Mom has quite an eclectic tree - she's been collecting ornaments for almost 40 years. The decorations include things she bought when she was first married, things my brother and I made as a child, things my nieces have made and every year we make sure we add at least one new ornament to the tree.
One other thing the tree contains are small tributes to our dearly departed pets. There's a plastic canvas dog house for our old dog Duke, a clay cat ornament I painted to look like our old kitty River... and since we lost dear Russell this year...
I dug up some Fluffy Cat leftovers (colour is Pumpkin Patch) and used a
pattern the Yarn Harlot showed on her blog the other day. I modified the ears to make them a little pointier and...
added a tail.
Russell will always be missed, but he'll be with us every Christmas for years to come.
2 comments:
Such a sweet tribute! Your Mom's tree is the best kind. I used to have a tree full of memories too until the mice got into the container and ruined everything. That's one of the reasons I now have a house full of cats. Meow.
What a wonderful wonderful idea. I love your honoring tree. We have some ornaments for certain pets, but I guess I need more!
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