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Holidays:  Christmas Tree Decorating Contest  |
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Lavendar fields dreamer
True Blue Farmgirl
1032 Posts
little monkeys mommy
washington
USA
1032 Posts |
 Posted - Dec 20 2007 : 11:05:24 PM
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just barely made the cut off but i got my tree entered along with my moms i just hope that they actually got sent correctley. sometimes my e-mail thing doesnt work right. i also realized that i forgot to put my moms description on hers aaarrrrgggghhh. oh well atleast i finally figured out where the pictures went into hiding at in my comp
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Tammy Claxton
True Blue Farmgirl
1559 Posts
Tammy
Glen Burnie
Maryland
USA
1559 Posts |
Posted - Dec 21 2007 : 05:12:29 AM
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I think I entered mine too late:(. Hopefully you all will still get to see it! Merry Chritmas everyone!
What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger!
http://countryintheburbs.blogspot.com/ |
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - Dec 21 2007 : 06:47:30 AM
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Wow! I sure am glad that I don't have to choose a winner!! All of the trees are so beautiful.
Sunshine- Leave it to you to create a yo-yo masterpiece!! I L*O*V*E it!!
Karin
Farmgirl Sister
# 18 :)
Wherever you go, there you are.
www.madrekarin.blogspot.com |
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
4877 Posts
Wendy
Utah
USA
4877 Posts |
Posted - Dec 21 2007 : 07:00:56 AM
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yep that one is mine the other one with my name is actually my children's tree the snowflake in the ornament shot was made by my 6 year old and the small origami star int he same shot was made by my oldest daughter
have a lovely day and may God bless you and keep you safe
my bloghttp://sunshinescreations.vintagethreads.com/
my web store http://vintagethreads.com/ |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22937 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22937 Posts |
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amyartgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
991 Posts
Amy
Junction City
Ohio
USA
991 Posts |
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Tammy Claxton
True Blue Farmgirl
1559 Posts
Tammy
Glen Burnie
Maryland
USA
1559 Posts |
Posted - Dec 21 2007 : 4:08:59 PM
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All the trees are sooo beautiful! I agree, I wouldn't want to pick the winner either! :)
What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger!
http://countryintheburbs.blogspot.com/ |
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
16272 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
16272 Posts |
Posted - Dec 21 2007 : 7:09:09 PM
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What amazing entries!!!! Carol has given Meg and me all the info and we'll get started on our decision. We plan to post the winners day after tomorrow, Sunday the 23rd, before 5 p.m.
What a wonderful Christmas present this contest is to everyone. A feast for the eyes. Thank you EVERYONE for joining us in such a festive way.
Holiday Love and Blessings,
MaryJane, Sister #1
P.S. We had our office holiday party today, mmmm, the FOOD was YUM! My hubby entertained us all with his perfect rendition of Julia Child, then John Wayne (this involved a conversation between Julia and John), then Click & Clack from NPR. (And it was an alcohol-free party!)
Look for my new book, "MaryJane's Stitching Room," in bookstores now. Coming next in 2008: "MaryJane's Outpost Guidebook - for Cultivating Your Inner Wild." |
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Tammy Claxton
True Blue Farmgirl
1559 Posts
Tammy
Glen Burnie
Maryland
USA
1559 Posts |
Posted - Dec 21 2007 : 7:40:31 PM
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Merry Christmas to you and your family as well MaryJane!! Thank you for having the contest. It was a treat!
What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger!
http://countryintheburbs.blogspot.com/ |
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
6948 Posts |
Posted - Dec 21 2007 : 8:47:08 PM
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sounds like a lovely party..and lots of fun.would have loved to have heard your hubby's renditions of the characters...bet it was quite funny.Merry Christmas and thanks for all that you do.
May 2008 bring all of us alot of lovely memories.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~
visit me at:
http://gardengoose.blogspot.com/
and at www.stliving.net
you can also check out my etsy shops at:http://GardenGooseGifts.etsy.com |
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Carol
Moderator/MaryJane's Design Diva
452 Posts
Carol
Moscow
Idaho
USA
452 Posts |
Posted - Dec 23 2007 : 1:18:18 PM
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Announcing the Winners!
Grand Prize: HANDMADE
Tracey G.
Gross Isle, Michigan
We love the fact that Tracey and her husband keep bees for a hobby. Since honeybees have had such a rough go of it in the last year, we think her tree is a great tribute to the hard-working honeybee.
Tracey made all her ornaments entirely out of beeswax-melted down in a double boiler before being poured into cookie molds-then painted by hand in gold leaf because the name of their beekeeping operation is called “Island Gold.” Stunning tree!
Grand Prize: STOREBOUGHT
Jessica C.
