Saturday, January 5, 2013

On the Eleventh Day of Christmas...Kate Jackson

On the eleventh day of Christmas Kate Jackson decorates the RNA Christmas tree...




Our Christmas tree is decorated with an odd assortment of decorations, some bought and others homemade. There are delicate wooden toys and chunky salt dough bells, which my children made at playschool. My favourite is our angel which I made for our first Christmas in the first house we bought. Money was tight so I decided to make an angel, Blue Peter style. She's part cornflakes box, part kitchen roll inner tube, with a felt dress, paper wings, felted wool head with embroidered eyes and mouth and her hair is sheep's wool from when I had time to spin - pre-children. She’s has a wild hippyish look about her and is not a typical angel, but we love her and still use her as the tree wouldn't be right without her. She's always the last to go up on the tree, and after her job is done she spends the rest, of the year in a bed of tinsel in the decoration’s box.

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Daisy Chain Summer and other stories is a collection of stories about family, friendships and love, all previously published in The People’s Friend magazine. Now available on Amazon.


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