{"id":266,"date":"2010-10-22T06:31:17","date_gmt":"2010-10-22T10:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/?p=266"},"modified":"2020-06-27T13:41:16","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T17:41:16","slug":"feathers-and-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/my-ornaments\/feathers-and-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Feathers and flowers&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, today I FINALLY began to get some photos posted of my new ornament designs for the 2010 holiday season&#8230;and I say that with a HUGE &#8220;finally&#8221; because I have been working on these new ideas since July! I am more excited this year than ever, for a couple of reasons. First of all, a few days ago was the 5 year anniversary of my first ornament sale&#8230;I just can&#8217;t believe how this little hobby has grown during that time. Also, this year I have kind of stepped out of the box and come up with some completely brand new designs, which I really think have come out awesome. As weird as this sounds, the inspiration for my new collection was&#8230;peacock feathers and fabric flowers. Wha? Well, being the girly girl, jewelry and accessory junkie that I am, back in the early summer I got into making myself some headbands, hair clips, shoe clips, etc, and I became absolutely obsessed with feathers, beading, and making fabric flowers. As a matter of fact, I had begun seriously considering starting a second business and selling handmade accessories. But then (after coming back down to Earth&#8230;a single mom, business owner, and part time student getting the crazy idea of starting another business??!), something just sort of hit me&#8230;CHRISTMAS is my passion, and my mind just started going insane with new ideas. It&#8217;s been a crazy couple of months for me, as I&#8217;ve been trying to organize my ideas and bring them to life&#8230;and believe me, this is not an easy thing for someone as scatterbrained as I am! However, this year, my new ornaments really reflect the style of the season and the year&#8230;lots of teal, blue, turquoise, purple, and gold&#8230;some shabby chic pieces in pinks, lavender, and greens&#8230;lots of hand sewn fabric flowers and beads&#8230;tons of glitter&#8230;and of course, feathers. The design process for some of the pieces this year were literally weeks in the making, as I tried to make them come together as I envisioned, and I actually chronicled a few of the ornaments over the time that I created them, for blog posts that I will write over the next few days. I am especially excited over my new Christmas Carol Collection, which was inspired by my son&#8230;I will be writing about that very soon.<\/p>\n<p>You can check out what I have posted so far in the new collection <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/album.php?aid=293128&amp;id=60618110148#!\/album.php?aid=293128&amp;id=60618110148\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>, and soon, on my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theornamentgirl.com\"><strong>website<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theornamentgirl.indiemade.com\"><strong>ornament shop<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I hope that you find something that you like in the new collection for this year, and as always, I would love to hear comments, suggestions, ideas, or anything else you have to tell me! I will be listing the ornaments in my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theornamentgirl.indiemade.com\"><strong>ornament shop<\/strong><\/a> over the next day or two, and they will be made to order&#8230;please just keep in mind that I have a waiting list of about a month right now. Thanks for reading, and for checking out my new ornaments! There are even more coming, as soon as I get the photos finished, so please stay tuned. :D<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, today I FINALLY began to get some photos posted of my new ornament designs for the 2010 holiday season&#8230;and I say that with a HUGE &#8220;finally&#8221; because I have been working on these new ideas since July! I am more excited this year than ever, for a couple of reasons. 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