More xmas...

I know xmas is over but there's still a few pics I wanted to share. First, here's a better shot of the tree. Those posted before were just too blurry to see clearly.


Daniels parents leave their plants with us every winter as they snow bird it to warmer climes so we always get to enjoy their xmas cactus blooming. It has been going non-stop for two months now.


And last are the button trees Daniel and I made using the buttons he inherited from his granmother after she passed away several years ago. A much better use than having them stashed away in a box somewhere. Joey did the first one for us (center) and we did the rest. The black velvet one with the mother of pear buttons still needs to be completed, but that can wait until next year.


So easy to do. We used old fabric we'd been carting around for years, cut it to fit the styrofoam cones we picked up at thrift stores and then used a spray adhesive to make it stick well all over. The seams are finished with a fabric glue. Then we added buttons (after a good washing and scrubbing - they were dirty!) using straight pins. Some are plain silver pins with a small glass bead added first, others have the large headed pins in gold, silver, pearl or other metallic colors. I think they turned out fabulously. Can't wait to do more next year - we've plenty of buttons left!

That's it for xmas this year. Promise.