The Folk Art Christmas Tree

The Diningroom Folk Art Christmas Tree

The Diningroom Folk Art Tree

       My collection of hand-carved, hand-painted Russian folk ornaments deck the live, tabletop tree in our diningroom this year and it is one of my favorites.  Among the Russian ornaments, I also hung dried orange slices since I love the stained glass look when a white light shines behind the thin orange slice (and they are easy to make: simply slice an orange, place them on foil on top of a cookie sheet and heat oven to 200 degrees).  My twelve-days-of-christmas ornaments are also on the tree, along with wooden cranberry strands, real candles in candle clips (and no, I am not brave enough to light them!), and straw ornaments.