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Holidays:  Star or angel on your tree top ?  |
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
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Annika
USA
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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
7577 Posts
Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
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 Posted - Nov 09 2010 : 11:46:58 AM
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Sometimes it's a star, sometimes an angel...we've also had Santas, and, most recently, one of those old blown glass finials. I change my tree every year using things I already have, so the topper usually coordinates with the rest of the decor. One year our entire tree was done in our son's little baby toys, and the Fisher Price teething star was the topper - it was a favorite among everyone who visited! I would love to see a picture of your tree once it's up, Annika! It sounds lovely! Hugs - Nini
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
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Annika
USA
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Posted - Nov 09 2010 : 11:53:13 AM
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Thanks Nini! =) I can't wait to see what you do with your tree this year!
So let's post photos!
Hugs!
Annika
Farmgirl sister #13 |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Nov 09 2010 : 11:59:58 AM
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It's a bronze colored metal star that lights from within, that Jus and I bought when we first got married and didn't have 2 nickels to rub together (not much has changed!). We bought our tree that year at Kroger--the last of the 2 left on Christmas Eve in the snow, marked down to $10.00 and we bought the star at Homegoods and all the balls and ornaments at 60% off sales...I love that star to pieces!
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
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AngelaJoy
True Blue Farmgirl
63 Posts
Angela
Pinckney
Mi
USA
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Posted - Nov 09 2010 : 2:12:12 PM
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I have blue foil star with an angel in the middle of it. It has a spot for a light. This was probably from the fifties, and was my parents before it was handed down to me. It holds special memories, and gets passed between siblings for all to share. When I don't have it I use a vintage topper from the thrift store. I imagine at one time it held special memories too....
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Nov 09 2010 : 4:30:56 PM
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Mine is a big rustic punched tin star..we have had it for over 25 years..love it. I grew up with my mom and dad putting an angel on their tree and decided right away that I wanted to do a star. Not sure why..just did..and I love it.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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MamaCrunch
True Blue Farmgirl
161 Posts
Nasvhille
TN
USA
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Posted - Nov 09 2010 : 6:32:12 PM
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We have a gold and pearlescent star. This year I want something different but I'm not sure what.
Farmgirl #2161
Just tryin' to homestead in the middle of a suburban neighborhood!
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beekeepersgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1423 Posts
Luanne
Cresco
PA
USA
1423 Posts |
Posted - Nov 10 2010 : 04:28:08 AM
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I have an angel bear - got it quite a few years ago from Boyds Bears, and it is so cute. When I was growing up we had an angel with the fiberglass hair and wings, and my mom (81) still puts it on her tree every year.
Luanne
beekeepersgirl #691
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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GailMN
True Blue Farmgirl
471 Posts
Gail
Hutchinson
Minnesota
USA
471 Posts |
Posted - Nov 10 2010 : 05:01:26 AM
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I have an angel - my husband picked it out early in our married life. I lost my husband of 40 years in April - placing the angel on the tree this year will be bittersweet. The angel was special to us, and is precious to me now.
Gail
Farmgirl Sister #506
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SarahJ
True Blue Farmgirl
198 Posts
Shreveport
Louisiana
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Mama Jewel
True Blue Farmgirl
435 Posts
Jewel
Sweet Peas Farmette,
Bend, OR
USA
435 Posts |
Posted - Nov 10 2010 : 08:11:41 AM
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Ohh, Gail. I'm sorry to hear about your loss. Yes, your angel will be very special.
We have an angel, too. I grew up with one that my parents had that was pink with feathers (sounds a bit like Dutchy's). Then when I got married, my husband had grown up with a star & I with an angel. We went back & forth about a tree topper. Then later, once we started adopting our children, we were in a store that had a multi-racial angel. She was on clearance and all alone on the shelf as the last angel, so we "adopted" her. She's wears a lovely lace outfit. I love her. It made me sad thinking she was all alone on that shelf (I know it may sound corny). So she sits on our tree & is one of my favorite Christmas decorations.
Farm Girl Sister #1683 Living Simply & Naturally on our lil Sweet Peas Farmette
"Do Everything in Love." 1 Cor 14
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
5602 Posts |
Posted - Nov 10 2010 : 08:21:17 AM
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Treasure the angel , Gail and all of the wonderful memories that go with it. I'm so sorry to hear of your loss and I'm hoping that you have friends and family to spend time with.
Jewel, your angel sounds lovely =) I have an ethnic angel too and though she is a figurine and not a tree topper, I too found her standing all alone on a shelf and adopted her. She is just beautiful with the dark skin and the white and gold robes...we love her!
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
Palouse Prairie Girls Chapter
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
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Posted - Nov 10 2010 : 08:26:56 AM
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We have an angel in a simple creamy gauzy dress with feathered wings. When I bought it I thought it was so beautiful, all the other angels had fair creamy skin,lots of Scandinavians in MInnesota. This one's skin was a glowing light brown. Now years later our son's girl friend from Cambodia has the same skin tone.
Gail,
Our thoughts are with you and all the others who have lost loved ones this year. I remember the first year Dad was gone and Mom wasn't going to even have a Christmas tree but we kids made sure it was up. Remember to share your love with those still here and I'm sure it will bring a smile to those angels looking down.
Susan
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
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knittingmom
True Blue Farmgirl
665 Posts
AnneMarie
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
665 Posts |
Posted - Nov 10 2010 : 12:04:50 PM
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I have a cinnamon stick star on our tree (homemade of course) decorated with thin green ribbon and a few mini-berries.
