My grandmother made the most beautiful ornaments with velvet, pearl and gold beads and ribbon. Exquisite for handmade. I also loved the glass ornaments...not the straight up shiny brights but the ones with details and vivid colors. I still have few of my memories! Now my favorite decorations are trees; bristle, fabric, wood, yes! My son made me a pasta tree when he was in grade school. Can't say I still have that because construction paper diys usually don't last long. Thanks for the pasta tree tute and as always your lovely ideas and tips! Merry Christmas to you and yours!
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing!
@marinamercer7846
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite Christmas decoration is the Christmas tree, it was as a child and still is as an adult.
@karenbaumgardner4109
2 жыл бұрын
My mother also had a macaroni tree, she probably made it, I'm not really sure. It was sprayed gold, as was most everything in the 60s, at least at our house. My favorite childhood decorations were the little sparkling German houses from my grandparents that were set up in a village under our tree in the train "yard". I still have a few of them. Many had a light in them, thru a hole in the back. Every year I looked forward to helping set them up!
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
I bet that was the cutest little German village!
@mariehayes6934
2 жыл бұрын
Am in tears- hadn’t remembered doing this with my grandfather in the 1960’s when I was little until I watched your video- brought back a flood of happy memories! Thankyou! Wish I still had those trees- glad you have your childhood one- it is so cool and very beautiful! Happy advent! Hope you got my answer to your question about the painting over my DIY electric fireplace Mantle I copied from you and sent you a picture of. Sent you an email- am enjoying the fireplace in our bedroom!😊
@marilyns6315
2 жыл бұрын
Love your pasta trees! I loved making paper snowflakes as a kid but my favourite memory was when my mother would swap out the angels on the candle chimes and replace them with horses and the clown top on my birthday, which was close to Christmas day. Birthdays can sometimes get lost in the Christmas rush but she always made me feel special on mine.
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Love that!!
@amyhowson2824
2 жыл бұрын
My favourite Christmas decorations are 3 little girl angels in red and white pinafores. In a move my mother’s figurines were lost. However, I happened across someone selling the set on eBay so I bought it! They make me smile.
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you found a replacement!!
@juliesigmund3836
2 жыл бұрын
I love the pasta trees! The kids and I made pom-pom garland this year for our Christmas tree and we had so much fun. My favorite decorations when I was little was the salt dough ornaments we made at school. My mom hung every ornament we made as children on her tree, even the ugly ones. 😂
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
I love that your Mom saw how special they were!
@wandablaylock3352
2 жыл бұрын
So glad you are back! You took me down memory lane with the maccaroni art! As a child I made a jewelry box in bible school and it was beautiful in my eyes . It turned a cigar box with shells and elbows painted gold into something the wisemen took to baby Jesus!! ♥️love your channel thanks to Canterbury cottage for introducing you!!
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Treasure, indeed!
@christinafoushee509
2 жыл бұрын
I love the macaroni tree! This is née to me. My favorite decoration as a child was a little Santa that shimmies down a little metal stick chimney. I have never seen another one.
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Oh fun! I've seen similar new versions where there's a mechanical santa climbing a ladder near a chimney!
@DanAndLJsCrookedCreekCreations
2 жыл бұрын
I would have to call these lovely pasta trees my Alfredo Couture Trees :) I'm so glad I found your channel. I get so excited when you post. I have so many wonderful memories of my childhood Christmas'. I had 8 siblings and thankfully my Mom was a creative soul and the very best cook. We had a macaroni tree too, but it was painted a brilliant bronze-gold color. I can't really say I have a favorite childhood Christmas decoration. My favorite memories are of my Mom and her determination to make sure our family had a loving and memorable Christmas. She would plan and bake ahead for weeks. Then she'd scour Better Homes & Gardens and Southern Living magazines for new crafts and recipe ideas. Each year she add a new hobby to her creative repertoire such as macramé plant hangers, sewing holiday tree skirts or pretty felt stockings, floral arrangements, and a new sweet confection to add to the always delicious menu of her Christmas Eve spread. I'm still trying to figure out how she did it all. Lol. I'm keeping your family in my prayers and so grateful for the gift of creativity that you always share!
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Your Mom sounds like an inspiration!
@DanAndLJsCrookedCreekCreations
2 жыл бұрын
@@SheHoldsDearly She is and much like you
@louhoggard4508
2 жыл бұрын
This makes me think of things my Mom and I did as a kid. We took sweet gum balls and toothpick and made sputniks for our tree.
