Holiday Show And Share – Christmas Collections I

At The American Homemaker Angie is sponsoring the new weekly feature, Holiday Show and Share: "The holidays are quickly coming upon us. Do you have a favorite holiday tradition? A favorite holiday recipe? A great holiday party idea? A holiday decoration you’d love to show off? How about a favorite holiday picture of your family? Let’s show and share our favorites. Each Tuesday from November 4th until December 23rd blog about something you love about the holidays and add your link to Mr. Linky."

Having an item you collect for the holidays means you can be on the lookout wherever you are throughout the year to find special items to add to your holiday décor.

For years the only tree ornaments I collected were angels and musical instrument ornaments. I built up an interesting accumulation of angels in pottery, metal, glass and crystal, plastic, wood and porcelain. It was the same with the musical instruments.

Here are some photos showing how I’ve used them in my holiday décor.

This stair garland is strung with mini white lights and brass musical instruments.

Musical instrument ornaments also decorate the ends of garlands for the entry to the dining room:



and the door to kitchen:

The small tree in the guest bedroom has musical instrument ornaments in porcelain, metal, blown glass and crystal.

Under the tree are melodious silver nativity bells from Reed and Barton

Thank you, Angie, for providing the opportunity to share our holiday collecting and other enthusiasms.