Rag Garland Photo Prop

A photographer friend of mine requested a rag garland to match her Eater back drop. It must have been meant to be because the exact colors that I needed were the very first pieces of fabric that I laid eyes upon. I got the fabric home and got to work. Cutting and tying. The edging is quite frayed, but I think I like it that way. Gives it a little bit of character. :) Here is the finished product. To see them in use with her back drop, please visit her page {here}.

It's Christmas, not X-mas...

...or so I always believed. Tonight I came across a web page (I closed it before I could link it here) that explained that the abbreviation of Christmas to X-mas may have actually derived because the western ‘X’ is equivalent to ‘chi’, the first letter of Christ’s name, and a holy symbol, in Greek. I don't know how or if that holds any truth. But I won't feel so irritated if I see it this way. I read many things this evening that I could contemplate and argue, but I'd rather not wind up feeling confused or upsetting any readers.

I'm not sure if it is due to the fact that I completely lost all of my photographs in previous postings or if I'm just feeling a little nostalgic this evening, but here are a few Christmas photo's that I hold dear to my heart. ♥

Camden-2years old

Camden-6 years old, Kainan days old

Kainan-4 weeks old

Kainan-2 years old

And here are some photo's of a little bit of our decorating this year. I have been wanting to try making a "rag" garland and decided this was the time for me to try it out. I like how it turned out, despite my numb and aching fingers. What do you think?
I let Camden put the artificial tree up this year. She put all the pieces together. If you look closely you can see that she misplaced some of the branches. :) But I left it. The kids, one short one in particular, kept adding ornaments to the bottom of the tree in the same spot, but I left it.

 

 

"Rag" Garland I made

Closer detail

Finished product