felt & glass

Pretty felt ornament tutorial from the purl bee via pinterest. — we've had a few false starts making these for the tree. We begin, and then become distracted (by trucks and getting dinner ready respectively). However, we are very enthusiastic in our intentions... I think half of crafting is just the pleasure of imagining doing something anyway.

Update: we did make a couple and ^ this lovely one is by my niece, age 6.

This is the first year we've had glass ornaments on the tree for awhile. I like my son's tree decorating style — fit as many on each branch as you can. He likes to put them in pairs according to colour.

fleur de lis

pretty ornaments (page details) from the Fonderie du Sieur Delacolgne, 1773

pink sun

Whenever I visit a letterpress, I try to collect some letters or ornaments. This is from a funny little place, now gone. The lily on the top of my page is one from that collection, too.