Christmas Trees & Birthday Flowers!
Today, I thought I'd share pictures of our Christmas tree that we decorated last night and my birthday flowers. It's a fresh Frasier Fir, which I love because the needles are nice and soft. Years ago as a kid, the type of trees found on Indiana tree farms Scotch Pines, which were prickly to the touch, but popular because of their climate hardiness and good needle retention. Frazier firs are popular for their natural "Christmas tree" shape, good needle retention as well and excellent shipping characteristic. You'll notice "dye-cut" Christmas card decorations on my tree. Three are official Hallmark dye-cut cards---the rest are Bev-cut. Sometimes, if a card we receive has a really nice large central design on front, I'll glue the card sides together, then cut that design out, hole-punch a hole in the top, add a loop of yarn and---voila, my own "dye-cut" ornament cards perfect for filling gaps and hiding tree imperfections! The bottom b...