festival of trees~blue monday

Wow! Has it really been five days since my last post?

Since Wednesday, I have been doing alot of cooking, running here and there, entertaining, and traveling to other parties and church events.

Tis the season to be BUSY! {smiles}

Below are some of the goodies I prepared last week.

Chocolate-covered Marshmallows....

Christmas Tree Cupcakes for David's School Party....

....Made with Dollar Tree Suckers.

I added the green sprinkles for mere decoration, however David decided that they were fallen needles from the Christmas Trees. Oh, the imagination that comes from the mind of a child!

And cupcakes for Ashley's School Party....

Now for my BLUE MONDAY Christmas Contribution....
{Weekly event hosted by Sally at Smiling Sally Blog ~Be sure to visit her for more BLUE Posts!}

A couple of weeks ago, the Festival of Trees was held in our town, to benefit the local Hospice Organization. I volunteered a couple of mornings, as a school groups tour guide. My last group on the second day, was a special needs high school class of about 10 students. They were the most well-mannered group I led, and took in every tree, ornament, Santa, etc., with excitement and an innocence that would warm your heart. They were such a blessing and delight.

I took a few pictures to share of the Christmas Trees....

The first tree, dominated by BLUE, was sponsored by the local Newspaper.

The angel, "fringe" on the tree skirt, and garland were all made from newspaper. The "ornaments" were strips of pictures from thoroughout the past year.

The Snowman Tree, below, was the children's favorite!

{...and many adults, too! :) }

Coming in a close second, was The Grinch Tree, with ornaments made from lightbulbs.

{Made by one of the elementary schools}

Beautiful Jewel-tone Trees...

Another BLUE tree...

The beautiful wreaths were made and donated to be sold at the festival.

The Angel Trees.

The paper doves contained names of Hospice patients from the last year.

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And finally, I wasn't going to send out Christmas Cards this year. (Partly because I was running out of time.) Ashley crowned me the Christmas Card Grinch, so I gave in with guilt, and took pictures to send, after church yesterday.

David was wearing a BLUE shirt, not very festive.

After trying to get shot after shot, of David NOT clowning around, this was the best two.

Cheers! ~Rhonda :)