Look! Mom's Dishes! ...Connections To Our Past

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUE-0HH6bnmyTYa4yT1ohVA_ZSpbWiYOuTHOJZtMeDyuwpI7XBa4v5N1xec6vAUKCf4-QvRoHdvT92erpS9vApU3-nro5iIF7pF9Dq9SqMMNb_GWFay7g6PyKAqLkSFUEDaWTc1v6DpOW/s1600/001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUE-0HH6bnmyTYa4yT1ohVA_ZSpbWiYOuTHOJZtMeDyuwpI7XBa4v5N1xec6vAUKCf4-QvRoHdvT92erpS9vApU3-nro5iIF7pF9Dq9SqMMNb_GWFay7g6PyKAqLkSFUEDaWTc1v6DpOW/s640/001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sometimes I think I have the best job in the world, getting to work with </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">beautiful </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">china pieces day in and day out...sometimes it actually feels more </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">like a privilege </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">than an actual profession. After all, each of these plates and </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">cups and saucers </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and other dinnerware pieces all have history behind them. </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">They come </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">from </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">many different countries, from all around the world, and </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">their </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">beautiful </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">patterns and colors give them a unique appeal </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">that brings </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">them to life </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">unlike other ordinary household objects. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We remember dishes. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They're a part of our </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">family in some ways, a part of each of our </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">own personal </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">histories. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Have you not once </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">in your life been somewhere, maybe an antique market or </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">thrift shop, and come </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">across an orphaned plate or cup that you instantly </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">recognized from somewhere</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> in your own past? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At that moment of recognition, it isn't just "a plate" or "a cup," </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but mom's </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">plate, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">or grandmother's cup. There is a connection. Often when that </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">connection </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">is </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">made we find ourselves flooded with memories of </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">family </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">from </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">long ago, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">or of our childhood, or of holidays and times past. If you're the </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">sentimental type </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">like I am</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">it can be a comforting experience. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I've been working with dishes for so long now that I know the patterns by name.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">No, I don't talk to them, but in a way, they speak to me. I see them as</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">valuable, not monetarily valuable, but valuable in a way that fills your</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">soul with warmth and peace just as memories of loved ones do.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This was, after all, someone's grandmother's plate. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Someone just like you. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUE-0HH6bnmyTYa4yT1ohVA_ZSpbWiYOuTHOJZtMeDyuwpI7XBa4v5N1xec6vAUKCf4-QvRoHdvT92erpS9vApU3-nro5iIF7pF9Dq9SqMMNb_GWFay7g6PyKAqLkSFUEDaWTc1v6DpOW/s400/001.jpg" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Look! Mom's Dishes! ...Connections To Our Past

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Things You Can Make With Old Christmas Tree Ornaments

