Thursday, December 2, 2010

Ornament Anecdotes: Day 2

This precious ornament is not even hanging on my tree.
It sits in an egg cup, in my china cabinet.
Behind glass.
Two years ago I bought a whole plastic box of Styrofoam apple ornaments at a summer garage sale, because I saw this tarnished treasure nestled in the mess.
25 cents well spent!
The apples eventually went into the trash (even I couldn't think of a creative use for them!)
This beauty went into the china cabinet for safe keeping until Christmas.
But has ended up living there permanently.
I can enjoy it all year 'round,
long after the other ornaments have been put away in boxes
and hauled down to the basement.

8 comments:

~*~Patty S said...

sweet and lovely N
it has such a nice vintage finish to it...you have an eye for treasure!

I keep Linda's little house in the china cabinet all year long...now it's time to bring it out front and center :) AGAIN! already!
fa la la
oxo

Joanna said...

Precious bauble, just gorgeous. How lovely that it is enjoyed all the year round.

x

Marlynn said...

Ahhhhh, once upon a time, I had a slew of these, where are they now - maybe in your china cabinet! LOL Hugss my dear BFF!

Linda Jo said...

I love this one, too! I like that you keep it out. We need a little Christmas every day!

Unknown said...

Somethings should not be packed in a box for eleven months out of the year

femminismo said...

Such a lovely ornament! There has to be the most wonderful story behind this one!

Margaret said...

I second Linda! some things are just too fab to hide away!

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

Wow, you have a great eye. I would say those apples found their way to the right spot, and so did this beauty. I remember my grandparents having these, too. They could be from my grandparents tree. Lovely memories.