@crystalassam433
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful. Who would of thought. Favorite Christmas decorations is a framed picture.Norman Rockwell
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Ah, Norman Rockwell is a classic!
@pameberthikes1970
2 жыл бұрын
Loved the DIY! Favorite holiday decoration are painted ceramic ornaments.
@shawnmorymcmillion
2 жыл бұрын
Really lovely! I’m a new subscriber and we didn’t have anything really awesome for Christmas decorations when I was growing up with the exception of putting up an old Nativity display. I really loved the simplicity and symbolism of the little crèche with the infant Jesus, Joseph and Mary, some shepherds, sheep and the three wise men. I miss having a crèche. Your channel is exquisite! Thank you!
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Welcome! And yes, a nativity is always a welcome part of any Christmas set up!
@emmapoe2746
2 жыл бұрын
Love those pasta trees having memories are the best it makes me feel emotional:-) my momma always put the large colored lights and tinsel and well the bubbling ornaments!! And I do those thank you be Blessed
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing. :)
@julietoner9987
2 жыл бұрын
Loved this idea! My favorite childhood decoration comes from a project in first grade. We made paper chains using red and white construction paper, glue and scissors. I came home and told my dad that I wanted to make one for our tree at home. He took me to buy construction paper at the dime store (showing my age!). Then he drove me to his office where we used the paper cutter and stapler to make a giant chain that we used on our tree for the next 25 years. It was a real bonding experience with my dad…and so much easier than what we had done at school!
@mendyhand3895
2 жыл бұрын
That’s a great idea to use up scrap papers, and Christmas wrapping (thick) paper! Thx for sharing!
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
I love that you have that special memory with your Dad, and that it lasted on your tree for 25 years! Lovely!
@lindseyheringer2641
2 жыл бұрын
I’m still a classic Christmas color girl but the boho look is super cute!
@lindseyheringer2641
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite decoration were certain ornaments that I loved!
@HomeFrugalicious
2 жыл бұрын
Sarah how lovely to incorporate something from your child hood into your home decor. Some of those Christmas garlands looks beautiful! Happy holidays ❣
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! 😊
@kittyoverlord9245
2 жыл бұрын
I love your channel. My favorite decoration is/was the lights. Inside outside lighting always leaves my heart happy! Merry Christmas 🎄
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
I love the look of them, too!
@roseannehutchinson4378
2 жыл бұрын
I love this diy and plan to do this when I gather with my family for good time together- what a beautiful gift from you mom and you still have it all this time later. ❤️❤️❤️
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
I bet this will be fun with family!
@nancymusser9504
2 жыл бұрын
I loved this video and all the decor! The music was so beautiful and made me think of Christmas 🎄
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped prepare you for the season!
@mehrit1648
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing.
@melindamoore9449
2 жыл бұрын
I remember my mom and Grandma making macaroni high heeled shoes!! They were so ugly. I don't think she ever sat it out. It was in the late 1960's. Haha. Your trees are much better.
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
You're not the first one to mention a high heel pasta shoe! :)
@theresasova223
2 жыл бұрын
Back in the sixties I remember my mom making a Christmas tree using styrofoam balls and toothpicks. She stuck the toothpicks in the balls and then piled them one on top of the the other creating a tree shape. It was then spray painted gold. We had that tree for many years but I don’t remember what eventually happened to it.
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
I love the ingenuity!
@chattykathie7129
2 жыл бұрын
Love the tree. I’m going to make it.
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Hope you enjoy it!
@lindaadams9006
2 жыл бұрын
Every year we made a new star for the top of the tree. One year we covered a cardboard star with aluminum foil. Mama kept it and once we tired of creating we ended up using it for years...probably over fifty...I found it while cleaning out the house after Mama died.
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Oh I love that! Something so simple became the time-honored tradition!
@marianzimmerman4311
2 жыл бұрын
What is a boho Christmas wreath? I am styling and have a brick n mortar store, trying to style more boho to capture the younger market (all to make my art work look better).my store has an old 70's cast iron white sink, I now have it full of textured trees! love following you and your advice!
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Someone who commented here said they made yarn wreaths (similar to the DIY pom pom garlands), maybe you could do some searches on Pinterest to find something similar! I'd do color and lots of textures!
@caroleverhart7699
2 жыл бұрын
The favorite Christmas decorations that have followed me from my childhood home through the years, are the crocheted starched snowflakes that my mom made back in the 70's/80's. With six kids in our family, I love that she took the time, and knew how, to always make our home beautiful. She downsized in later years, and I was delighted when she gave them to me. It makes my heart happy to enjoy them once more each holiday.
