“Be grateful, be smart, be clean, be true, be humble, be prayerful.” ― Way To Be!: 9 Rules For Living The Good Life
The most exciting day of the year is here! Set up for the Festival of Trees at the Mountain America Expo Center in Sandy (formerly the South Town Expo Center). The first Monday after Thanksgiving is always set up day and this year it fell on November 26th. When you walk into the Expo Center the air is filled with the vibrance of creativity and love and is humming with excitement.
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| Ardis get us all checked in at the Festival Boutique |
We arrived with lots of boxes for the Festival Gift Boutique, things we have been working on throughout the year. These are small neighbor gifts that can be purchased during the five days of the festival.
16 burlap reindeer (with reindeer food inside)
22 fabric ornaments
12 snowmen liquid hand soap
10 towels with poem
40 snowman popcorn packets.
(and 2 misc. baby bibs).
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| Tea Towels with a Story |
A sweet history of the towel . . . used by a mother to wipe away the tears of a child, to bind the wounds of a patient . . . the Savior wiping the feet of his disciples . .
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| Magic Reindoor Food |
Who wouldn't want "Magic Reindeer Food" to guide Santa's sleigh to your home?
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| Special Snowman PopCorn Packets |
This popcorn is made with love for a snowy day!
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| SnowMan Hand Soap |
To decorate your guest bathroom
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| Ornaments filled with Love |
Or a little love to share . . . .
These are the fun decorations leading to the Festival Gift Boutique . . .
. . . and a quick peak inside the Festival Gift Boutique - chock full of so many delightfully crafted gifts to give!
Paula and Scott arrived early to check in and set up the tree. Paula designed this beautiful Bee themed tree and Scott ties in the rebar and ensures that everything is stable before we start decorating in earnest.
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| Sharon, Barbara and Carolyn |
It is a madhouse of activity for a couple of hours and then ~ voila the tree begins to look amazing!!
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| Carol, Maureen and Sharon ~ looking for bits and pieces we need! |
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| Carolyn, Ardis, Sharon and Barbara |
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| Ardis ~ with her BE WISE Owls |
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| The tree topper ~ just bursting with Bees of all kinds! |
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| Some of the fun ornaments on the tree |
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| A few of the hand-embroidered Bee-Attitudes |
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| Our Bee-utiful Festival Tree |
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| Bee Humble, Grateful, Clean, Prayerful, Smart and True |
Bee-Attitudes by Gordon B. Hinckley stitched by
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| Pardon the weeds . . . I'm Feeding the Bees. |
Carolyn and Lynn designed this lovely Primitive Stitchery
The lovely WE CAN ladies that came up to the Festival~
Barbara, Paula ,Ardis, Maureen, Sharon, Carol, Carolyn and Sandy
Paula found an old cabinet at a yard sale . . . but it wasn't lovely at the time, she brought it home and Scott repaired it and built shelves for it, Paula painted it and it became a trove for Utah, the Beehive State treasures.
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| A lovely cabinet chock full of Bee-Themed surprises |
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| Paula and Scott |
Our tree was dedicated with love to Ben Perkins, who passed away in August. Thank you Ben for exemplifying the Bee-Attitudes in so many different and fun ways. You are loved and missed!
Some fun facts about Festival of Trees
A Gift of Love
