Current Ornament Count: 93
Our adventures usually involve picking up an ornament or two from wherever it is we are. I thought I'd do a breakdown with all of our ornaments and keep it updated throughout the years. (I'll continue to do whole-down decoration breakdowns too!)
The ornaments are pictured from newest to oldest.
Places We've Lived
Each year we've lived together, I've given Eric an ornament that represents the area we currently live in. I hope to continue this fun tradition our whole lives.
Places We've Traveled
We like souvenirs that will actually be enjoyed, so early on in our relationship we decided to start buying ornaments for our (then non-existent) tree from the places we travel to. It is a truly great tradition and makes our tree completely one of a kind. It also ensures we get a few new unique ornaments each year!
Sports & School Ornaments
Childhood Memories
My mom has given me several ornaments that used to be mine from childhood, hers, and even my grandma's.
Things That Weren't Originally Ornaments
Besides the DePauw ornament above, we have converted some other things into ornaments that weren't originally so.
Stuff That Used to be On Presents
Some decorations are too pretty to throw away.
Other Ornaments
The three ornaments above were all found in an antique/gift store in Waynesville, OH in 2011. They light up with different colors inside.
Our adventures usually involve picking up an ornament or two from wherever it is we are. I thought I'd do a breakdown with all of our ornaments and keep it updated throughout the years. (I'll continue to do whole-down decoration breakdowns too!)
The ornaments are pictured from newest to oldest.
Places We've Lived
Each year we've lived together, I've given Eric an ornament that represents the area we currently live in. I hope to continue this fun tradition our whole lives.
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| 2014 - Bloomington, IN Found an a thrift store, stripped, and repainted "1st Engaged Christmas" on back |
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| 2013 - Bloomington, IN Found at By Hand Gallery Made of Indiana limestone |
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| 2012 - Silver Spring, MD Maryland Blue Crab Found in Ellicott City, MD |
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| 2011 - Silver Spring, MD White House Found at White House Gift Shop |
Places We've Traveled
We like souvenirs that will actually be enjoyed, so early on in our relationship we decided to start buying ornaments for our (then non-existent) tree from the places we travel to. It is a truly great tradition and makes our tree completely one of a kind. It also ensures we get a few new unique ornaments each year!
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| August 2014 - Family trip to the Outer Banks Found in souvenir shop Made of wood and (faux?) leather |
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| August 2014 - Family trip to the Outer Banks Currituck, NC, Lighthouse Found at Currituck Lighthouse gift shop |
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| May 2014 - Anniversary/school's out trip to Colorado (turned into engagement trip) Found at Colorado Railroad Museum gift shop |
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| March 2014 - Spring Break Florida Trip Found at Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, FL |
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| July 2013 - Loop Around Lake Michigan Trip Chicago, IL, skyline Present from my brother Raph, Christmas 2014 |
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| July 2013 - Loop Around Lake Michigan Trip Christmas, MI, Lighthouse Found in Christmas, MI, Christmas store |
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| July 2013 - Loop Around Lake Michigan Trip Marquette, MI, Harbor Lighthouse Found in Marquette Harbor Lighthouse gift shop |
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| April 2013 - Great Smoky Mountains Found at Smoky Mountains Visitor's Center |
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| March 2013 - Spring Break Trip to AZ/CA San Diego, CA |
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| March 2013 - Spring Break Trip to AZ/CA San Diego, CA |
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| 2013 - National Air and Space Museum visit Found at the gift shop |
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| October 2012 - Delaware Road Trip (in lieu of a Hurricane Sandy-impacted Bahamas cruise) Rehoboth Beach, DE |
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| August 2012 - Trip to Maine Indestructible ornament Portland, ME |
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| 2011 - Mount Vernon Visit Found at Mount Vernon, VA, gift shop |
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| 2011 - Mount Vernon Visit Found at Mount Vernon, VA, gift shop |
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| 2011 - Annapolis Visit Blown glass ball from Mt St Helen's ash Found at Easy Street in Annapolis, MD |
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| 2011 - Annapolis Visit Maple leaf dipped in copper Found at Easy Street in Annapolis, MD |
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| 2012 - Nashville, IN Leaf dipped in gold |
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| 2012 Found in shop in Nashville, IN |
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| 2012 - Waynesville, OH |
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| 2012 - Nashville, IN |
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| 2014 - Indiana University Found at thrift store in Nashville, IN |
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| 2012 - Cincinnati Reds Given by Eric's parents |
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| 2013 - IU |
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| 2013 - Cincinnati Bengals |
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| 2013 - Indianapolis Colts |
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| 2011 or 2012 - DePauw University It's a stick pin from the Monon Telecast party that we put a hook on The outside lights up |
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| 2012? Baseball From Kohl's (our only self-bought mass-produced ornament, I think) |
Childhood Memories
My mom has given me several ornaments that used to be mine from childhood, hers, and even my grandma's.
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| Stained glass stocking My mom's |
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| Stained glass snowman My mom's |
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| Antique glass ball Says "Merry Christmas" My grandma's |
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| Metal Santa in sleigh Says "Tom", my grandpa's name My grandpa's |
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| San Francisco cable car Mine from childhood |
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| San Francisco cable car Mine from childhood |
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| Needlepoint bear Used to be able to press tummy and it would play a song Mine from childhood |
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| Trumpet Mine from childhood |
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| Violin Mine from childhood |
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| Antique glass My grandma's |
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| Brass(?) tree My mom's |
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| Music note Mine from childhood |
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| Carousel horse Mine from childhood |
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| Ballerina Mine from childhood |
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| Snowflake Mine from childhood |
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| Three stars above are all soft cloth stars From my aunt Mine from childhood |
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| Snoopy here and below are from Eric's childhood |
Things That Weren't Originally Ornaments
Besides the DePauw ornament above, we have converted some other things into ornaments that weren't originally so.
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| 2012 - 3D printed fireplace with stockings I visited the MakerBot store in NYC and brought this back We didn't have a mantle at the time and I wanted a place to hang stockings |
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| 2014 - Mt Bierstadt Zipper Pull In the process of being ornament-a-fied Not much Mt Bierstadt stuff exists and I want all of it |
Stuff That Used to be On Presents
Some decorations are too pretty to throw away.
Other Ornaments
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| Possibly the best ornament of all time "How do you think Santa knows who's been bad!" From the DIA, 2013 |
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| I made Eric a double-sided ornament of our proposal on Mt Bierstadt 2014 |
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| Joe Cool plays music from his jukebox From Eric's parents 2012 |
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| Soccer players from Eric's parents 2012 |
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| Flying pig Represents Cincinnati, 2011 Found at Easy Street in Annapolis, MD |
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| Glass hummingbird From my grandma Ella, 2014 |
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| Eric's parents started a tradition of giving us the light-up lighthouses from Hallmark 2014 |
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| 2013 |
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| 2013 |
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| From me to Eric, full of M&Ms, 2015 |
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| Gift with purchase of snowflake below (3 of them) 2012 |
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| Glittery snowflake (we have 2 of these) Bought at same time as bell above, 2012 |
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| Bought at auction, Annapolis Junction 2012 |
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| Found at a garage sale in Bloomington 2014 |
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| From Eric's parents 2012 |
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| From Eric's aunt 2012 |
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| Wind up snowman music box Found at antique store |
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| Happy birthday to me 2014 From our friends Christine, Yu, Xuan & Jie, Alisa & Cris in Bloomington |
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| Glittery (8) Found at antique store in Waynesville, OH 2011 |
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