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Those sound lovely! What a nice addition to your decor even still!
@alisonsneed3707
2 жыл бұрын
@sheholdsdearly What’s that fluffy fern wreath on your wall behind you??
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
That one's a DIY: sheholdsdearly.com/how-to-make-a-wreath-in-5-minutes/
@SaraMaurnoRealtor
2 жыл бұрын
I am so sorry about your family emergency and glad it's under control. I learned as a teacher to have a file for unexpected days that I would be out. When you want to take a break, even if it's not a family emergency, you might want to just create a few shorts of things you have done already to have on hand. Just so you don't drop in the analytics. Maybe someone else can post for you while you step away.
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the tip!
@lisaluctkar8456
2 жыл бұрын
Love the trees Sarah. My mom is very sentimental and, every year, she pulled out this hideous red pottery ashtray that I made in kindergarten and filled it with tiny Christmas balls. It was usually placed on the mantle and mom would tell everyone who came in that I made it. I pretended to be so embarrassed but when it broke years later, I cried my eyes out! Pretty sure kids don’t make ashtrays at school anymore!🙂
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
I think you're right about that, Lisa! I'm sorry yours broke! :(
@lisaluctkar8456
2 жыл бұрын
@@SheHoldsDearly 🙂
@deborah7121
2 жыл бұрын
I love the pasta trees!! My favorite holiday decoration (50's & 60" :o), our silver tree that slowly spins. The tree didn't have lights but had a color wheel that sat in front of the tree, 5-6 different colors that lite the tree as the color wheel spins (lots of spinning going on, ha!). Wish that I had that tree today. Congratulations on hitting 70,000!
@mendyhand3895
2 жыл бұрын
I loved our tree like that!
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing that memory! I think those trees must have been popular, I've read comments from a few other ladies who loved them, too!
@geraldinecolvin8662
2 жыл бұрын
I love the pasta trees. I remember making one as a child and spray painting it gold. I thought that made it "fancy," but I like the heirloom white much better (more elegant). One of my favorite Christmas decorations from the late 60s,/early 70s were Christmas trees made from folding Reader's Digest pages in a certain way that made them tree-shaped and then spray painting them green. Super simple and inexpensive and they actually looked good! I love your taste and all your videos, Sarah. You rock!
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
There have been a few other mentions of similar, like Reader's Digest angels - how fun and creative!
@serenakoleno9338
2 жыл бұрын
We did bunnies with the digest.
@jenifergaston7226
2 жыл бұрын
I remember doing that! So fun!
@stephanieholderfield2475
2 жыл бұрын
I LOVED THIS... I'm definitely going to try this. I'm a 70's child and just to see all of this nostalgic decor coming back gets me so excited. Do you remember, you may be too young, but in school we would wrap a piece of tissue paper on the tips of our pencils and we would create a fluffy Christmas design (Stockings, Santa and Xmas Trees, etc.). I remember my mom would always save ours and she would use them to decorate the refrigerator, year after year, because this is where she spent most of her time. This is my favorite memory of her during Christmas. I'm actually going to help my kindergartener do this today for his little project for school. Thank you for this video! Merry Christmas!!! 🎄
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
How fun to recreate it with your child! I hope you two have fun!
@stephanieholderfield2475
2 жыл бұрын
@@SheHoldsDearly Thank you so much! He truly enjoyed it. Merry Christmas!
@CS-xj9od
2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful trees! I love the memories of our moms’ crafting while we were little. My favorite Christmas decoration was the little vignette my mom created using a mirror, fluffy “snow” and a lighted church. She put a couple of tiny figures on the “ice rink.” Aw memories! Thank you for your sweet channel!
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Cynthia - You're the winner of my 70k Giveaway!!! Can you please send an email to Admin@sheholdsdearly.com so I can reply with your coupon code for your free Holiday Planner? :) Congratulations!
@amyweaver7413
2 жыл бұрын
These trees are beautiful. I would never have dreamt that macaroni could look so good! I agree that painting them all white or cream is the key! My favourite Christmas decorations from my childhood (the 60’s) are my Mom’s 40’s and 50’s mercury glass tree ornaments. I inherited them are they are such a wonderful reminder of my childhood Christmases.
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
I love mercury glass, too!
@LulluBelle28
2 жыл бұрын
I love this DIY! My favorite childhood Christmas decor piece is hands down the stockings my mother made for me and my sisters. They were in this fabulous vintage material with beautiful swans. They were so fancy yet simple and I remember looking at them as a little girl and thinking how much love and talent my mother poured into making them. She’s a fabulous DIYer and I definitely took after her!
