Holes Ornaments for Christmas Part I

 Continuing our Christmas explorations of the Enjoy Centre and Holes Greenhouse in St. Albert, I discovered some beautiful ornaments and Christmas items for everyone on your list.

I was interested in these Flatyz Candles.  They are indeed flat and, when inserted into a specialty candle holder, can be lit but who would want to light these works of art?

Coming soon, more from Enjoy Centre and Holes for Christmas 2012.

An "Enjoy" Christmas Colour Trends 2012

It's good to see this gnome is still hanging in there!

2012 Christmas Decorating Trend alert:  colour scheme is lime green and red 

West Edmonton Mall Decorates with Poinsettia Trees

A recent visit to West Edmonton Mall revealed a plethora of Christmas magic bedecking the malls.  Above is a poinsettia tree which is actually several, perhaps hundreds, silk poinsettias arranged in a framework to look like an enormous red tree.  From a distance, it is quite stunning.

Above is another wing of the mall decorated to the nines for Christmas.  I don't know the name of this wing but it has offices on either side that overlook the tree.   It is one of my favourite areas of the mall for its design and decor.

Do you have a favourite mall/store to visit during the Christmas break?

Christmas at Greenland Garden Center

Early in December, before stores got too crazy busy, my daughter and I headed to one of our favourite places for holiday magic.  We took several photos of the Christmas Store at Greenland Garden Center and I share here just a few with you.  Enjoy.

Above and below, the one and only upside down Christmas Tree

A new Christmas decorating trend is the little starburst.  Sometimes combined with a few small decorative balls and sometimes on its own, it dazzles on a tree.

This "pick" reminds me of a stag horn fern.  It is new this season as well.

Colour combinations of bronze and turquoise adorn this tree.

A feathery topper in red.  A few years ago I did a similar topper with feathery fronds on a "bird tree".  I thought it looked good but one of the proprietors of the greenhouse thought it looked like the tree was going to take flight!

Another new trend is the ribbon upon a ribbon garland.  There are actually two different ribbons, one atop another, strung around this tree.

Merry Christmas!!!

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