We were kind of appalled at our options, and vowed to just keep looking year after year until we found the right one. In the meantime, we took an ornament and kinda bent it around the top of the tree (an ornament which Milo has since pulled out several times during the year to gnaw on--our cat has taste). Our Christmas tree was always a little embarrassed by our shenanigans...
But this year our tree can stand proud!
It may not be our "forever" tree topper, but I think we found a pretty good one finally! I'd still like to take a Christmas shopping trip to Germany to get our own genuinely pretty wax angel (that's just to remind you what it kinda looks like... though it's still a little off... this one's kinda cute but wouldn't ya know, sold already).
Short a flight to Germany, we've been looking for a star. Here were our top three candidates (in case you're looking and in case any of these are appealing to you too):
- Retro tree topper Which looks kinda fun. But also looks like something we could do at home with a little styrofoam, some sticks, some paint, some glitter
- This paper star urchin tree topper, which I was thinking could be a stop-gap until we found something better--especially if I made it myself. Apparently the "star urchin" is also called a "Polish porupine" and directions for making them abound online. All you need is paper, a pencil, a needle & thread--and I think, patience. A lot of patience. More than I have!
- And what we decided was our favorite: this star from Pottery Barn! Made with sheet music and German glass glitter (ooh, sounds fancy! until you get it home and read the fine print to realize that it will "patina" with age... ooh, sounds like we'll need to buy another!). Because it's a papercraft, I briefly considered trying to make my own, but it was nice to swipe the card and call it done!
Anyways, we're excited to finally have a tree topper!
Are you still on the hunt for a tree topper? It was a topic of conversation at a recent holiday gathering, with everyone complaining about the dumb options that are out there. So I had to brag then--and now--that we found something...
i like that star...i think you guys did alright. i've bought three toppers now in the last two years. which now makes our grand total up to four for ownership. we have i think two stars, and two angels. one angel made it on top, but she still looked as cheap on the tree as she did on the shelf :( (nevermind that she actually WASN'T cheap-and in fact was the best option at hobby lobby). i wish i were going home sooner, and could hit england still when christams stuff would be around...maybe i could find one better there. like you, i'm convinced that the problem is localized to the states :(
ReplyDeleteOh wow, looking at this old blog post and realizing that we did end up getting actual wax angel toppers from Nueremberg! And the old images don't work anymore. So here's another link to be reminded what they look like: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-nuremberg-wax-angel-tree-173778966
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