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Love that!
@TheCottageHouse
2 жыл бұрын
Oh I remember making these with my grandma. We made all the decorations for Christmas. She didn’t have a lot of money, but it was such fun going there and making all the things with her. Dough ornaments, paper chain and dried fruit garland. Just great memories.
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Special memories with people we love are far more important than the things, aren't they!
@createcece6360
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, I love the tree's! Timeless beautiful! Favorite childhood memories is going as a family to the woods in search of a perfect cedar tree❣
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Great tradition!
@marilynrobinson6910
2 жыл бұрын
I LOVE the pasta tree AND your chunky sweater!!!!! 😍 As a 56 year of DIY’er, the only decor that stands out to me is TINSEL…which by the way I didn’t care for. But the memory I have is walking our property back through the woods to find the perfect Christmas tree to cut down.
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Love it!!
@lyndapowell1607
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love this diy tree , thank you for your inspiration My favourite childhood memory was stringing popcorn and cranberries for our tree every year and also making paper snowflakes , I do this with my grandchildren as well as I hold a gingerbread house making party Thank you so much for your practical tips , so needed
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing, Lynda!
@teresaelling-peacefulhome
2 жыл бұрын
Great video! Screenshot-ed a few displays in your video - gorgeous! My favorite “decor” as a child was a Christmas bowl with ribbon candy in it. I’m not even sure what it’s called but it was a multi-colored hard candy that was flat and folded over on itself. My grandma also had a similar display but that candy and a couple of other kinds were made of glass.
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
sheholdsdearly.com/bohemian-style-christmas-decor-and-diy-macaroni-tree/ Pictures are linked and sourced here too, if that is helpful!
@corrine_djm1769
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite Christmas ornament my Mom had was 3D paper...? Marovian? Stars with a light wax coating and just a touch of glitter... I found some online, but really wish I had hers
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
That sounds interesting, Corrine!
@lindas6942
2 жыл бұрын
Hello Sarah-quick question. Where do you stash all of your finds when they're not in use? I wonder if others are curious about that also! Love all that you do!
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Hello! I have a video all about that! kzitem.info/news/bejne/xn2Op2afsKOgepw
@maraC80
2 жыл бұрын
I never had a Christmas tree or anything like that. I'm 41 and to me and my family (2 young ones) this is our 3rd year celebrating Christmas. But always wanted a white Christmas tree... so that's my color and of course light pink 🌸❄🎄⚡ thanks for your videos, I love your ideas...
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
This is a great opportunity for you to start your own traditions! I hope you love it!
@CanterburyCottage
2 жыл бұрын
Love the macaroni trees! Congratulations on 70K-I’m not surprised at all. Love, love, love your videos and decorating advice. 🥰 I missed you last week. Sending prayers your way!
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Sherry!
@marisadenaro6275
2 жыл бұрын
I actually remember making the pasta trees at school and when my parents moved in with me and I found them saved in the attic. I thought the same they are ugly so I threw them away. But you are right the color would of made them so cute. So here I am going to make the pasta tree. Thank you so much for your great ideas and seeing the pretty in all things.
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
I hope your new ones turn out great! :)
@NotTooShabbyPatti
2 жыл бұрын
I love your videos! Congratulations on making it to 70,000! My favorite childhood decoration is a pink satin ball angel ornament that my grandmother gave me. I still prominently display it on the front of my tree over 50 years later!
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@rfranksensey
2 жыл бұрын
I love the pasta trees! My favorite decorations were the homemade felt stockings my mother made each of us kids! They had felt shapes that had beads and sequins on it!
@mendyhand3895
2 жыл бұрын
Loved anything felt at Christmas!
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Love that they were handmade by your Mother for you!
@heatherannekennedy9368
2 жыл бұрын
Ooooh!!!! I remember making these!!! Such a fun memory!!! I think we used Elmer's glue and had to be very patient to hold them on while they dried or they would slip down .... hot glue is a GREAT improvement!!! My favorite decorations will always be the ones our kids made when they were little - that time just went by so quickly and now they are all grown up!
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Thank goodness for hot glue! :D *hooray
@victoriaroe7519
2 жыл бұрын
When I think back to the Christmas’s of the past growing up in the late 60’s and 70’s, the favorite decoration had to be the manger scene that was placed under the tree. I think it was a “hand me down” given to my parents, so I believe it would have been made in the 1950’s. The manger scene was made from cardboard and the figures were made of soft plastic. It was placed under the tree and I remember playing with it with my siblings. Now that my mother has passed, the manger travels each year to the house that is hosting the Christmas gathering for our family.
