Here are some of my favourite images I've collected online this year to get excited for Christmas and to give me some inspiration for decorating, presents, etc.
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Christmas has been all about vintage and kitsch: aluminium trees, white trees,
pink trees; brightly coloured ornaments, Polonaise ornaments especially;
bottlebrush trees, miniature trees, terraniums; miniature figurines, miniature
houses and churches, miniature animals; pastel and pink colour palettes;
wreaths made of anything but the classic pine (old ornaments, light bulbs)
and lots of DIY creations. This year I learned more about the classic German
Christmas and now I'm really into mushrooms ornaments and decorations,
as well as pickle ornaments. Another tradition I learned about is shelf elves
which is when you have an elf doll of some sort and the parents are to place
it in a different spot every day around the house, sometimes even setting it
up in funny positions or strange places. The whole point is that you tell the
kids the elf is reporting back to Santa and therefore is kind of watching them
at all times. Especially if you move it every day they really believe it's moving on
its own at night time or whatever and it encourages them to be on their best
behaviour. Some people think it's kind of mean, but really it's no different than
the whole story and theory of Santa Claus that all kids are taught "he sees you
when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake", really it's no more of a "lie"
than most traditions of Christmas and I think it's absolutely genius. I haven't
made too many crafts this season but I definitely have a lot of ideas after
spending so much time on Pinterest and Google images.
Here are some pictures I've taken:
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| German nutcrackers at the Vancouver Christmas Market |
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| Mushroom ornaments for good health and a reverence for nature |
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| The pickle ornament origin |
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| My first Polonaise cat ornament from the German Christmas Market in Vancouver |
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| Second Polonaise cat ornament that my mom bought for me at Winners |
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| Clothing store on Main with cute trees in their window displays |
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| Knitted mushroom and other ornaments from the Christmas Market in Toronto |
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| My dog Maddie wearing her snowflake "collar" |
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| My dog Speck wearing his Christmas bandana |
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| A Mickey ornament on our tree |
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| Ice cream ornament on a white fluffy tree from the store Bowring |
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| Banana split ornament |
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| More ice cream ornaments that I really wanted but were all very expensive |
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