the final days of trekmas™

I have been remiss in posting the remainder of Trekmas™, which was completed last Friday night. Day 10: On the tenth day of Trekmas™, my Boo-love got from me: a Bird-of-Prey bookmark! Day 11: On the eleventh day of Trekmas™, my Boo-love got from me: stainless comm badge ice cubes! Day 12: On the twelvth […]

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interrupted trekmas continued:

I am back home, and last night, we caught up on the Twelve Days of Trekmas. Day 4: On the fourth day of Trekmas™, my Boo-love got from me: a USS Cerritos shot glass! Day 5: On the fifth day of Trekmas™, my Boo-love got from me: Klin-gon Em-pire sooooocks! Ba-dump-bump-bump… Day 6: On the […]

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missing the mark

Or… Learning to Forgive Myself as I Grieve Through the Holidays. Late starts can really snowball into conundrums when one is as thorough with holiday decorating as I prefer to be. Correcting bad pandemic housekeeping habits runs into early tree upping (early-because-no-less-then-three-and-each-one-takes-three-days-to-set-up). The Thanksgiving break gave me the time to catch up on trees, but […]

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ST:TCT meets ST:TTS

This year brings some big changes for Star Trek: The Christmas Tree, shaking things up and giving it room to grow. To me, they are all equally big changes, but let’s act like there’s a ranking: Biggest change: Star Trek: The Tree Skant! I finally sorted out what to do for a tree skirt, having […]

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today’s project:

Allow me to introduce Lt. Tree Skant. LOL We’ve been in need of a tree skirt for ST:TCT, and this year was the year to settle it. I found some vintage Camelot Fabrics and launched the plan. Wanting some flash for the holiday, I found some large scale metallic ric rac to mimick rank stripes. […]

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unicorn tree: 100% gayer

I am late to my holiday decorating but hoping to catch up over the long weekend. Second tree up, but first one finished is the Unicorn Tree, now on a glittery rainbow tree: It doesn’t show well in photos, but the “needles” are thirty percent tinsel, giving a great sparkle as the viewer moves about. […]

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ST:TCT pre-season opener

Our Christmas trees aren’t started yet, which is the latest of the seven holiday seasons we’ve had in this house. It’s not a problem, and mostly by choice, but here we are. Plotting and planning have been moving forward, though, and my excitement to start is building daily. I have reconceived ST:TCT, but I’m waiting […]

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