@mendyhand3895
2 жыл бұрын
That’s so sweet! Jesus is the best gift to pass around. Merry Christmas 🎄. Messy Mendy
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
I love that it's still a part of your family traditions, and that it travels to where you'll be gathering!
@MarianneRuffhaven
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite ornament was a shiny brite bell. ( my mother said it was a tree) The bell had three horitontal sections in soft shades of pink, darker pink, and a little darker pink. It also had the painted on snow on the edges. I loved that ornament and it was my job to place it on the tree each year. The bell would look so sweet with this bohemian color palette.
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
It sure sounds lovely! I love reading all the descriptions of these beautiful pieces!
@janicegardner5027
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much SHE HOLDS DEARLY - I loved your macaroni Christmas Trees! My favorite decoration from my childhood were the SHINY BRITE decorations on our tree.
@jenl4538
2 жыл бұрын
Love the pasta trees! Glad your family emergency is over! Missed you! When I was a kid my mom macremed a Santa face that she always hung on our front door. Was out shopping yesterday and saw macreme is back! Wish I could attach a picture! Excited for next week's thrift gift ideas!
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
How charming!
@Liquidlifetravel_leisure
2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite Christmas decorations was a big silver glitter bell that hung in the doorway between the living room and dining room. When you pilled the bell ball, it played Sleigh Bells. It had to have been from the 40's or 50's. Eventually the music box wore out sometime in the late 80's and it got thrown away.
@teresaisom7364
2 жыл бұрын
That's sooo cool. I made tiny angels ornaments years ago as a young crafter and have put them on my tree ever since. Loved your trees. I HAD tons of thread cones but threw them away a year ago. I could have made a forest. My favorite childhood decoration were those rocket tree light sets. They had to warm up before they would bubble. Hours spent, chin in hand, watching the wonderful display.
@sueeparra7454
2 жыл бұрын
Sweet video and DIY!! My favorite decorations as a child, were the Christmas lights my Mom put on the tree.....the weird shaped ones that bubbled when they warmed up. So exciting for a kid, probably a total fire hazard but what wasn't back then!! I own a resale shop and all the vintage 50's - 70's Christmas decor (ceramic statues and chochkees) are selling like crazy! \o/
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Everything "old" is new again! :)
@lisamccullough224
2 жыл бұрын
I have funny Christmas decoration memories like using angelhair pastel colored stuff that looked like cotton candy but was actually spun glass and it hurt your feet if you stepped on it. My Mom also made spray flocked “Christmas trees “ from tumble weeds stacked on top of each other. Also painful if you happened to step on a piece of the “Christmas tree”. Haha
@conniegray3272
2 жыл бұрын
Your pasta trees are beautiful, I especially like the texture and vibes the wheels added to the tree your mother crafted, and obviously your Mother's canvas allowed larger pastas. Those would make a lovely centerpiece on a large eat in kitchen table or island. Merry Christmas!
@Liz-lw6ht
2 жыл бұрын
Love the pasta trees! My mom made one and also a paper mache Madonna and Child with sheets. Wish I had it to show you. My favorite decorations now are the ornaments my kids made when they were little. So cute we put them up every year. Love you and your channel. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
@donniarntson4664
2 жыл бұрын
What. " thrift store" were you at? I live in Kirkland and was just wondering. I love your pasta trees.😁
@mariannebrown6652
2 жыл бұрын
This is a great diy to do with my grandkids. Something for them to carry on. My fave Christmas thing is a fuzzy striped pen with a pompon top that my Pop tied to my gift when I was a teenager. I stuck on the tree and it’s been there every year since. I don’t remember the gift, but decades later I remember Pop when I out that pen on my tree
@deannaworm2365
2 жыл бұрын
I hope I am not too late to enter the giveaway. As always, loved this video, as I do all of them. You are my favorite KZitemr and sometimes I make myself wait to watch yours because it will be my treat.
@rosalindstanley5252
2 жыл бұрын
What I remember from my childhood, other than those old big tree lights that got so hot you had to turn then off occasionally for fear of torching the house, were those funny aluminum Christmas trees whose branches ended in what looked like little tin umbrellas. I always thought those were hilarious looking.
@thisboymomlife
2 жыл бұрын
Who would have thought spray painted pasta could look so beautiful!! So we didn't really ever decorate for Christmas growing up. It was ALL about the food. But my mom would usually have a candle wreath on the dining room table. That's pretty much the only decoration I remember until the past 10 years or so.
