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Steampunk Angel Christmas Tree Topper Project
My mother always topped her Christmas tree with an angel bedecked in all white. It held a candle and she uses it every year. The rest of the year, it is packed away carefully in the original box. One year, we lost an entire box of Christmas decorations with the precious angel tucked inside. While we settled for attaching a Cincinnati Flying Pig doll to the top of the tree, my mother was less than enthusiastic about the alternate. This year, I’ve created a backup plan so that my mother can have an angel on the top of her tree again.
This projects also provides a wonderful alternative use for our caged Santos dolls. Just leave off the base and any Santos doll can be used as a Christmas tree topper!
Steampunk Angel Christmas Tree Topper Project Directions:
Glue a piece of book text to the body and arms of the Steampunk Santos doll kit and trim with scissors.
Cover gears stencil by Tim Holtz with Distress Ink. Press firmly onto the body of the doll to leave an inked impression of the gears.
With a blending tool, distress the edges of the body and arms with brown ink.
Paint wings and crown with gold paint. To
Christmas Tree Toppers - Angels and Stars
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What Is the Most Popular Christmas Tree Topper?
Christmas star toppers are the most popular toppers you'll find across the globe. They range from the classic 5-point Christmas tree star to more elaborate designs and are usually fitted with a mounting pole base. However, there are other variations of tree toppers to match your theme of choice. Here are some common options:
Angel tree toppers
are elegant figurines dressed in richly colored robes made with luxurious materials. Their conical base typically fits the shape of treetops.
Bouquet tree toppers
are arrangements composed of nature-inspired elements such as faux flowers, berries, leaves, assorted foliage, and sometimes decorated with sparkly details for an enchanting effect.
Christmas figure tree toppers
feature well-loved characters like Santa Claus, Frosty the Snowman, and Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer as fest
30 Tree Topper Ideas That Will Become the Star of Your Christmas Decor
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Glass Tree Topper
Mercury Glass Finial Christmas Tree Topper
Available in gold and silver, this shiny glass tree topper goes with any Christmas decorating style. Just place it firmly on the top of your tree and let this topper steal the show. Pair with white Christmas lights and classic red ornaments for an eye-catching design.
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Bedazzled Topper
Anthropologie Jeweled Metal Bow Tree Topper
If stars aren't necessarily your thing, go for a bow instead. Lightweight yet sturdy in design, this handcrafted jeweled bow adds a bit of sparkle to any tree. "This tree topper is so beautiful and well worth the money! It’s also nice and lightweight," says one 5-star review.
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Disney-Inspired
10-Inch Mickey Mouse Tree Topper
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Unnerving ‘biblically accurate’ angels top Christmas trees: ‘Scary and weird speaks to people’
Angels are typically pictured to be the holier-than-thou servants of God adorned with cherubic faces and fluffy wings, but some books in the Bible paint a vastly different — and much scarier — being that is starting to top Christmas trees across the US.
Rev. Kira Austin-Young and her puppet-maker husband, Michael Schupbach, cooked up the idea of making their own series of biblically accurate angels over the pandemic to relieve their cabin fever.
“I think in, particularly, the times of the world that we’re in, where things seem kind of scary and weird, having a scary and weird angel sort of speaks to people,” Austin-Young said.
The Bible has sparse descriptions of what angels are actually supposed to look like. Many left it up to interpretation, which brought forth the usually white and blonde divine messengers most often seen in churches and Renaissance art.
The Book of Revelations at the end of the Bible and some of the books of the prophets in the Old Testament are the few portions that delve into what exactly God’s soldiers are s