I'm sure we all have our favorite things that we drag out year after year before Christmas. I fell in love with my first paper mache angel and started to collect them. Everyone thought they'd help and I got a ton of angels of all sorts, shapes and sizes. Not really what I had in mind but I loved their thoughtfulness and effort.
My first angel was bought at the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina. She had on a regal gown of purple and a wreath of holly in her hair. I wrote the date inside her gown and where I bought her.
I soon added one with a lovely pink gown all draped paper-mache. She seemed to be in prayer.
Then I got a very elegant one, she wore a dark green top with flowing white skirts.
I got rid of most of the 'extra' angels (no place to store them in this apartment) but I did hang on to a few.
One I had crocheted, years and years ago. I have no idea how old she is.
I couldn't get rid of my musical angel, either. She's a favorite. I often turn her on to play a sweet Christmas tune as she turns around and around.
and then there was a fad going around where everyone was making little angel ornaments out of ribbon. I was pretty 'crafty' minded for several years so of course, I joined in. Here are a couple I still have.
What's your favorite Christmas collection?
I have a small collection of Christmas angels that I haven't put up yet - they have all come to me as gifts from friends over the years. As I didn't buy any of them myself, I'm not even sure they really count as a "collection"! ;-)
ReplyDeleteI like your angels! I have a collection of stained glass angels, but don't have a good place to put them anymore. I also made some of the ribbon ones.
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