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Good food is great, too! I hope you have lots of happy memories of the events, still!
@dcat0603
2 жыл бұрын
The bubble lights on the Christmas tree! Always 💚 your tips and tricks!
@lianeabeyta4515
2 жыл бұрын
tinsel reminds me of the 50s Christmases.... there were 3 little girls and mom used to sit on the couch with the tinsel lovingly folded over her arm...we would each get a few strands at a time and mom would say "drape it over the branches ... don't throw it on. It was so beautiful and shimmered like glistening icicles when we were done. Now I see how patient she was to let us take all the time in the world to decorate the tree.
@thomgreene8726
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite homemade decorations were strung popcorn and cranberries garland. I loved the macaroni trees too!!
@nancymusser9504
2 жыл бұрын
We made popcorn n cranberry strings...paper rings garland.. oranges with cloves to make the room smell good 🎄
@anitabarker3125
2 жыл бұрын
Pasta trees are awesome. They do remind me of trees done is all shells. The one you have that your mother did is wonderful. God’s blessings.
@lindamashburn6109
2 жыл бұрын
Loved the trees! I have always enjoyed making DIY trees and ornaments!
@girlmama-qc3qv
2 жыл бұрын
my favorite is a macrame santa my mom made that comes out every year and adorns the top of my vintage aluminum tree that has a collection of santa ornaments my daughter and i have collected over the years🎄❤️
@teresadtone8862
2 жыл бұрын
I was just talking about boho style with my son and his girlfriend last night. Who knew pasta trees could be so pretty? Paint transforms everything! My favorite Christmas decoration from my childhood is a fuzzy mouse tree topper dressed like Santa. I still put it on my tree each year as an ornament. I say "mousie!!!" every year when I pull it out of the Christmas bin...and I am 55.🐭🎅
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you still get to use it each year!
@smoothsailingmp
2 жыл бұрын
Like the candle holder idea for the base of the trees. Never liked pom poms! Still don't.
@mcelder3739
2 жыл бұрын
The red plastic star on the top of our tree. I'm nearing 75 and it is still on top of my tree!
@peggystarling
2 жыл бұрын
Love your channel! My favorite decoration as a kid was a colorful star we put on top of our tree. My dad would always lift me up to put the star on and I loved it. Good memories. 😊
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
So sweet!
@ginablindt5035
2 жыл бұрын
Just finished watching Your bohemian Christmas decor video & LOVED IT❣ The pasta diy trees were FABULOUS, love them. The one Your Mom made is absolutely BEAUTIFUL❣ The macaroni noodles on it almost look like they're garlin. Just love all Your videos! My favorite childhood Christmas decor was also a diy done by my Mom. She was very talented in many ways & was into ceramics for years. She made Christmas serving platters & the all time favorite ceramic Christmas Trees. We had a very BEAUTIFUL one She made & set out every year. She also made them as gifts. Thanks for sharing.
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Those sound absolutely lovely!
@mendyhand3895
2 жыл бұрын
Love!!! Great for Italian relatives as well! Thx girl! 🙏🏻👍❤️🎄 Loved a snowman made from styrofoam balls and lots of toul. Tool….lol…. It was fluffy and had FELT cut out eyes carrot nose and hat. I think the buttons were felt too. Ha ha! Thx! Congratulations on 70 thousand Subscribers! You should have millions. Just sayin’ - Messy Mendy
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
You're so sweet, Mendy!
@pennyseled7132
2 жыл бұрын
Love the pasta tree diy... my favorite is popcorn garland
@janetjeerdsma1069
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for all the fun......glad that all is well and you’re back. I’d love to win the give away. My favourite decoration growing up was definitely the Christmas light.....on the tree, on our home, around our neighbourhood. I still go nuts with the lights adorning out farm! I’m Jane and I hope I win 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Merry Christmas 🙏🏽💕🎄
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing, Jane!
@debbiewood3819
2 жыл бұрын
Childhood memories....I don't necessarily like what I'll list....in fact I don't use either;... big bulbs primary colors, and tinsel (what a mess!)....my aunt had a white plastic tree, blue ornaments and a color wheel rotating on the tree...😀🤗🎄🧤🕊🧣
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
I hope you've found a way to put the spin on your holidays now to make it into something you love! :)
@lindabirkes-lance8915
2 жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness! Macaroni angel ornaments from my kids: farfalle wings on a rotini body. I loved them. My favorite childhood piece was a small plastic crèche from a Sunday School teacher when I was in 3- or 4-year old class. That plastic crèche began an obsession, I now have way more than 150 Nativity sets and crèches, but I always get the most nostalgic when I put out that first plastic one.
