Ornaments from the 2010 party- 3 photos

15 years ago

Using frosting, I made little acorns by attaching hershey kisses to the bottom of a mini nilla wafer. More frosting for the stem. Took forever to set up, even in a warm, dry house. IF I ever make these again (and they look better than they taste) I would use melted chocolate as my glue.

One of the crazier people in our swap group crocheted these big hot pads for everyone, they were the hit of the party! I think she made 24 of them. It's a local party, we all bring food and 24 ornies and swap, it's the highlight of my holiday season. We always have so much fun.

All the ornies were cute this year- the monogramed feather balls,, the stitched piece under it (she did about 5 or 6 different scenes) the aluminum wire star or peace sign with dangling crystals, the laser cut cross with glitter and ribbon, my little reindeer bag, an embossed cardinal, a laser cute 3D snowflake, a shiny star with a bead wrap, tiny red mittens that go with a piece from last year, a gingerbread man, a tin that says "to all my flaky friends" that is filled with snow flakes,a tiny, glittery aqua blue frosted cupcake with a red cherry on top that is to DIE for, (I need a better photo of it, this does not do it justice, she had them all in a glass cake carrier, it was precious!) a puffed star made from a strip of paper, a string of bells made from communion cups, a button wreath, a laser cut photo frame snowflake, a soldered cross of flat blue marbles, a catholic medallion dangle and a prize my group won for decorating a lady to look like a reindeer. :) That was a hoot, we stuffed ballons into panty hose for her antlers and then she stuffed extra ballons under her shirt and into the back of her pants so she had this enormously exaggerated bust and butt- stuck a red bow on her nose and we were WINNERS!

It was great fun- good food, lovely women, and 2 little dogs who got into my ornaments and had them strewn around, trying to get to the chocolate inside! We started calling my reindeer ornies "dog spit ornaments". lol I didn't get home until 11:30 which is really late for me! And in keeping with the deer theme, I saw about 20 deer driving home. They were freaking me out, running across the road, acting like they wanted to jump back out in front of me. I don't think I went more than 40 mph all the way home.

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lunchlady1948
15 years ago
WOW!! That looks like it would be so fun how long have you all been doing this??

I love the acorn/kiss cookie~~I am going to show that to my DD to do at my GDS preschool Harvest Feast next year~~you say you would use melted choco as glue~~to attach the kiss to the wafer?? Then frosting for the stem or melted choco for the stem???
lydia1959
15 years ago
Creative bunch of ornaments! The ornament party sounds like so much fun, I can see why you look forward to it each year.
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Flamey...those ornaments are so danged cute!! I would love to get a group of ladies together here to do that! Looks and sounds like so much fun!! No wonder it's the highlight of your season!!
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15 years ago
Thanks, ladies.

Lunchlady- I would use melted choc for all of it, or a mini choc chip for the stem- that frosting didn't want to get hard enough. It worked OK for glueing the kiss to the cap/wafer (24 hours) but even 12 hours wasn't long enough for the frosting stem. You can use mini Nutter Butters, too, I hear, for the cap.
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15 years ago
I love those ornaments. They will be really cute on the tree.

I like the little acorn treats too. I wonder if there isn't a small cookie that might taste better with the kiss. I might try to make these with my kids some time.
janie_ga
15 years ago
I always look forward to seeing your ornaments! Will the lady share her reindeer patter?
nodakgal
15 years ago
I look forward to this every year too! Beautiful,every single one!
You are going to need to put up more Christmas trees soon though Flamey! ;)
patti43
15 years ago
Better than ever! I always look forward to seeing your ornaments from the exchange.
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15 years ago
I'll admit it I am jealous of your good time
lunchlady1948
15 years ago
Thanks Flamingo I think using a chco chip is the best idea:)
gardenspice
15 years ago
I look forward to this post each December and you never disappoint!
1:30 AM - you party animal!
alisande
15 years ago
I love seeing these every year! Where did you find so many creative friends? Many of my friends are creative, too, but most are writers or the kind of visual artists that wouldn't know what to do with a sewing machine. :-)

No (rug) hookers in your group? I seem to be the only one where I live, so I guess I'm not surprised.

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15 years ago
11:30 PM, Spicey! I'd have fallen asleep in her kitchen if I had to stay up that late!

Janie, I never see that lady except at the party, but I'll try to get it for you.

Susan, we used to have a hooker, but she moved away. All these ladies are friends of the hostess and they've changed over the years, if someone doesn't come for a few years in a row, she stops inviting them and finds new ones that are crafty and willing. There were 2 new ladies this year which was great- one of them made the dear little cuppy-cakes!

Thanks for all the ooh-aahhs! :)
gardenspice
15 years ago
11:30, I guess I better get that eye appointment this week. I'm with you - I'm usually asleep long before then, not sure how I'm going to make through the NYE party we were invited to.
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