Putting Up The Trees...
The Minute Thanksgiving was over, Dear Readers, Sally May wanted to put up her Christmas Tree. I was in complete agreement, because I am now working mostly from Home again, and I sit all day in front of her house... only sometimes lapsing into Daydreams of what I will do when I have more time. And it occurred to me that I had a string of mini LED's that needed to be put to use to light her Christmas Tree! It only took a minute or two to get the lights on the tree and the batteries installed... and OH!!!!! Sally May is overjoyed (and me too!) at the results! Their house is still a "fixer-upper" I am afraid, and electricity has yet to be installed, so the battery lights are just the perfect solution. And as soon as I had finished that task... I heard Blue the Blue Fairy Bearey asking for her Tree to be put up as well. And I had a couple of things that needed to be added to that tree too...
The whole gang was there to see it
when the lights were switched on.
There is a garland of snowflakes.....
And if you look very carefully...
There are three tiny Snowmen ornaments
that were made by Birgit and sent to me last year!
Here is a close-up of one of them...
the red "scarf" helps you find him
if the orange carrot nose isn't bright enough!
I think they are perfect for this tree!
And over at The Lovely Old Dollhouse...
Charles has managed to get the Tree up
before anyone else had noticed!
Helen finds it very comforting...
It is always the same tree in the same place
and looks just as beautiful as ever!
And the lights are so lovely...
It brings a great sense of Peace to her heart.
And while we are thinking about Christmas Lights, Dear Readers,
I want to show you a small update on the
Christmas Tree Skirt I have been stitching.
I was able to do a great deal of stitching last week
while I was home on Vacation...
And it had occurred to me that I didn't think All the trees
in the Village should have the same lights!
Some of the houses might want to have only "White" lights!
And that made me decide that maybe one side of the skirt
should be only "white" lights (here stitched in yellow thread).
I thought I would test the look first with just one house...
I had already added the red lights to the rest
of the trees on this side of the skirt.
I really liked the way it looked!
And here I have also added a couple more "cavorting" deer!
But I really wanted to get started on the other half of the Tree Skirt!
It is easier to stitch it by turning it "upside down"
from the way I was stitching.
This works as long as you turn it 180 degrees around...
the stitches will still slant in the same direction
as the other half of the skirt.
This would not be true if I only turned it 90 degrees!
And while I was stitching the red roofs... I had an idea...
see that red "dot"....?
way off in the empty area at the bottom?
Can you guess what will come next...?
Look! It's Rudolph!!!
He will be a real "standout"
amongst those all "White" lights!
You can see here that the Trees and the lights have been started!
And that is as far as I got, Dear Readers, on my Vacation week.
I might not have much time for stitching now that
I am back to work and all my spare Time
needs to be used to draw the Annual Christmas Card!
Yes, it is once again that Season....
It always takes me longer to make than I think it will....
and I can tell you that I am "working on it"!
But I won't show any of it here
until it is done and mailed.
So you will have to be patient
if I don't have much to report for a while!
But at least I have put up the Trees
to Light The Darkness!
Very creative! You put a lot of thought into it and is shows!
ReplyDeleteMe encanta ver el árbol navideño iluminado,se ve tan maravilloso!!
ReplyDeleteTu bordado ha avanzado mucho! me encantan las pequeñas luces y el pequeño Rudolf iluminando su nariz!
Espero ansiosa ver tu tarjeta anual de navidad!
Besos.
Beautiful Christmas trees, It´s Christmas everywhere!!! 🎄🎄🎄Your stitching is going great,too, I hope you find time to keep working on it, but mostly I wish you enjoy whatever you do and have a happy Christmas. Take care.
ReplyDeleteOh Betsy that tree skirt is going to be amazing! The tree looks so beautiful and is just what we need to bring our hearts and minds into the season!
ReplyDeleteAs for the annual Christmas card, it's going to be a special one. This year is hard to bear while we're in it, but soon, when we are past all the grief and trauma, it will become a symbol of what we can endure. I think in retrospect it will mark the time when we all began to refocus on what is really important in our lives. I can't wait to see how your incredible artistry captures your experience of 2020.
So beautiful! Makes me want to put up our "tree" sooner than usual. I think we will need to get more strings this year, since we left the outside ones on the tree for 3 years (and they all lit up, year after year.) We are proud of our lovely Colorado blue spruce, taller now than our house! Will we be able to reach the top with the lights? Pat thinks so...
ReplyDeleteCarry on, much love,
Mom
I love your Christmas tree. It brings light into my heart. The tree skirt is coming along, it already looks gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Drora
Beautiful Christmas trees. Your stitching is fantastic, as always.
ReplyDeleteThe trees look wonderful! And the stitch-work is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteYour lightened Christmas trees look beautiful, Betsy, so very cozy!! At our home, we always wait until Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas) has gone to his homeland, after his party on the 5th of December, than it will be time to decorate the Christmas tree.
ReplyDeleteYour stitiching is gorgeous, especially your personal touch in the design are great findings, like Rudolph his red nose ;)!
Hugs, Ilona
I've really enjoyed to see our miniature friends putting up their trees (with a little bit of Betsy-help... but that's what friends are for, right?). And I've enjoyed your beautiful festive pictures, our little folk is right, we have to make the best out of this special Christmas. Okay, and I admit it, of course I've enjoyed seeing the beary gang admiring their sparkling tree very much and I feel honored that the snowmen ornaments found a home there.
ReplyDeleteSeeing your pictures and also the gorgeous variations of your stitching design (Rudolph!!! Woohoooooo!!! Yesssssss!!!) brought a traditional German Christmas carol to my mind. I suppose it's not well known outside Germany but I found a translation - it starts like this:
"On the Christmas tree the lights are burning;
How it glows so festively, dear and softly
As if to say, “Find in me
Of true hope a still image.”
The children stand with glowing looks,
The eye laughs, the heart laughs.
O joyful, blessed delight!
The elders gaze heavenward"
I wish you laughing eyes and a laughing heart and joyful, blessed delight too - and of course a steady hand while painting this year's Christmas card. Wow, you're early this year... *grin* Ah, the anticipation, I am so looking forward to see it... but it's the time of Advent and we know this means that we have to wait patiently for the big event to arrive. Have fun painting another one of your masterpiece series!
Hugs
Birgit
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