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Oh wow!! I hope you get to display and enjoy them!
@cindycoup5020
2 жыл бұрын
So bizarre!! I had just a few days ago had a memory of my mom, sister, brother and I making macaroni trees for our grandparents, Aunts and uncles for Christmas. Had forgotten about them for 50 years!!! We made them in probably 1968 ish. We glued the macaroni to foam Christmas trees and spray painted them gold. Totally forgot about them till this week and then here is your video. Brought back a cherished memory. Just wish I still had one around like you!! Enjoy yours!!!
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
What good timing! Glad you enjoyed it!
@racheljeffers2486
2 жыл бұрын
I have one of those popsicle stick sled ornaments (that kids still make!) from elementary school, dated 1984. My teacher wrote in silver pen, Merry Christmas Rachel, 1984. I have kept it "forever" and it finds a special place somewhere in my decor every year! It is a reminder that we don't have to leave our childhoods behind, even when our own children are almost grown. At Christmastime we are forever children of the King! =)
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
That's beautiful, Rachel! Thank you for sharing!
@brendatate4822
2 жыл бұрын
My goodness what a nice video! Love your "Pasta Tree", ya know, over the summer I went to visit the Beekman Boys Mercantile store in upstate New York (Sharon Springs) and they have an entire wall of misc. kitchen items on one entire wall that is painted over in one color just like your tree. My favorite Christmas memory is making Christmas Tree Angels using the Reader's Digest. Such happy times, thank you for your video. Merry Christmas.
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
So creative!
@sandraweiler5971
2 жыл бұрын
I remember in Girl Scouts we covered cigar boxes with macaroni, then sprayed them gold to give our mothers for Mother’s Day. I had so much fun making my beautiful macaroni jewelry box and to see the pride in my mothers eyes when I gave it to her. That’s when I discovered I loved crafts. I’m 70 now and still I get so much pleasure in giving gifts I make myself. Thank-you for sharing this very special tutorial and bringing back such special memories of my childhood. I always love your videos! 🌸
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Love that you created that as a Mother's day gift! Another reply here said they made something similar to use for the wise men's gift to Jesus. :) So creative!
@laramarszewski-reeves8505
2 жыл бұрын
So cute 🥰. Thanks for sharing. Glad you’re back and everything is ok. A Christmas memory from my childhood is my mom putting the star topper on our tree. That was always her job and it was like “cutting the ribbon” at a grand opening. Christmas was officially here!Now I do it in my home with my kids. 😊🎄
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Love that she got that special job each year, and that now it's yours!
@ellenloveeggleston3251
2 жыл бұрын
Sarah, I don’t comment much, but I wanted to say that I’m praying for you and your family. Good to see you back. I did miss you. And PLEASE...I didn’t comment to win anything. 😉
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Well thank you so much, Ellen. You're so kind!
@tammye6905
2 жыл бұрын
Yes the pasta tree from your childhood is special, unique, aesthetically pleasing and your Mom made it. 🌟 My favorite childhood decoration, I as well took from my family home. It has 3 Elves huddled together it’s ceramic and plays music when you wind it up. I remember when I was little we weren’t allowed to wind it on our own, we had to ask Mom to wind it. My parents didn’t want it to break from children winding to tight. 😀 Happy Christmas & Happy Holidays all. 🎄
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
I've heard from a few ladies here about ornaments that were broken, so maybe your parents had the right idea! ;)
@melittafrost2548
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite Christmas memory (early 1960s…yes I’m old) was a cardboard full size fireplace and mantle which had a ‘tissue paper’ looking fire and behind that a small lightbulb with a metal tiny windmill balanced and the heat of the tiny lightbulb wod make the metal spin thereby giving the flickering fire illusion through the orange tissue paper. ♥️
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
That sounds really fun!
@tessblog3384
2 жыл бұрын
Great sharing amazing information 🌹🌹🌹
@sherimciver
2 жыл бұрын
Love your videos! My favorite childhood tree decorations were strands of sugar coated candy. (Plastic, of course!) But, large gum drops, lollipops, and all manner of delightful candies were so lifelike and fun! This was back in the 70’s, and up until just a few years ago, my sisters and I were passing the last very fragile strand back & forth to each other year after year 🥰
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Love that!