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Don't throw away those old, paint-chipped Christmas tree ornaments!</span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Instead, why not think about displaying them in a different way, or upcycling</span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">them into something new like one of the pretty displays shown below? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dreamywhitesonline.com/item_640/Vintage-Ceiling-Tin-Frame.htm" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg33mvhKz6mxHLYegqsOZnc9abeloSGt9m1SxnMN4Ifu2s0Bt256Hx_diDGFvVD5MxLFWSfpMngYSetgyFvZEoVtIzuZP7JNk8XC5wNvUeK9cvxvHhTWT-FiA-6NpMBOVAkAcarisvrdrs/s1600/orn.jpg" /></a></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.dreamywhitesonline.com/item_640/Vintage-Ceiling-Tin-Frame.htm" target="_blank">I love the way these ornaments are displayed hung from ribbon on tin frame from Dreamy Whites</a></span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZcusSSSUNMRyYdz8S_0APPvtu_WOfddNq0iKt-v8sFRJNCrI4wQsGg99PWB_gmBoPaNfKoqMgl9WRw0-OAa1qS2vLlbmL0wsTpn8rVlSNzCnETTCtkRNSznE6khf3TOSFHe9lpZdvHGg/s1600/garland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZcusSSSUNMRyYdz8S_0APPvtu_WOfddNq0iKt-v8sFRJNCrI4wQsGg99PWB_gmBoPaNfKoqMgl9WRw0-OAa1qS2vLlbmL0wsTpn8rVlSNzCnETTCtkRNSznE6khf3TOSFHe9lpZdvHGg/s1600/garland.jpg" /></a></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Create a garland with ribbon and ornaments</span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3HBfg12dL7A0uKl3R9-6hQA_gemvMcxOWfOpI3h8vZdIR3OLaiCApCxjaC54ldj0YSy1ORQu-6p979QalJgPMyC4tj6kpblHmbGPq4iQzmqnXGbAsdXk14b5z7TsamT7_u7xTnxSpTJXF/s1600/111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3HBfg12dL7A0uKl3R9-6hQA_gemvMcxOWfOpI3h8vZdIR3OLaiCApCxjaC54ldj0YSy1ORQu-6p979QalJgPMyC4tj6kpblHmbGPq4iQzmqnXGbAsdXk14b5z7TsamT7_u7xTnxSpTJXF/s1600/111.jpg" /></span></a></div><a href="http://revistacasaejardim.globo.com/Revista/Common/0,,EMI184643-16937,00-NATAL%20DO%20SEU%20JEITO.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Festive door ornament</span></a><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Wn9EHqSNo18Mhdo1woi9KiuNjq9EcH47poCq9dNZX3XzGDm08rmIgmWkLZkC_Fkh-EnesveBNJfe4bzJyn7_xVKLZziTRbKrT0YX5sbzfBUSPS-2BMwjvTNqNkDURFgGUJzK5UsIw6c/s1600/bhg.jpg" /><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://bhg.com/" target="_blank">Christmas ornament topiary via BHG</a></span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Fjqa9f_1FiW07DUJrX_m96d0Y35wDJKh23w_KQngJLRqXdVxu8N1DVo64srJjaOXGgAJbz0Hj0HKH5tncywBEcPM-jvcuYpXSZmz6_8_0sSYMNQ83y11T7VlyWEPGIIMFgvxHZ_d8Iqs/s1600/333.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Fjqa9f_1FiW07DUJrX_m96d0Y35wDJKh23w_KQngJLRqXdVxu8N1DVo64srJjaOXGgAJbz0Hj0HKH5tncywBEcPM-jvcuYpXSZmz6_8_0sSYMNQ83y11T7VlyWEPGIIMFgvxHZ_d8Iqs/s1600/333.jpg" /></span></a></div><a href="http://www.bhg.com/christmas/indoor-decorating/super-simple-holiday-decor/#page=5" target="_blank"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Use large ornaments as vases via BHG</span></a><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPkqpZdXIRWM2yqO5_t_8Voyj3QUcigydeQYrU0apuNlCH4fd6wQyNTBZe0uXnrH_Kj0s0QVjww0V60vzJAUtmtIWnthHI56VAd2b7weeAjriCGOosgsfAhCudjb7aIausRKfJGb0bhmf/s1600/ORNTREE3.jpg" /></span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://sointovintage.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Attach ornaments onto an old window screen from So Into Vintage</a></span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5uFraMVYc74wCyw5Xjht1jKJGM4L0TKeNRt7mqzUmrRf-VTqcD_-TWfsoD3ScZR2VnHkx2g6uqiplJTeClqAFRhQzIt77BLmzSFELnPATg-bx6xgAlqveSgp5Ic_0yvR2A607KZ5qONU/s1600/44.