[stylist] stylist Digest, Vol 140, Issue 10

Thu Dec 24 17:06:54 UTC 2015

Oooohhh, how pretty. We have plastic ornaments on our tree, with a couple of
exceptions that are hung higher up. With a three-year-old, it's safer this
way, smile. He's not too bad with the decorations, but he does like to touch
and misplace around the house. Found a Santa figurine in a drawer the other
day, LOL! And his first Christmas ornament is frequently in his room. Our
ornaments on the tree are very pretty and actually look like glass but are
in fact plastic. We have Christmas items like trumpets and icicles and
snowflakes and gifts and snowmen all in gold, red and green with a frosted
glaze. I would love more than one tree, but I'm not sure where we would put
it. I love Christmas and decorating for it.

I leave for my writing conference December 28 and do not return until
January 6. Excited and nervous and hope my writing fruits are plentiful
indeed.

Happy Christmas to everyone!

Bridgit

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In reply to your question about an angel, I have several that I use every
year in decorating.  I have several trees in the dining room and living room
- the trees  have crystal angels on them.  The trees are decorated with the
crystal angels, hand blown glass decorations that I bought on year at Pier
I.  they look like a glass cone with a bouquet of glass flowers in them -
suspended by a silver hanger from the branches.  GORGEOUS!  The trees also
have silvery turquoise glass balls. I like them very much because they
reflect light, as well as the transparency of the crystal - they shimmer at
night when the lights on the trees are lit. I am a glass-a-holic so the
entire house is a collection of hand blown art glass from American artists
as well as Venice, Italy.

Another angel is suspended from crystal lights that span the space between
the colonnade. This one is hand crafted and I bought it at a Christmas
market a few years ago.  She is all dressed in a white gown and she's about
12 inches tall. I suspended her from a ribbon so she hangs amid the white
lights.

I wrote an article on angels recently that  you may enjoy reading on the
blog, "SCANdalous - Recollections."  It is titled  "I Believe in Angels."
Link:

https://llambert363.wordpress.com/2015/12/19/symbol-of-advent-the-angel-cand
le/

Merry Christmas to all of my writing friends at Stylist.
May your new year bring you the best fruits of your labors.
May hope come down to meet you and joy fill your spirit.

Lynda
www.lyndalambert.com

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We put an angel ornament on the top of our tree (always have).  This year, I
left the angel on all night and the light burnt out, now it doesn't light up
(bummer).

Shawn

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Hello all,
What is your experience with angel ornaments? Do you put one on your 
Christmas tree? Have you seen or touched an angel ornament? We put crystal 
angel ornaments on our Christmas tree.
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   1. Re: The Angel Lady poem (Barbara HAMMEL)
   2. book information (Sarah)

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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 18:44:17 -0600
From: Barbara HAMMEL <poetlori8 at msn.com>
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Cc: Jennifer Applegate <jlastar at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [stylist] The Angel Lady poem
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For one thing, the rhyme and meter of this poem sing to my heart. I also 
like that this is a story.

Barbara Hammel

> On Dec 22, 2015, at 09:40, Jennifer Applegate via stylist
<stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Bob Lazzar-atwood The Angel Lady
>
> She was called the Angel Lady for the ornaments she made,
>
> She carved them out of scraps of fir and pine,
>
> They echoed a belief she held from which she never strayed,
>
> That angels are around us all the time.
>
>
>
> She first received her calling with a heart consumed by grief,
>
> The year her loving husband passed away,
>
> She found that carving offered her a measure of relief
>
> And it brought a sense of purpose to her day.
>
>
>
> And then when Christmas came with all the memories it brings,
>
> And clouds of sadness fell upon her heart,
>
> She carved her husband's likeness with a pair of angel wings,
>
> And magically the clouds began to part.
>
>
>
> She fixed it with a piece of string and hung it on the tree,
>
> He always loved the smell of fresh cut fir,
>
> And when she sat beside the tree to carve a bit or read,
>
> She felt his loving presence close to her.
>
>
>
> When others saw the ornament, her neighbors and her friends,
>
> They marveled at how lifelike it appeared,
>
> They begged her to consider carving ornaments for them
>
> Of loved ones they had lost throughout the years.
>
>
>
> And so her mission started and her reputation spread,
>
> As orders came from cities far and (wide),
>
> From (people) who were seeking some remembrance of their dead,
>
> And comfort from the pain they felt inside.
>
>
>
> The children were the hardest and it often made her weep,
>
> To carve their childish features in the pine,
>
> But late at night a voice would reassure her in her sleep
>
> That angels were around them all the time.
>
>
>
> And one day she received a special letter in her box
>
> From a boy whose family dog had passed away,
>
> She thought about it briefly and then asked herself "why not?"
>
> And she started carving pets that very (day). (NDND rhyme)
>
>
>
> For twenty years she carved until her hands were old and tired
>
> And all her youthful energy was (gone),
>
> But her belief in angels always made her feel inspired
>
> And helped her find the strength to carry on.
>
>
>
> And then one Christmas day a neighbor found her in her chair,
>
> Her heart no longer sounding its commands,
>
> With shavings all around her, in her clothing and her hair,
>
> Her carving blade still nestled in her hand.
>
>
>
> And as the medics came and slowly wheeled her to the door,
>
> Her grieving friends were too distraught to see,
>
> The photograph that (rested right beside her on the floor
>
> Or the (newest little) angel (describes angel) on the tree. (SGSG
> rhyme)
>
>
>
> It hung there by her husbands like two birds upon a limb,
>
> A (woman) carved in (wood) (still) (wet with) stain,
>
> Her head was turned and she was smiling lovingly at him,
>
> And he was looking back at her the same.
>
>
>
> Like all the other angels she had carved throughout her days,
>
> The image was so real it chilled the spine,
>
> And engraved upon the bottom was this very simple phrase,
>
> "Angels are around us all the time."
>
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 22:09:13 -0600
From: Sarah <sarahandfamily at live.com>
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Subject: [stylist] book information
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   I am writing a series of books that take place in the Texas Panhandle, 
which is where I live. The names of the towns are different. They are 
Christian fiction and romance novels. The first book in the series is A Song

in the Heart. I'm not great at writing the descriptions of the books I 
write.  Here is the description of the book that was just released.
Kade Blackwater needs a career change. Ashley Cantrell is a divorced mother 
of two waiting for God to bring the right man into her life. Will Kade and 
Ashley srust God to write their love song?
     Sarah Harris

Sent from my U2

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