the birds and the z's

My mom and I spent Thanksgiving weekend sorting through boxes upon boxes of Christmas ornaments from her attic, picking out ones that we wanted to use on each of our 2010 trees. I discovered all of my grandmother's vintage ornaments and carted them home to Atlanta, and subsequently the trimming of the Z's tree developed into a study in vintage-y textures and colors. A few spools of lace, some strings of beads from my jewelry drawer, one pearled garland, inexpensive fuzzy yarn (looped and knotted), tiny vintage knickknacks gathered from around the house, and all of the fat little birds I could find, all nestled into the boughs, and voila!...a very vintage tree.