Photo of the Week: Little Lamb, First Ornament On Our Christmas Tree

A small brown and white Christmas ornament hangs on the evergreen, a little lamb made of fuzzy white fabric with brown felt rolled tightly for legs and a round brown face with two black eyes and a green holly twig with red berry on its head. Colorful lights and other ornaments in the background.

Handcrafted and handsewn, the little lamb brown and white felt ornament is one of my favorite Christmas ornaments.

I bought the ornament over 30 years ago at a holiday craft show where local vendors in the Plymouth and Canton, Michigan area were selling their handmade creations.

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Photo of the Week: First Ornament on our Christmas Tree

Hand-painted Santa Claus ornament.

A hand-painted metallic ornament was the first ornament we hung on our Christmas tree this year. The round silver ornament depicts Santa Claus in his red robe and matching stocking cap trimmed with white fur, carrying an overstuffed bag of goodies to the Christmas tree. One of my favorite ornaments!

Photo of the Week: Old and New Ornaments on Our Christmas Tree

Kitch-iti-kipi spring on a white globe ornament next to brass French horn ornament hanging on Christmas tree.

Great memories!

The ornament we bought this year when we visited Kitch-iti-iipi in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan hangs on our Christmas tree next to the brass musical ornament we bought over 20 years ago for our first Christmas together.

One of my favorite things to do during the holiday break is to sit in our living room, chatting with my family about our ornaments, when we created them, when we bought them, and all the stories that go along with them. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Old and New Ornaments on Our Christmas Tree