More Christmas

Who wouldn't want to come feast at these tables.

They were decorated with gorgeous printed placemats and plates from Home Goods, and gold chargers.  Each guest felt special. 

It was fun collecting and harvesting all the fresh evergreens from the community.  At little nip and tuck from bushes and trees.  They were tucked into an artificial evergreen wreath as the centerpiece.  Each sister who made bundt cakes finished the table off.

These are traditional Williamsburg Colonial Apple Trees, although they are made of all kinds of fruits.  You can buy the forms online but we decided to wing it and make our own.  Hubby made a squareish shape that tapered into a cone shape.  Then he used finishing nails and nailed them in all over the form.  This gave me a base to skewer the fresh fruit on.  I used grapes and sprigs of evergreen to tuck in the gaps.  The pineapple was the finishing touch.  These are super heavy but beautiful and fun to make.

This was our food serving table.  We feasted on  Virginia ham, Roasted Potatoes, French Green beans and bacon and homemade rolls.

This tree was decorated by handmade beeswax ornaments in a pattern called the Tree of Life.

  I ordered the beeswax in blocks from a honey farm in Iowa.  I melted the blocks in a double boiler until the wax was melted but not runny(make sure the pot is something you don't want to cook food in again) .  I sprayed Pam spray into a Springerdale cookie mold and then poured the melted beeswax into the mold.  It takes about 5-7 minutes to cool and start to harden.  You CAREFULLY lift the ornament out before it has completely hardened.  Use a bamboo skewer to make a hole in the top while the wax is still warm.  It look gorgeous when you have lights shining behind.  you can really see the detail.  

Each sister got a beeswax ornament wrapped in a little brown bakery bag and string. 

We draped the ceiling to give it more ambience.  

It was tied to the basketball hoop and then draped over the wire suspended from the volleyball poles.  

The sisters were surprised to walk in and see even the ceiling decorated. 

  

SisterHood of Sisters

 Our mens choir came to carol us. 

Do I really have to talk????? 

We were even blessed to hear Maureen's amazing gift of music.  What a treat.