Versailles, Kentucky
We love the fact that all Jessica’s ornaments were either purchased from crafters in Kentucky or purchased as antiques. Her little antique boy angel holding a stick snowman completely captured our hearts.
(Jonni L. of Covington, KY and Joy M. of Monticello, KY were in this same category, store-bought but handmade. Jonni has accumulated hers over many years as she traveled around the world-a memory travel tree. Since all these gals are in Kentucky, we hope to meet all three of them! Beautiful!!)
Best Collaborative Effort, FARMERETTE HANDMADE
Unfortunately, when we designed the categories for winners, we didn’t think to add a special category for FARMERETTE.
The tree labeled Wendy, Chapter Entry, Handmade, Herriman, Utah were ornaments made entirely by her three daughters, who have formed a farmerette chapter called Queridas. The girls are only 10, 8, and 6 years old, making this tree even more extraordinary. Since it was hard enough narrowing the honorable mentions down to three, we decided to give Queridas an honorable mention in its own category of BEST COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. For this prize, we hope the girls will let us feature their tree along with photos of the three girls who designed it in next years’ winter issue of MaryJanesFarm.
Honorable Mentions
FREE-STYLE
Tina W.
Storebought
Panama City, Florida
Tina’s tree was one of Meg’s favorites because it was decorated in such a lively mix of just about everything, “similar to my tree.” Gorgeous free-style!!
MOST EFFORT
Veronica C. & David K.
Storebought
Toronto, Canada
We were entranced by the shear number of lights (700!), the metal stars hung by white satin, the cranberry garland mixed with real acorns, the delicate red, blue, and clear glass bulbs, and finally the array of doves from silver to clear frosted glass with a beautiful vintage wooden dove perched on top. The tree is surrounded in a red skirt with embroidered snowflakes. WOW!!!!! We lost our breath just thinking about how much effort this took.
SWEETEST STORY
Lea B.
Handmade
Scotts Hill, Tennessee
Lea’s tree is a tribute to a precious Appalachian farmgirl-her grandmother, Barbara Carter. All of the ornaments of her tree are sewing notions from her grandmother’s sewing box that was given to Lea when her grandmother passed away.
She even hung her grandmother’s old-fashioned eyeglasses in the very center. In honor of her grandmother, Lea also crafted a few yo-yo’s. “All the tinsel in the world cannot hold the sparkle that this little tree holds in my heart.”
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Naomi Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
1563 Posts
Naomi
Sunshine State
USA
1563 Posts |
Posted - Dec 23 2007 : 1:43:29 PM
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oh wow! Woooo-Hooooo! can you hear me hollering the farmgirl cheer all the way from Florida? LOL thank you. it was loads of fun!
Tina~on Naomi's computer.
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be-Abraham Lincoln
Check out my blog:http://thebellamodiste.blogspot.com/
and my Etsy store: www.shesewsbytheseashore.etsy.com |
Edited by - Naomi Michelle on Dec 23 2007 1:44:24 PM |
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kydeere40744
True Blue Farmgirl
1132 Posts
Jessica
Kentucky
USA
1132 Posts |
Posted - Dec 23 2007 : 2:37:24 PM
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Oh my - I'm speechless! I cannot believe that I won in the store-bought category!! I was for sure it would have been one of the other gals. You guys have beautiful trees. I'm just honored. Thank you Mary Jane & Megan!
~Jessica in Kentucky & Miss Wilma's Niece~
Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow... |
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
4877 Posts
Wendy
Utah
USA
4877 Posts |
Posted - Dec 23 2007 : 4:53:02 PM
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I am typing this for the girls as they tell me what to say ( so if it sounds odd that is why)
8 year old: Thank you for putting us in honorable mention and I like you! I made the angel that goes on top of the our tree and she looks pretty. Good Bye
6 year old: It's good to feel nice but we didn't have to be in the magazine that was nice and so I hope you have a good time. I hope you have a great time and I think you should have a nice day
10 year old: Thank you for putting us in the magazine I hope your Christmas will be bright and merry! ( on a side note when I told this one about the prize she said that was better than first prize she thought that was just great)
have a lovely day and may God bless you and keep you safe
my bloghttp://sunshinescreations.vintagethreads.com/
my web store http://vintagethreads.com/ |
Edited by - sunshine on Dec 23 2007 4:54:16 PM |
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
3890 Posts |
Posted - Dec 23 2007 : 5:13:33 PM
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Congratulations, everyone! What a lovely Christmas present. :)
Karin
Farmgirl Sister
# 18 :)
Wherever you go, there you are.
www.madrekarin.blogspot.com |
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
4687 Posts |
Posted - Dec 23 2007 : 5:20:25 PM
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Congratulations everyone!!! How exciting!! Can I get a WOO HOO!!!!
