This was Year One for me with the Johnny Appleseed Garden Club to participate in the Kingwood Christmas Decorating. Not to be overwhelmed, we decided to only commit to a tree and not dive head first into a room. Much discussion starting in October and the core committee of Carol O, Mardy B, Darleen M. and myself decided we would go outside the box with a flocked tree. Trees used for a Kingwood Christmas are fresh cut. We couldn't find anyone in town to flock the tree, so Darleen went to work and located a flocking machine. She and I were going to take the tree from Kingwood and bring it back flocked in all its fake snow covered glory. However, the situation occurred that the tree needed to be decorate sooner than anticipated. Since I was out of town, Darleen manged get the flocking done by herself. What a wonderful job she did. The air compressor decided not to participate, so she did the entire tree by hand with a sieve. Delivered by Mardy and her hubby to Kingwood Hall on Friday. A little help from Bill Collins with the stand and every thing's set for decorating the next morning.
These cute polar bears were made by the garden club at the last meeting with stiff glittery felt. We selected some icicle garland and sparkly snowflakes from the Kingwood collection to accent his cuteness. Red pipe cleaner was used in the tree bears and also on the stuffed polar bears at the base of the tree. A fun time decorating and we were all pleased with our finished Artic Tree.
