I love christmas, when we have chosen our tree and unpacked the decorations. These days I don’t get to do any of the decorating, but that’s okay, because I love watching it being done as much as I enjoy doing it. Every year I try and find just one or two special new baubles to add to my collection. My worst nightmare would be buying new decorations every year. I have some, which might not have been very expensive, but that I just love seeing on my tree from year to year…….

I bought these handblown glass baubles last year, they are a plum colour with beads of gold - and lets face it, you can never have enough gold at christmas time!

A handmade red glass star. An absolute classic.

This is a glamorous fabric and bead creation, handmade by a very talented sister-in-law.

These were a dime a dozen a couple of years ago, but I still loved mine, it’s such a whimsical Santa and his shy reindeer.

A dragon - what do you mean you don’t have a dragon? It’s a must, an absolute must! Trust me - go an buy yourself a dragon now! Every tree should have one!

The most beautiful angel on my tree - a vintage, handmade lovely, bought for me, many years ago by a very dear friend.

I bought these beautiful feather birds many, many years ago at the fabulous V&A gift shop (an absolute must when in London) - they are much, much nicer than the ones you can buy now.

And lastly, a child for whom Christmas is still a magical time!

This must be one of my favorite Swarovski crystal shapes - a baroque teardrop, which I have used for this Bridal Necklace. I can’t think of a more beautiful shape to add sparkle to a Christmas tree or adorn a festive window.

Another of my range of swarovski crystal Christmas baubles, this one is a beautiful faceted circle - 20mm in diameter and matched with sterling silver - perfect for adorning your Christmas tree! Contact me at jenni@twinkleberry.co.uk for details

Lovely Linda got me thinking about xmas a couple of weeks ago. It’s a frightening thought that we are heading for the countdown to one of my favorite times of the year - where has this year gone??

I love the early evenings, log fires, mulled wine and mince pies (this year I am going to make my own!) and the Winchester christmas lights - which are beautiful. Mostly I love getting our christmas tree and decorating it, Dave and I have our annual argument about how big the tree should be - I want the biggest one I can fit into the house.

I’ve made a range of Swarovski crystal decorations to hang on a tree or in a window, I don’t know if we will manage to get them onto the site, so contact me at jenni@twinkleberry.co.uk for info.

This one is a very large star - 28mm and there is a larger one available too - 40mm. They can be strung on the ribbon colour of your choice.