Merry Christmas
Cheers,
Heather |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Dec 23 2007 : 5:31:53 PM
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Congratulations! Now you as winner get to look forward to a visit from MJ! So wondrous! Merry Christmas......you have had a visit from Santa Claus already! And all the trees were so pretty.....
Farmgirls are really the best.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
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kydeere40744
True Blue Farmgirl
1132 Posts
Jessica
Kentucky
USA
1132 Posts |
Posted - Dec 23 2007 : 6:19:34 PM
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I keep meaning to put up my comments on the trees...I love them all!!! You gals have so much creativity and ideas. :)
Wendy - That is a very adorable wall hanging and very creative! Your daughter's ornaments are just too cute and creative. Lots of hard work went into their tree. :)
Tracey - I had no clue that your tree ornaments were from beeswax. I kept wondering what it was made out of. That is just too neat and creative. What kind of molds do you use?
Bobbi's was just full of ornaments! Too cute.
Lea - I have never seen such huge wooden spools. What a neat idea.
Carrie - I really love your idea of the stockings around the bottom of the tree.
Tina - I love your Christmas decorations! You have a beautiful tree all lit up. I just realize that your star is something that I have on another tree in my house.
Debi - You just gave me an idea of doing photos as ornaments for next year. I think it would be cute for a tree to have all the kids and grandkids with their baby photos in it.
Joy - I LOVE the rustic feeling with your tree. Where did you get that big red bead from?
Danielle - Cute kids! I can imagine their bright sunny faces on Christmas morning opening up presents by that beautiful tree!
Williams - That tree is just gorgeous with all those colors. I love how you put flowers in with it and then have the greenery on the wall.
Amy - I really like the blue and silver in your tree. I like the little stockings overhead too.
Jonni - Goodness that is a tall tree! I love how the star illuminates on the ceiling too!
Tasha -I love the blue & white. It is just full of ornaments & decorations!
Anne - I love that handpainted Santa ornament. Did you paint that yourself?
Alee - That is a very creative idea on doing the ornaments.
Veronica - I really love those doves. I like that tree skirt with the snowflakes embroidered.
Amy - I see you have those little Smores figurines too. I have a small collection of them.
Sage - That is just a huge tree and looks great with all those lights and decorations!
Tammy - I love the handmade ornaments! You have a lot of talent with all your little ornaments.
Rebecca - I love the tree and the angel ornaments - it is just gorgeous!
~Jessica in Kentucky & Miss Wilma's Niece~
Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow... |
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2552 Posts
Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
2552 Posts |
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farmgirl blessings
True Blue Farmgirl
777 Posts
Lea
TN
777 Posts |
Posted - Dec 23 2007 : 7:12:48 PM
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So happy for you both Jessica & Tracey! What an honor!
All the trees are so lovely.
Thank you, MaryJane & Megan, for your honorary mention. My grandmother would be so pleased and I am so proud for her!
Christmas blessings to you all!
Blessings, Lea
www.farmhouseblessings.blogspot.com
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." Jim Elliot |
Edited by - farmgirl blessings on Dec 23 2007 7:14:23 PM |
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downbranchroad
True Blue Farmgirl
374 Posts
Joy
Southern
KY
USA
374 Posts |
Posted - Dec 23 2007 : 7:28:05 PM
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This was so much fun! Wonderful trees and so nice to see each unique tree. I am sure hoping I get to meet MaryJane when she is in KY! Merry Christmas to all!
Appalachian Girl Jem |
Edited by - downbranchroad on Dec 23 2007 7:33:29 PM |
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traceyg
True Blue Farmgirl
124 Posts
Tracey
Grosse Ile
Michigan
USA
124 Posts |
Posted - Dec 23 2007 : 9:19:44 PM
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Oh my gosh ... I just got home from some last minute holiday shopping and checked my e-mail ... I can't believe it!!! I am THRILLED!!! It is truly an honor to be chosen from so many worthy entries. THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!
Happy Holidays everyone!!
Hugs and Kisses from Grosse Ile, Michigan,
Tracey Gaudette |
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traceyg
True Blue Farmgirl
124 Posts
Tracey
Grosse Ile
Michigan
USA
124 Posts |
Posted - Dec 23 2007 : 9:48:23 PM
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Hi Jessica,
Congratulations on your beautiful tree ... your photo was magical! Thank you for your very kind words and your interest in my beeswax ornaments. I use Paper Bag brand cookie/craft molds.
Congratulations to everyone on your wonderful trees, I loved each and every one. Happy Holidays!
Tracey Gaudette |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22937 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22937 Posts |
Posted - Dec 23 2007 : 9:59:20 PM
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Congrats winners! I think all the trees are beautiful and so much fun to look at!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
Nora has me wrapped around her little finger! |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
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Holidays: Christmas Tree Decorating Contest |
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Christmas Tree Decorating Contest
