Head of the table: Top tips on homemade decorations

A particular cardboard box has been part of my Christmas ever since I can remember. It's about 25cm/10in square and once held a gas mask. Inside are a collection of old glass baubles: a bluebird hanging from a fraying bit of blue ribbon, a magenta teardop on a very long stem, with a crinkly bit of tinsel round the inlaid centre. There's a small bird house, iridescently pearly and a bunch of purple glass grapes, bound together on a beaded stem.






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