Merry Orange and Cinnamon Stick Ornament

Merry Christmas Eve ! 

Today's share is a simple dried orange and cinnamon stick ornament.

Yes, another old time-y project ! 

I die cut the word "merry" and glued it on top of the

orange slice. I wrapped a fabric scrap around the cinnamon stick

and tied it into a simple bow, hot gluing it to the orange slice.

Twine is hot glued to the back for a hanger.

The most difficult part was drying the orange slice myself:

it didn't work very well for me in a toaster over.

I actually sliced an entire orange and tried to dry 

all of the slices. Unfortunately, all but this one burned,

and even this one is too brown in places. 

I suppose even on the lowest setting it was

still too hot in that tiny oven. I did dry them

directly on the wire racks, too,

checking on them throughout the day

and moving them around as needed. 

It was the first time I've tried to dry orange slices.

Probably my last ;) 

It looks like parts of the country are going

to see a White Christmas this year.

We will not. 

In fact, thunderstorms and 

Spring like temperatures are on the way!

Thanks for looking .

Wishing you a wonderful holiday 

filled with memories to last a lifetime.