The Rescued Gingerbread Man

My Daughter popped in at my favorite thrift to check out the books.

She has her own place now so she went into the Christmas section. 

She stopped by the house on her way home and brought me something she had rescued.

Just about every year for the past almost 30 years of our marriage I have made ornaments to give away.

They are fun to look at because the chronicle all the styles and moods I have been in each Christmas.
When I first started putting up a gingerbread tree, I made some gingerbread men.

She saw this little guy and thought that someone discarded one of my creations. 
I have given them to teachers and friends throughout the years, so it seemed entirely possible that someone got rid of  it.

It was so sweet of her to rescue it for me.

But...

it wasn't one of mine.

Oh, it looked  like one of mine

and

the initials on the back were the same initials as mine.

In fact they looked just like my initials.

But...

it was not one that I made.
 I am glad she rescued it.

I will treasure it.

Someone took the time to make him and he is a cute gingerbread man.
The primary reason I will treasure him is the 
sweet sentiment  I felt 

 when my daughter rescued him for me.

:)

Sprinkled with a gingerbread rescue,

Katie   
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"Flocked" Christmas Tree

I've been wanting a flocked tree.

We have never had one and I was in the mood for something different.

We shopped for one for the living room but I wasn't impressed. It didn't look like flocking technology has changed much since the genesis of the artificial tree.

I have seen many, many flocked artificial trees at junk shops that have yellowed. 
Not pretty. We didn't get one.

I saw something on Pinterest that made me want to give painting the tree a try.
She painted her tree and then sprinkled it with glitter.

Dealing with the aftermath of glitter is one of the hazards of my job so I didn't think I needed to add glitter into the equation.

But I was willing to give painting the tree a try, so I pulled out the white primer.

This job is messy! 

Dabbing seemed to work best.

Brushing the paint on the branches caused splatter.

I got it all over my shirt before I realized what was happening.

I wanted it lightly flocked so I didn't go nuts.

I did hit it with spray snow after it was dry.

 I wish I hadn't  because all it did was shed.

Spray snow hasn't changed much, either, since I was a kid.
Where is the commercial flocking that is sprayed on picks and garlands?
I notice more of the flocking during the day.

At night you can't really get the effect as much. But It seems like the lights are brighter and I like it with the Urban Putty  (by Sherwin Williams) walls in the sunroom. 

It looks cute with the candy and sweets and frosted gingerbread cookies.

You can see what else I have done in the sunroom. 
Sprinkled with artificial snow,

Katie

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