Jane Austen Themed Trimmed Tree

Hello All!

It is that time of year again,

when I go down to the basement...

and rummage through boxes....

find things I forgot I ever had...

and gather up arm fulls of nostalgia

to deck our home out for the holidays.
Yay! 

You can see the wintery cup I had 
my tea in while I decorated.

Each year I bring out my Jane Austen tree,

and each year she looks just a little different.

This year I added 

silvery minty pine cones.

 

Here she is last year with 

additional adornments 

created by loving friends!

Jane did not mind sharing : ) 

Here is my new 2015 Jane ornament! 

My dear friend Suzy creates
beautiful angel ornaments in this style,
and I crafted this with Suzy's angels in mind.
Thank you for inspiring me Suzy!

   
"Be Merry in the Moment" is written on
one of her ribbons. 
It seemed like something Jane might say.  

The artist is the English portrait painter
 William Beechey, and the 
woman he painted is Marcia Fox.   
I believe this image was one of the first
portrait art used on a Austen book cover.

She looks very Jane like to me : )    
Do you think she looks like Jane? 

Steventon was Jane's Childhood home.
She wrote Northanger Abbey, Sense & Sensibility

and Pride & Prejudice, here 

but they were not published until later.
This is a very easy ornament to create.
2 1/2 x 3 1/2 card stock with glitter edges,
Pinked edged image
A little lace, a little button
and some glittered branches.

This ornament looks a littler harder,
but it is quite easy to make too.

A Jane image of your choice,
This one is not accuate
for clothing or hairstyle
but the feeling for me
was very Jane like.  
two ovals of cardstock 1/4 " larger all around
than your image.

16 snowflakes, two kinds...

6 " of ribbon,

1 rhinestone, 

1 large jump ring

1 bead dangle.

I used two kinds of glitter on

the snowflakes.

The back piece is a print 

of a letter of Jane's.

I did a short video of making one,

and if I can figure out how to get it off my phone,

lol, I will post it : )  

*Most of the images I used can be*

*found if you go to all my Jane posts*

HERE  

Many of you are making all kinds of
amazing Christmas art!
I love visiting your blogs and seeing
what you are doing.  

Holiday crafting is so much fun : )

Whew!

this was a long post 

and hopefully not overwhelming!

 The most important part of Christmas 

is not crafting, decorating or shopping...

(those these are joyful too...not the shopping though...lol)

The priceless part of celebrating Christmas

is the magic of HOPE and

being with loved ones!

Sharing here with you is wonderful!

Wishing you all a December full of LOVE

  

 Hugs to you all,

Terri 

I am joining Sandi for No Place Like Home
and Bernideen's BTTCG party

Martha is back posting for Tea Cup Tuesday!
I am so thankful : )
Yay Martha!