"Nanaments"!
When my mothers parents retired to Florida the community they moved to had a holiday bazaar every year. The ladies group my grandmother belonged to began to make felt ornaments to sell at the bazaar. These are some of my favorites.
Christmas/Winter Themes
Tiny Christmas Stocking
Silver Bells
Mitten
Jack-In-The-Box
Elf
Winter Sports Themes
Skiing Snow lady
Skiing Santa
Skiing Polar Bear?
Famous Characters
Bambi
Goofy
Snoopy
Fairy Tales, Nursery Rhymes and such
Winnie the Pooh
Kanga and Roo
Raggedy Ann and Andy
Wynken, Blynken and Nod
Mary had a Little Lamb
The Three Bears, sans Goldilocks
Humpty Dumpty
Pinocchio and Geppetto
And of course the big man himself
Patterns were constructed and pieces were cut from felt. Sequins were hand sown, dozens per ornament. Individual pieces were pinned together, stuffed when called for, then sown by hand. Can you imagine the work that went into each and every one?
My Nana, personally, made HUNDREDS every year for over fifteen years. She could tell you the year each was made and how much it sold for. Nana started sending me nanaments the year I got engaged (1984 - remember people I am OLD!). I have dozens of them.
Hanging these ornaments on the tree is one of my favorite holiday traditions!
6 comments:
Oh wow, what a great story. I can't imagine the work that went into all those nanaments. Truly a labor of love. How wonderful that you have so many!
These are great. We used to make felt ornaments out of kits when I was young and I treasure those.
Those are so adorable! What great family heirlooms. The things made by the people you love, those are what mean the most.
I covet your nanaments. They are SO cute, unbreakable and come with a great story.
I LOVE the mitten and the last Santa.
I also remember making some of those kits with my sister. I have no idea what happened to them
Reading about your nanaments, I am thinking of the ornaments I made at my Mammy's house as a child of 4 from salt, water, and flour dough. When the mister and I married, those ornaments were given to us for our first Christmas tree since Mammy felt it was a shame that young people tended to have near-naked trees. Thanks for the reminder, and for sharing pictures of those absolute treasures.
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