One of my favorite Christmas decorations is an old ceramic Christmas tree that I stole from my mom. From what I am told, my aunt Sandra made some of these and gave my mom and grandma each one.
To this day I am still curious as to how she went about making a ceramic Christmas tree. I mean, I try to be crafty with hot glue, modge podge, t-shirts, and scrapbook paper. But ceramic? Seems a little far fetched. In getting ready for this post I thought it would be interesting to see if I could find anything out about these ceramic trees. What do you know? Google delivered. In fact, there is a website devoted to ceramic Christmas trees….www.ceramicchristmastrees.info. Apparently back in the 1960′s and 1970′s ceramics was THE crafty thing to do! I am glad to find out that it was typically done in a local shop (I was imagining Sandra in grandma’s kitchen whipping up these trees!), probably something along the lines of a Purple Glaze back in the day.
Back to my ceramic Christmas tree…
I love the little colored lights and the festive glow that it provides! It’s the perfect night light.
And I love photographing out of focus Christmas lights….they make the prettiest colored circles!
Do any of you all have a ceramic Christmas tree in your family?
One of my other favorite Christmas decorations is an old glass candy dish that my grandma gave me. I know nothing about it, except that it is so old that the glass is starting to yellow. The red band provides the perfect holiday touch!
What Christmas decorations are your favorites? Do you have any that bring back loads of family memories? If so, please share!
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Alayna is a lifestyle photographer who also practices commercial and residential interior design. She loves utilizing vibrant color in both her designs and her photography. She also has a passion for travel, seeking out new experiences, places and cultures to capture with her camera and to influence her designs. Alayna married her high school sweetheart and loves to cook, finding joy in family favorites as well as her own creations. A bargain hunter by nature, she thinks that good design can come in all mediums, price points and styles and should be available to everyone.
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I LOVE those trees. My mom has two from my grandma that I’ve been crossing my fingers for for years! I’ve seen a few white ones to that I would also love to get my grubby fingers on
My parents have the exact same tree! I think my mom made (painted) it. She was big into ceramics ‘back in the day,’ and we used to regularly go to a ceramic class together when I was little. It is definitely one of my favorite Christmas decorations because of all the childhood memories! And it IS the perfect nightlight. I love it!
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I have one almost identical that a friend made. She was totally into ceramics in the early 80′s and I bought it from her.
Hi, We have both of these items . The candy dish came from my grandparents estate . The Christmas tree came as a gift to my husband from my mother. She saw it in the window at a local thrift shop in Greenwood,In. My husband always wanted one because his Aunt Nellie always had one out on the buffet at Christmas time. He also found a smaller one at a yard sale last summer and picked it up for a few dollars. We LOVE these old antique Christmas items. They really bring back an era gone by. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!