My Cruisin' Christmas Tree

I have had "bloggers block" lately, nothing in my life seemed very blog worthy so my daughter suggested I do a post on my ornament collection. I have a lot of different collections, my kids are going to have a lot of things to fight over when I'm gone, or they can have one heck of a yard sale.



When we started cruising I bought a lot of knick knacks that I had no idea what to do with once we got home. Most of our first cruises were taken in December and the Christmas decorations were plentiful on the islands so I began buying tree ornaments. Not only were they useful when I got home, they were easy to pack in my suitcase. Now they are fun reminder of the trips we have taken.

I This dough wreath was one of my first purchases. They were being sold as ornaments made by Aruban school children. I was impressed so I bought several. Every island we stopped at that trip had the same ornament, made by their school children. I'm not nearly as gullible now.

It's hard to see in this picture, but this ball is completely covered with beads. I got it in Mexico.

My Hawaiian girls are from Maui. The one is made on some sort of a pine cone and the other in on a shell.

This old fisherman is painted on a shell. Purchased in Halifax on our last trip.

These shells weren't purchased on a cruise, I found them at a craft fair in Colorado. I have about ten of them all made from various shells.

Ken likes to snorkel and dive for shells. He found this sea urchin in Grenada.

I love palm trees and sand dollars so I had to have this one.

These three wiseman are made of dough and are on a shell. I found them in an art gallery in St. Maarten. I should have been wearing my glasses because I totally put the decimal point in the wrong place. : (

Another art gallery purchase, but definitely not as pricey as the wise men. Bought in the Cayman Islands. The garland shown on the tree is small shells on a chain.

A conch shell Ken found on the ocean floor. This was also found in Grenada.

I have a big tree in my living room that has many of the other ornaments I have collected over the years. You may see that one too, if I have another severe case of bloggers block.