This project is for the DD/DDA December Monthly Challenge. Here is the challenge:
Challenge Focus: A Christmas/Hanukah/Winter Card inspired by a childhood holiday memory or favorite thing about the season. Tell us about the memory or inspiration in your gallery description
Required Element: Wrapping paper. Use a piece of holiday wrapping paper on your card in some way.
Restricted Element: No snowflake stamps, papers or embellishments.
I was thrilled that although we were not allowed to use any snowflakes or falling snow that were still allowed to represent snow in the project. Jami is tough but she but very fair.
I grew up on 300 acres of gorgeous farm land right outside of Charleston, WV. We never, ever purchased Christmas trees. Our parents would bundle us all up (4 girls) and we would walk the woods on our property to find just the right tree. As you can imagine these trees were never perfect as they had not had the attention and pruning that purchased tree have but they were always *perfectly wonderful* to us. We thought our father could do anything in the world as he cut down our tree and let us girls help him pull it home. He was beloved in the eyes of his daughters and well adored. No flaw in our tree could ever mar our love for both of our parents. Christmas in our home was all about "family" and I still hold these memories dear and close to my heart even though both my parents are gone. Merry Christmas Mother and Daddy. You will always live in the hearts of all four of your girls.
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Registered: March 11, 2005 Location: Windermere, FL Posts: 1676
Sun, Dec 21, 2008 @ 6:17 AM
Absolutely gorgeous card and your story reminded me of growing up here in Central Florida way before Disney when we were surrounded by woods and orange groves. My Dad and my brothers always went out to the woods (who knew who they belonged to?) and cut our tree too. Finding a tree in Florida that resembled a "Christmas" tree was a real challenge and often involved nailing spare limbs into the "naked" areas! But, like your family, our tree was always "the most beautiful tree ever"! TFS and bringing back memories.
Registered: June 9, 2004 Location: SoCal Posts: 62020
Sun, Dec 21, 2008 @ 8:57 AM
OH...MY...GOSH! Kiitie you have outdone yourself....clever and oh so adorable. I know it was hard for you to not to create falling snow, but the clear blue sky in this scene is truly wonderful! Love your story too!