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5uFraMVYc74wCyw5Xjht1jKJGM4L0TKeNRt7mqzUmrRf-VTqcD_-TWfsoD3ScZR2VnHkx2g6uqiplJTeClqAFRhQzIt77BLmzSFELnPATg-bx6xgAlqveSgp5Ic_0yvR2A607KZ5qONU/s1600/44.jpg" /></span></a></div><a href="http://www.robomargo.com/christmast2t.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Glue old ornaments to a mirror frame via robomargo</span></a><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5HEwAd0BKGwdFpUow3pF-OTZoIdnNU_XrGKmVB_JSqWE1mjXgjSME6wIPTCCS6K_BLN3DYeeUzcVztbEYMrYSYr0yl2lc8vRM-ytbfoY7vBgwrF-C2R3leOLnRZNiHav4g5yZh0sMiv1D/s1600/555.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5HEwAd0BKGwdFpUow3pF-OTZoIdnNU_XrGKmVB_JSqWE1mjXgjSME6wIPTCCS6K_BLN3DYeeUzcVztbEYMrYSYr0yl2lc8vRM-ytbfoY7vBgwrF-C2R3leOLnRZNiHav4g5yZh0sMiv1D/s1600/555.jpg" /></span></a></div><a href="http://www.amandacarolathome.com/2011/11/little-christmas-decor.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Display in a tray with vintage mercury glass by Amanda Carol</span></a><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxXD1PHJ9GByNfCFYXYxp_U2-rb_Ma2SojZDuImL7fecldJptDKTJTISpvZnVZ9JGC7-aFE_p-Og0kJ_ftFnd6RqmmBfwrdI28OrvCGHeOAwOIJvtVNfoqRNKMCY76GOEKdjM6_TOfHw3I/s1600/222.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxXD1PHJ9GByNfCFYXYxp_U2-rb_Ma2SojZDuImL7fecldJptDKTJTISpvZnVZ9JGC7-aFE_p-Og0kJ_ftFnd6RqmmBfwrdI28OrvCGHeOAwOIJvtVNfoqRNKMCY76GOEKdjM6_TOfHw3I/s1600/222.jpg" /></span></a></div><a href="http://www.familycircle.com/holiday/christmas/decorations/festive-christmas-decorations/?page=4" target="_blank"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Create a garland of ornaments like this one from Family Circle</span></a><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBxBd1fL2beR6djcCObEC6mJ7h6RBE2mzuegq7n8jrCx3BtdUfHdbPMPRIvQUpoU_ti9FPSbgtQKb8mK7GX7YQ_hyphenhyphenAngdrR32XRir4-knl8NAhCXn1hUhlg9m-TEFuVAaUvOagO1uSabDh/s1600/555.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBxBd1fL2beR6djcCObEC6mJ7h6RBE2mzuegq7n8jrCx3BtdUfHdbPMPRIvQUpoU_ti9FPSbgtQKb8mK7GX7YQ_hyphenhyphenAngdrR32XRir4-knl8NAhCXn1hUhlg9m-TEFuVAaUvOagO1uSabDh/s1600/555.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.bhg.com/christmas/indoor-decorating/super-simple-holiday-decor/#page=5" target="_blank">Use old ornaments to fill a vase via BHG</a></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4wHVsRCnPKyg2VXvXjhWADdagz9RPofDuk1FY80T_39a-m3vVMSv6dkcBVl0RUEPpM_1A9uWi3Fj9F8Pdzo2xBqzgYwBgIB8l0Xxs6fHMbpL79hwjYKgU_tb80Na-uCExdzPcNBxvxc05/s1600/tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4wHVsRCnPKyg2VXvXjhWADdagz9RPofDuk1FY80T_39a-m3vVMSv6dkcBVl0RUEPpM_1A9uWi3Fj9F8Pdzo2xBqzgYwBgIB8l0Xxs6fHMbpL79hwjYKgU_tb80Na-uCExdzPcNBxvxc05/s1600/tree.jpg" /></a></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://myvintagesoul.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Ornament tree by My Vintage Soul</a></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSS5QWgX1BaT7y1Uz9vSlz4tNEBpPfvDmfACd1ZOXU4agKK1z6QP0mbJZwwmEBFYrO11P4iJ_JrYmxhuMp2EuBGRh15848oi7RDFmG2qkNbzs_Z5nz4HsWH7jVZEboWJsaPPCYJM3EqCV9/s1600/window.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSS5QWgX1BaT7y1Uz9vSlz4tNEBpPfvDmfACd1ZOXU4agKK1z6QP0mbJZwwmEBFYrO11P4iJ_JrYmxhuMp2EuBGRh15848oi7RDFmG2qkNbzs_Z5nz4HsWH7jVZEboWJsaPPCYJM3EqCV9/s320/window.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Create a pretty Christmas window display</span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; 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Things You Can Make With Old Christmas Tree Ornaments

Don't throw away those old, paint-chipped Christmas tree ornaments! Instead, why not think about displaying them in a different way, or ...

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