Friday, December 2, 2011

Retro Pinks for Pink Saturday

For Pink Saturday I’m sharing our dining room Christmas tree. It’s decorated with with vintage ornaments from my sweet hubby’s family.christmas trees 2011 012

I love the translucent look of the Chinese lanterns…

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I’m sure the colors were brighter when they were new in the 50’s…but isn’t the softness nice?

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Many are hand painted…

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Others like this Silent Night look more like stencils…

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A couple met an untimely end this year…

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But I’ll vow to be more watchful as I add the beaded garland next year…Hope your week is Pink. Stop in to visit Beverly at How Sweet the Sound to get the full list of Pinks for the week, and until we meet again…

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4 comments:

Chubskulit Rose said...

Such gorgeous decoration and arrangement.

My PINK is inviting you to come and take a peek. Have a beautiful weekend!

December 2, 2011 at 10:59 PM
LV said...

My kind of tree. The only way I ever knew how a tree should look. All the colors make a beautiful showing, but I still like the original green.

December 3, 2011 at 9:21 AM
dana said...

Happy Pink Saturday!

I have those very ornies you showed.....cept I don't have the snowmen ones. I've collected them for years at garage sales and flea markets. I also put them on the tree in our dining room.

Hope you had a great PS.....we had a dusting of snow last night. Ugh...not ready for that!


L, Dana

December 6, 2011 at 6:33 AM
Beverly said...

Happy Pink Saturday, LaVerne. I know I am late, but hopefully you like better late than never.♥

Your tree looks so pretty. I love all of the vintage ornaments. They remind me of ones my grandmother had.

December 13, 2011 at 11:29 AM

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