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Thursday, December 20, 2018

Girl Chat - Favorite Christmas Ornaments

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It's time for another round of Girl Chat and this month we are talking about our favorite Christmas ornaments. If I put every single one of my favorites up, this post would be crazy long. So I thought I would just pick out some of my more recent favorites (and a few oldies).


First up (in NO particular order)....my wedding invitation ornament. I saw this on Pinterest a long time ago and I knew I had to make it. I cut my wedding invitation into strips, curled the strips around a pencil and stuffed them into a clear ornament.
DIY wedding invitation Christmas Ornament
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Next up....a gold light up ornament that my mom gave me. It was my ornament from her tree and I am not sure who bought it for me, but it has always been a favorite of mine.
light up ornaments

Next up...two ornaments that I made for my girls using their hospital hats and bracelets. I am sure you have seen these on many people's trees and mine is no different. But I did get the idea to put their names on them (after seeing Emily's tree) and I plan on doing that before I put them away.
hospital hat and bracelet Christmas ornament

hospital hat and bracelet Christmas ornament

Next....the girls first Christmas ornaments. I ordered them from Pottery Barn Kids. They are red wooden blocks that have their initial, name, stats, birth date and the day they were born. I didn't take a picture of each of them as they are very close to the same. These are the cutest first Christmas ornaments.
Pottery Barn Personalized Baby Block Ornaments
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Next....is my first Christmas ornament. It is a gold flat ornament with my name and year of birth.
babies first Christmas ornaments

Next...my parents got Rory and I a Hallmark First Year of Marriage ornament. It's white, sparkly, has our wedding year and two red love birds hanging in the center.
Year of marriage Christmas ornament

Next....when I went to Scotland in 2016, I started to buy Christmas ornaments on all of my work travels. I found the cutest Christmas shop in Edinburgh (in September) and I bought the ornament below. I have been buying ornaments from all of my travels since then and I get to add a few new countries this year!
Scotland Christmas ornament

Finally, my mom gave me this little guy when I moved out. He is simple, but so cute and reminds me of my childhood.
Christmas ornaments

What are your favorite Christmas ornaments?
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24 comments :

  1. I love buying ornaments on our travels! It brings a little bit of everywhere we've been into our home. Like you, most of my favorite ornaments are ones that are sentimental too.

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    1. That is exactly how I feel about my travels and finding an ornament.

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  2. OMgosh, I LOVE the idea of putting your baby's hat and hospital bracelet in an ornament! I have never seen that idea!!!

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    1. I love it. If you still have some of yours, they are easy to make and sooo cute!

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  3. I love these! I have somewhat started to try and pick up ornaments on any of my travels but sadly since I started that I haven't had many travels haha Very pretty ornaments! Merry Christmas!

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    1. Haha. Isn't that the way it always goes. Merry Christmas Brittany!

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  4. Fun! I love ornaments and hearing hte stories behind them :)!

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    1. Me too! It is one of my favorite Girl Chat topics that we have done!

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  5. Love the handmade ones in the clear bulbs. I keep meaning to do this without invite, but forget every year.

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    1. I always forget, but now I want to add the girls names to their hospital ones.

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  6. I love all of your sentimental ornaments in the clear bulbs. How neat to have those memories and then put them on your tree. I love all the stories behind your ornaments as well.

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  7. I love them all, especially the girls' potter barn ones! I may have to go back and get one for each of my kids first year!

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    1. You should. They were on sale and free personalization recently. I looked for my new niece or nephew who will soon be here.

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  8. I remember your wedding invitation ornament! I love that so much! And the ones with the girls' little caps... oh my word! So sweet!

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  9. My husband has the same baby's first ornament as you! (The flat gold one) Love it!

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    1. It is the cutest. It seems like a lot of people our age have that one!

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  10. I hadnt seen it with the wedding invitation before. That's so cute.
    I love when ornaments have special meaning. Makes getting them out every year so fun to relieve all the memories

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  11. My friend just got one of those wedding invitation ones and I love the reuse aspect! I had not seen that before! I love all of your memories!

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  12. If I had ornaments I'd definitely want to collect where I travel!

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  13. I love these so much!!! We have ornaments from so many places we have been and they are so special.

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  14. So many cute ones! I think I told you this before, but my mom makes those wedding ornaments whenever she has a wedding to go to. I think it's such a sweet keepsake!

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