@thansen2160
2 жыл бұрын
So sorry to hear of your troubles last week and happy to hear all is improving. Glad to have you back this week, you were missed! My favorite childhood Christmas memory is more of a tradition. Every year at my grandmother's, once everyone was gathered around the tree and prior to opening presents, we would read the Christmas story from the bible (Luke 2:1-20). Usually one of the young ones would do the reading. It was a great reminder for the season. My grandmother has been gone for many years now, but we continue this tradition at my mother's house. Congratulations on 70,000!!!
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
That's certainly one of the best Christmas traditions to have! It's great to reset our focus on the true reason we're celebrating!
@jackiemartin9737
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Sarah greetings from 🇦🇺. Congratulations on 70,000. Social media is the best…we come from all over the world to watch your vlogs. I love the simplicity of your styling and your manner is humble and you talk to us not at us. My Christmas was the fifties so post world war 2. Not much wealth as we were a migrant family from Europe. My mum still did her best with a live pine tree 🌲 with the pine smell permeating the house. The decorations were simple….crepe paper mostly red white and green cut into thin strips dripping from the tree.round baubles of fragile glass painted in metallic colours to be handled with care as they easily shattered (plastic was virtually non existent in the fifties). Christmas cards pegged onto string with wooden pegs. Presents were exchanged on Christmas Eve as is traditional in Europe. On Christmas Day which was usually hot and sunny we enjoyed a traditional roast and Christmas pudding and custard. Beautiful nostalgic memories of a simple era.
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
It sounds lovely. Thank you for sharing, Jackie!
@quiltednestvintage6347
2 жыл бұрын
favorite childhood decor? Hmmm.... precious few to recall. And nothing that sticks out as anything I would have 'liked' per se. So guess I blew this one! lol. About the only thing I can remember is a faux plastic holly wreath. The 'bad' plastic. Would be considered retro now I think - but didn't really like it then and still don't! ha!
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Ah, that's OK! Not all of the decor we had growing up has to be our style, but hopefully there are fun memories tied to the season in general!
@rebeccakozlowski1145
2 жыл бұрын
I miss all the colorful decorations my dad, a big strong military type, use to put up. From the bubble lights to the snowballs to the lollipops and guitars all colorful. He would put up the decorations every year. He loved to decorate. Now I decorate with white lights and have all my adult life. It’s like I can’t recreate that memory so I don’t try. I just remember. RIP Daddy. 💜
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you have those happy memories of your Dad, and I hope you can find a way to incorporate those into your design when you're ready. :)
@barbaralanza4101
2 жыл бұрын
Keeping you and your family in my prayers. I love your videos. Your talent always inspire me. Have a wonderful Christmas. My favorite childhood Christmas tradition was not a decoration, but going to a true midnight mass. My sister was in the choir. We’d come home after mass at 1am to a fabulous breakfast. We were then allowed to open one gift before going to bed…. As a preteen, this tradition was so special and so grownup!!!! I was in high school in the 70’s! I am so excited to see hints if my teen years again. Have a wonderful holiday!
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
That tradition sounds lovely!
@wenzworld
2 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on 70K! You deserve it-I’m sure your channel will keep growing. So glad I found you- I love your videos and blog. As for fave decorations, my mother had a cute Santa candy dish and always filled it with ribbon candy, and the lights on our tree were big and colorful. Those are things that make me smile when I remember those days😊
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!!
@carlamhaight
2 жыл бұрын
Yay to 70k subscribers. I love the trees. I never made them, but the color makes them look really high end. I guess you could use buttons, gears, bolts and washers (for steam punk). I graduated from high school in 1972. I bought diy kits and made ornaments out of wood and clothes pins and unpainted ceramics. I just put them on my tree yesterday. I also like the lovely rust, brown and pink ornaments you showed. But for Christmas, I tend to use what I have from year to year. I like the look of real high end (gold and crystal and silver) , and boho, but I stick to reds, greens, whites and snow men and reindeer and Santa's and angels. They are like old friends when I see rhem every year. Having said that, I do add one or two decor pieces every year, but their is no drastic departure from the look I have. It's what my mom did too. And I also have a nativity. It's at least 25 years old.. The tallest figurine is 6" tall. It's in a lovely tera cotta. And 2 years ago, my husband and I made a little stable.
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Love the idea of making the trees with whatever suits your look/personality/design style! It would be fun to see what all everyone could come up with!
@cathyzubak2284
2 жыл бұрын
OMG My father worked for an athletic manufacturer in the 50s&60s. Thread came on those tubes and we turned them into anything and everything. What I wouldn’t give to still have some.🎄💕
@SheHoldsDearly
2 жыл бұрын
Another lady here said she was able to get some from a local company! Maybe you could, too!
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