It was a cold and wet day for the start of the festival in the Warwickshire church but everyone inside was warm and cheery. The trees were down both sides and decorated in many ways by local groups and charities - of course we 'Shedders' (me, Avril, Maureen and Steph) had to give ourselves a bit of a challenge and make our tree from scratch using bits we had to hand. In this case the 'spiral' was cut from an odd piece of wood and covered in layers of old music, and the centre from an old broom handle. Ornaments were from papier mache, scraps of fabric and sheet music - the 'sputnik on the top was a covered ball with cotton buds.
The tree behind was decorated in biscuits but unfortunately in the damp church atmosphere the sugar 'glass' inserts had started to melt onto the carpet. Lucky there were no church mice or the ornaments may have disappeared overnight.
The tree from the WI was covered in folded paper angels and underneath there were pieces made from folded paperback books (instructions available on the web for those interested here)
All the ornaments on the Coleshill Stroke Club tree were knitted and the choir had done a tree covered in musical notes along with their mugshots.
There was also a tree done by a couple of Birmingham City Football Club fans - team hat at the top. Had to show my husband this - he is an Aston Villa fan (mind you they haven't got much to celebrate this season).
Jackie Mackay
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