Ornament #16 – Denim Trees

I’m enamored with trees at the moment.  In my neighborhood the leaves are ablaze in reds, yellows and oranges.  They truly are breathtaking.  It’s also leaf-dropping time, at least with my trees, so Mike and I raked two bins full of leaves yesterday.  The yard looked really nice for about 20 minutes.  Now it’s blanketed in leaves again.  It is a chore, but I really don’t mind because those trees provide the shade we need in the summer.

So onto today’s ornament.  I’m in the middle of putting together a pillow for the dog’s lookout seat in my craft room.  It’s called the lookout seat because it’s where they “look out” through the window and survey their kingdom.  Currently it’s just a converted coffee table, but soon I hope to have a nice cushion to put on top.  I’m making it out of denim scraps from collected blue jeans.  There’s another collection!

But I digress…  I gathered my denim scraps, ribbon scraps and miscellaneous buttons and made a trio of denim trees for today’s ornament.  I sandwiched the ribbon between two layers of denim, free-stitched a tree shape and stuffed it with polyester fiberfill.  I then hot-glued the buttons down the middle of the trees.  I think they’re quite charming.

Some close-ups.

Item #38 – Transcribe Da’s interviews

A few years ago I went to see my grandpa (we call him Da) armed with a few pages of questions about his life.  For two weeks, we sat for a couple hours every day while I asked him questions and he answered with wonderful stories.  I have about 12 hours of those interviews in audio files and I want to transcribe them to use in my scrapbooking.

Question of the Day:  Where was the grandest Christmas tree you ever saw?  For example, last Christmas I saw a beautiful tree in the town center of my grandpa’s home town in England.

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There will be Mini Give-aways on the 22nd and 29th days of November.

• The winner of each mini give-away will get to choose an ornament from the previous week.  For instance, the winner on the 22nd will pick from Ornaments 15-21, the winner on the 29th will pick from Ornaments 22-28, etc..
• The Mini Give-away winners are still eligible for the Grand Give-away on December 1st.

On December 1, 2014, I will have a random drawing for one (1) lucky winner.  I will contact the winner for their mailing details and will mail to anywhere in the world.

Links to {30 Days of Christmas Ornaments}
Ornament #1
Ornament #2
Ornament #3
Ornament #4
Ornament #5
Ornament #6
Ornament #7
Ornament #8
Ornament #9
Ornament #10
Ornament #11
Ornament #12
Ornament #13
Ornament #14
Ornament #15

If you asked me which was my favorite Christmas tree to pee on, I don’t think I could choose.