tree trimming

I've fallen off the December Photo Project wagon in a big way, having let nine whole days pass without uploading any pics! We've just been so busy decorating and baking and shopping and readying the house for holiday festivities (lots of family will be arriving from out of town in the next couple of days to stay with us through early January) that I haven't given any attention to things internet-y. I wasn't planning the blog break, but I have to admit, it was kind of nice ;)

Over the weekend, we had a bunch of friends drop by, some of whom even stayed over for the night, and so I took advantage of the extra hands and house full of cheer, and enlisted those who were willing in the task of trimming the tree. We had so much fun sitting around the dining room table stringing popcorn garlands, painting glitter on sugar cookie ornaments, and otherwise bedazzling things. Laurel took charge of making beautiful translucent orbs (or as she called them, "little glowy fruit gems") for the tree by dehydrating slices of orange in a low-temp oven, and I was thrilled with the result. After all our work, I thought you would enjoy seeing the finished product. Thus, a tour of our tree: