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| Annika |
Posted - Nov 09 2010 : 11:08:24 AM
We have a woven grapevine star with tiny white lights, which we love a lot. How do you top your Christmas tree? Inquiring minds and all 
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
Palouse Prairie Girls Chapter
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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| Bonnie Ellis |
Posted - Dec 07 2010 : 6:18:02 PM
On the top of the tree I have a punched tin star and on the tree I have a corn husk angel I made and a fabric angel I made for our church Christmas tree and whtn the church closed in 1995 and I rescued it for my tree. We now go to a Scandanavian Lutheran church. We're making lefse and meatballs for the Smorgasbord on Sunday.
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| Peg Graham |
Posted - Dec 05 2010 : 08:46:40 AM
Angel....it's been in my family since I was a child, so it's got to be around 40-50 years old.
miles of smiles~Peg
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| Sitnalta |
Posted - Dec 03 2010 : 9:06:27 PM
We have an angel decked in white feathers and silver ribbons with feathery white wings. :) This is our 3rd year with her. We had a star when we were dating our first Christmas, but after babys pulling the trees over so many times, that moved onto a happier place. :D
hugs
Jessie
"Wonder Woman hasn't got a cape, she just turned her apron around"
Farmgirl Sister #235 |
| kymomma4 |
Posted - Dec 03 2010 : 7:55:45 PM
I just got a glass star that also has a poinsetta on it. I looks kinda small for a 7 ft. tree but it works for now. I think next year I might make one. |
| sue5901 |
Posted - Nov 29 2010 : 11:34:42 PM
We have an 'angel' on the top of ours - I bought it quick and cheap when I moved into my house on 10th Dec and 30 years later am still using it.
Funny but in England even though they look like Angels - have halo's etc we always call them Fairies when they are on the top of a Xmas tree.
Dance like nobody's watching! |
| countrymum |
Posted - Nov 29 2010 : 5:17:49 PM
We have a tin punch star that I purchased a long time ago from Gooseberry Patch.
"This country needs cleaner minds & dirtier fingernails." Mark Twain |
| KellyWall |
Posted - Nov 27 2010 : 12:47:15 PM
We have a hand made angel on top of our tree, my son made it in Kindergarten, he is now 13, her wings are his little hand prints! We just adore her.
Kelly #238
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| knitnpickinatune |
Posted - Nov 24 2010 : 3:35:42 PM
A wire & beaded star is always on the top of mine. love it!
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| njaw09 |
Posted - Nov 24 2010 : 09:15:14 AM
We have 2 different stars. we alternate every other year. |
| simplyflowers |
Posted - Nov 24 2010 : 02:25:57 AM
We have the ugliest star on our tree.... but we love it.. [i think! LOL]... it is a multi colored metal star.. each section of the star is a primary color, and it has a white light inside of it... kinda of hard to explain.. but it aint purdy! it has never really complimented our trees we've had over the years... but there is a story to this star....
My husband was previously married [as some of you know]... and when he and his ex divorced she took everything [to include holiday stuff with her when she left, decor, oraments, etc.]... it was a bad year for DH and children... This was his second divorce and and he was feeling pretty crappy about life in general. Well, the short of the long is that he decided not to decorate.... not to really do anything for christmas except get his kids some gifts and be done with it. WELL THEN, he found out that he would be able to have Billy [his youngest at the time] for Christmas morning and he changed his mind very quickly... So when they went shopping for decorations and holiday cheer... and guess who picked out the star... BILLY! It was that holiday i think that made DH realize that life would go on... and indeed he would again find happiness.... That special ugly staer will always be a part of our holidays... :)
“Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.”
Ashley Smith
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| jpbluesky |
Posted - Nov 22 2010 : 12:31:02 PM
We have an angel in a gauzy dress, with porcelain bisque face and hands. She used to light up, but not anymore. But we love her anyway.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
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| Karrieann |
Posted - Nov 18 2010 : 5:10:29 PM
...I use a really wide satin ribbon and tie a bow on top and allow the the ends to flow down the tree.
:o)
Karrieann ~ Farmgirl Sister #766 (29 Sept 2009)
My Blog: ...following my heart, dreams and Jesus
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| mickib |
Posted - Nov 18 2010 : 4:15:11 PM
A victorian angel. I bought it from the Smithsonian catalog when I was in college. I bought one for my folks and one for myself at the time, because I thought it was so beautiful. 25 years later they're both still being used every year. |
| youngbunny |
Posted - Nov 16 2010 : 10:27:31 AM
Ours is a woven grapevine star, and I've attached a small golden angel on it. LOVE!
Simpler Life = Happier Life! |
| TammyCaltagirone |
Posted - Nov 16 2010 : 08:48:42 AM
We have a wooden and metal star that my son refuses to allow us to replace :-D
"one happiness will scatter a thousand sorrows" |
| kittykill |
Posted - Nov 16 2010 : 08:21:39 AM
We have a fancy star from the 1950's on our tree. It is silver and rhinestone-y
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| pharmerlaura |
Posted - Nov 15 2010 : 3:08:02 PM
We have a lace Angel that we found at a craft fair one year. She has added ribbons & some glitter on her. She was plain white when we got her. |
| levisgrammy |
Posted - Nov 14 2010 : 06:06:37 AM
I have angels surrounded by a star and it attaches to one of the lights at the top. I believe it is Hallmark of the Mary's angels line.
farmgirl sister#43
O, a trouble's a ton or a trouble's an ounce,
Or a trouble is what you make it!
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts,
But only--how did you take it?
--Edmund C. Vance.
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| CountryBorn |
Posted - Nov 13 2010 : 1:08:57 PM
We always had a beautiful sphere at my Grandmas. I have had both spheres and stars. But for the last probably 30 years I have had a porcelain angel with gauzey wings and dress in white and blue and blonde hair. I bought her from my best friend who sold Avon. It reminds me of both my daughter and my friend. I keep thinking I will get another one, but I never seem to find one.
MJ
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. Freya Stark |
| Marcia30 |
Posted - Nov 13 2010 : 12:11:26 PM
I used to always have a star when i was little but now i have an angel. I actually have a couple of angels. LOLOL
God is good all the time!!
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| Annika |
Posted - Nov 13 2010 : 07:09:00 AM
I just love every one's stories and how they got their topper! Happy or bittersweet, we all have our tales.
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
Palouse Prairie Girls Chapter
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http://prairiegirlsjournal.blogspot.com/
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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| Simply Ann |
Posted - Nov 13 2010 : 07:00:38 AM
I'm still looking for my perfect tree topper going on 15 years now. Until then I continue to use decorations from a New Years Eve party I put together with some ribbon. I like the way it looks so thats probably why I'm not finding something else.
There is no set path, follow your heart stay the course. |
| Freyaskitty |
Posted - Nov 12 2010 : 12:21:45 PM
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 :) |
| nut4fabric |
Posted - Nov 12 2010 : 11:49:15 AM
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.
Kathy |
| Megan |
Posted - Nov 12 2010 : 11:39:10 AM
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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