Tuesday, December 23, 2008

A Little of This and That Ornament Blogging

I really intended to organize my ornament blogging thematically this year!
But after all that's been going on at work and on the home front, it just hasn't worked out like I planned. Something about the best laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley comes to mind...! Anyway here are today's offerings, a bit of this and that, each with its own story to tell....

This shot showcases another of Fernymoss' new finds ... the gold fish with blue stripes, who's swimming through a veritable sea of assorted companion ornaments, including my precious Eiffel Tower (I got that one about three years ago), various bauble type ornaments and one of the strawberries from our collection of fruit ornaments. In fact, this strawberry (and the others in the set) was among the ornaments we bought the year we got our first tree, way back in 1998 (the year we moved here to Casa IVG). Over the ensuing years, we've built up quite a collection of fruit/veggie ornaments, and are always on the lookout for new additions. So far we have strawberries, oranges, apples, grapes, and pears, but the artichoke and carrot ornaments still elude my efforts. You can also spot a few of our glass icicle ornaments, a gift from Fernymoss' mom from a couple of years back. She spotted them on a day trip one summer (of all times!) and they just begged her to get them for us, so here they are now; we think they're quite lovely and are great at catching the color from the surrounding lights....
Here's our frosty pickle, another of the ornaments I got in the Denver airport several years back during that long delay I mentioned in a previous post. Someone had told me it was traditional to have a pickle ornament on the tree ... there was some folklore associated with this, but it has long since escaped my memory. Something about an old poor woman or some such lore, I think? If anyone knows the precise tale, let me know! To the left you can get a backside glimpse of my Pink Flamingo, an absolute necessity for any diehard John Waters fan such as myself! It took me a few years to find it, but now it's got a front and center spot on the tree every year ... You can also spy one of our (many) decorated glass egg ornaments we went gaga over a few years back. They reminded us of the famous Fabergé eggs so popular during the reign of the Czars in imperial Russia ... these hardly rival their famous heritage, but they are quite pretty and add a lot of sparkle to the tree. We gave a lot of these as gifts the year we found them, and it's always fun to see somone else's tree sporting something that came from us originally....





























Finally, these "teardrop" reflective center ornaments are very old fashioned, I think, and I can remember when I was a kid my parents had a bunch of these type of ornaments that they considered out of fashion, so they rarely got put on the tree unless I insisted I be allowed to hang one or two. We've found that they're definitely back in style, and we have several types and colors of them all around the tree, because we love the way they flash from the reflection of nearby lights, and in fact, they positively glow! Both Fernymoss and I have a fondness for retro looking ornaments in general, I guess because they remind us of our childhood memories of how beautiful and magical the family Christmas Tree seemed in our young eyes. So that's what we try to recreate in our trees every year ... a bit of magic, a lot of flash and sparkle to cheer us up in the dark of winter. Some of our ornamental traditions date back to the Pagan Yule (such as placing edible items or simulacra thereof on the tree), while others are purely reminders of childhood. It's all one big eclectic mix of course, but that's a perfect reflection of who we both are ... amalgams of all sorts of traditions and tastes and interests that all compete for attention at this time of year while they go on display on the tree for a few short weeks. It's always a bittersweet process to have to pack them all up and put them away till the following year ... but we enjoy it while we can and usually stretch out the season a while beyond New Year's just so we can continue to bask in the colorful glow just a little while longer....

Tomorrow we'll focus on the top of the tree, and you may be surprised to see some of what's lurking up there! So stop back and see what you think....

104 comments:

Roses and Lilacs said...

I love how those lights change the colors and reflect off the other ornaments. The pickle is a first for me. I've never seen one in Christmas ornament form.
Merry Christmas
Marnie

Gail said...

IVG,

Hi IVG,

...Love your ornaments! I do like the pickle ornament...we have one, too! I agree the teardrop ornaments are lovely...we found a few at a flea market when we were first married.

We have a few lovely glass ornaments that didn't make it down stairs this year. They are just chock full of meaning and memory and very special. But this year the tree is covered in all the ornaments that our son made! He is 27yrs old! He and his gf made the big trip home so lets bring out all the cute kid ornaments!

Have a joyful and love filled holiday!

Gail

boran2 said...

I like the Eiffel Tower, and the pickle! You've got a very interesting assortment, IVG.

Iowa Victory Gardener said...

Hi Marnie,
I guess I've sold you on the LED lights with these, eh? :-) They do a wonderful job hitting the reflective parts or just casting colors on other ornaments (like the white pearlescent ones we have).

Until a few years ago, we hadn't heard of the pickle either, but we have it now!

Merry Christmas to you and your critters as well! I hope you all have a restful holiday ... I'm sure hoping for one.

Iowa Victory Gardener said...

Hi Gail,
So you have a pickle too! Those teardop ones are back ... I found this set at Sears a few years ago after Christmas and got them for a very cheap price (like $1.50 for a set of four), so they're out there.

Too bad your glass ones have to sit this year out, but I do hope you post a picture of your tree w/your son's ornaments! Would love to see what they did ... hope you're enjoying have a houseful and not working toooo hard!

We're hoping for calm, peace and rest around here... we'll have our big consumer gratification moments, then off to the "in-laws" on Christmas day.

Tomorrow, I'm baking French Baguettes (for soft cheeses), a couple of batches of cookies (Spritz and Snowballs) and some food items for tomorrow night. Nothing really hard or complicated, and when I do have the time I enjoy doing this kind of stuff!

Iowa Victory Gardener said...

Hey B2,
Those are cool ones, eh? Interesting, lol. We have so much more that may/may not make it up here but I'll keep at it a few more days.

I finally got to see the giant Menorah illuminated tonight ... wasn't as bright as I thought it would be but when you're looking at an obviously gas flame from way down below, I guess you miss some of the effect.

Hope you're having a pleasant Hanukkah!

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