I just sewed these together, and put sequins on them. Not everything on the trees were made by me, or even handmade; but the effect is always friendly and 'homey'.