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Ann2144
True Blue Farmgirl
106 Posts
USA
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Posted - Nov 10 2010 : 12:21:40 PM
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We have a lovely red and white angel. My husband and I bought it together. It is so fun to read all of your stories! Thanks for sharing!
Ann2144
Love Each Other |
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Jeanna
True Blue Farmgirl
267 Posts
Jeanna
Franklin
NC
USA
267 Posts |
Posted - Nov 10 2010 : 12:42:46 PM
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We put a lovely porcelain and lace angel on top of our tree for the first 18 years of our marriage and then we switched to a a gold and lace star.
Jeanna
Farmgirl Sister #41
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
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HealingTouch
True Blue Farmgirl
3448 Posts
Darlene
Kunkletown
Pa
USA
3448 Posts |
Posted - Nov 10 2010 : 11:11:17 PM
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Early in my marriage it was an angel. Now on my main tree it's a Hallmark Star. It also has only hallmark ornaments that I began collecting when we got married in 1969. I have a tree in every room ranging from 2 to 7 1/2 feet and they all have a different theme. Angels, snowmen, santas, homemade etc. Takes days to decorate. Last year I put some of them away fully decorated. Took me a long time to get smart.LOL! The main 7 1/2 Hallmark tree still needs to be decorated. The main thing is every tree has to have a nativity set under it and they do. Love to decorate for Jesus!
Gail...So sorry for your loss. Remember the good times and that will be your strength with Gods help.
Blessings and Peace,
Darlene
Sister 1922
God first, everything else after!
DNA doesn't make us sisters, Love does!
The road to a friends house is never to long!
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Woodswoman
True Blue Farmgirl
512 Posts
Jennifer
Altamont
NY
USA
512 Posts |
Posted - Nov 11 2010 : 5:39:57 PM
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We have a woodland Santa! He is holding a garland of evergreens and birch, with little critters around him.
Jennifer
Farmgirl Sister #104
"Nature brings to every time and season some beauties of its own".
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Penny Wise
True Blue Farmgirl
1903 Posts
Margo
Elyria
OH
USA
1903 Posts |
Posted - Nov 11 2010 : 5:51:34 PM
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growing up was one of those glass "spires"-- raising my kids we had angels we had stars we had spires.....last year, we moved from a large home to a teensy trailer right before Christmas- we used our live pine (norfolk? norway? sorry-brain fart!!) as our tree on top of the console tv (weren't unpacked at all!) --this year; i'm spending the holiday alone in the trailer and not sure which tree -probly a table top with mini ornaments so i think it's a star.....
i bought (lil plastic) walnuts with a nativity for each of my grandkids- i tucked them in a cute bag like for wedding treats- and told the kids that if they put that ornament on the tree each year they would know that i had one too- and so we were together even tho we live 100's of miles apart!
Farmgirl # 2139
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texdane
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Nicole
Sandy Hook
CT
USA
4658 Posts |
Posted - Nov 11 2010 : 8:41:59 PM
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We had an angel for years, til she broke. Now we have a star with a profile of Hans Christian Andersen on it. It is quite unique, a gift from my in-laws in Denmark. It is really pretty. I'll hand it down to my daughter someday.
Nicole
Farmgirl Sister #1155
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rosarita78
True Blue Farmgirl
206 Posts
Reina
Drought ridden High Plains
New Mexico
USA
206 Posts |
Posted - Nov 12 2010 : 07:45:27 AM
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I prefer a star. I don't know makes me think of the christmas North star. Right now I have a lighted one but I've always liked the one I had as a child and my mom still has, it's a styrafoam star covered in foil with a picture of Jesus. I tried to make my own but the husband didn't like it much.
I'm sooo in the mood for christmas!
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
Reina
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classygram
True Blue Farmgirl
1812 Posts
Brenda
Pleasant Hill
Mo.
USA
1812 Posts |
Posted - Nov 12 2010 : 08:17:50 AM
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When my children were small, many many years ago. We got a cream cloth angel with quilted wings. I still put her on top of our tree now. I love that angel, she reminds me of the happy times when my children were still at home. Hugs,Brenda
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Seek reasons to Love..In every sigment of everyday-look for something that brings forth within you a feeling of Love-Abraham Hicks |
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Megan
True Blue Farmgirl
155 Posts
Megan
Hudson
South Dakota
USA
155 Posts |
Posted - Nov 12 2010 : 11:39:10 AM
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we always have a angel that my grandma crochet, she made them when our great grandma died and its very special to me
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nut4fabric
True Blue Farmgirl
885 Posts
Kathy
Morgan Hill
CA
USA
885 Posts |
Posted - Nov 12 2010 : 11:49:15 AM
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We do two trees and both have angels, one that I made from satin with an embroidered face and quilted wings, that tree is always all handmade ornaments or special collected ones. The other tree is a procelin angel with feather wings and handblown glass ornaments.
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Freyaskitty
Farmgirl in Training
16 Posts
Lisa
Oklahoma City
OK
USA
16 Posts |
Posted - Nov 12 2010 : 12:21:45 PM
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What a fun thread!
My topper is the blue/black facinator I wore on my wedding day. It's really pretty and has several sparkly rhinestones and feathers. Quite fancy! Our tree is a bit wacky (based on I'll Have a Blue Christmas by Elvis), so it's perfect!
Lisa :) |
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Holidays: Star or angel on your tree top ? |
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Star or angel on your tree top ?
