Since the children are currently pawned off to various relatives while Paul and I take a lovely Christmas-y weekend trip to New York City, I thought I'd leave a little post behind spotlighting a few of my favorite ornaments.
Every year we buy a new ornament for the kids, and last year I decided to morph the tradition a bit to buying them a handmade ornament each year. I generally buy the ornament the year before (or sometime during the year), and they get the ornament when we decorate the tree. At the end of last Christmas, I found Philip's ornament, along with 3 sibling ornaments, at an art gallery downtown.
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This handmade ornament with the Christmas tree and present inside, came from a glass shop near Piazza Navona in Rome from a trip that Paul and I took in 2004.
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This ornament is one of my favorites, painted by a friend of ours named Tristan. Tristan is an autistic artist, and his mother started a company called Blue Elephant Creations selling products displaying his artwork to help fund the alternative therapies that have helped him immensely in his journey.
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I'll be back next week full of NYC Christmas to share!
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This ornament is one of my favorites, painted by a friend of ours named Tristan. Tristan is an autistic artist, and his mother started a company called Blue Elephant Creations selling products displaying his artwork to help fund the alternative therapies that have helped him immensely in his journey.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht1fAie8zNbp8SPpuHvul7JFkYD4ZEOtyWEAdic_FS-1wwDLEOXghIJeolDo1twliBcuX7xbBMhKbulVXj3XDOkU_Ihbdb5m6Xhd6cArnWwL_Pac1i8A6OHwc_6jddksMJmP-8G1hsdsX-/s400/013b.jpg)
I'll be back next week full of NYC Christmas to share!
You've got some very beautiful and unique ornaments here. I love handmade ornaments the best. have fun in NYC!
ReplyDeleteHave a safe trip in NYC. We do the new ornament every year tradition too. I think I'd like to change it to homemade ornaments too. Yours are so beautiful and so unique. Lovely idea.
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