As previously discussed, we like to throw the occasional ugly ornament party. We called the
party “annual” for a long time, but at some point we realized that we were
horrible filthy liars. It’s not annual if you skip years with a frightening
degree of regularly. Anyway. Had one in 2011. Had one again this past month.
The 2011
winner was entitled “With the Teeth” and was presented into competition by the
fabulous, marvelous Josh and Jean-Marie. It’s awful, and completely deserved to
win.
As usual,
whatever it was that I entered was a boring type of bad. Sigh. It’s hard
finding good contenders. I keep an eye out at garage sales and rummage sales
all year, but there’s so much that’s just a middling amount of ugly.
It was Santabird, back in the day, that forced us to make two categories. Who can compete with a twisted mind like that? But again, coming up with creative ugly is harder than it appears. Trust me, I've tried.
Sandi brought "Scary Poppins" to our house, and won the homemade/altered prize. She bought it at a craft fair. You probably can’t tell from this photo, but it’s mostly made out of beads and safety pins. She is holding an umbrella. Again, please note that a good title can take your ornament to the next level of awful.
And in the store-bought category this year, our first two-peat! Josh and Jean-Marie returned with "Little Red," the runaway winner. Bought at the same antique store as their last winner. They haven’t said where this store is, but I’m going to have to see if I can figure it out.
Because that place is clearly a goldmine of hideousness.
