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chicken lady
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Posted: Aug 07 2007 at 8:48pm \| IP Logged

Yep I am thinking Advent...one way to keep cool in this humidity!!!!
I thought dh could help my dc make these out of sculpey clay while I am away this weekend. Now I need ideas about various symbols. Anyone have a reference for me? If this is going to happen I have to leave very clear directions

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Posted: Aug 07 2007 at 10:49pm \| IP Logged

THE BEST all time book/symbol list is Geraldine McCaughrean's The Jesse Tree -- we made a sculpey set of these 2 years ago and they're still in great shape. Here's a link that shows pictures, etc from my blog post -- scroll down and see the picture of our tree. If you'd like I can send ou more photos of the "tree"....

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Posted: Aug 08 2007 at 7:20am \| IP Logged

Thanks MAry, I actually have this book and I know where it is

I would love to see more pictures, the one on your blog is to small for me to get a good look at, thanks!

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Posted: Aug 08 2007 at 9:49am \| IP Logged

There is this listing which is included at several locations (Catholic Culture, EWTN, Domestic Church) following the Messianic prophecies.

Below is what we have used and I've had it for many years. I focused on people rather than prophecies which overlap some (but we added a few other biblical figures), so it's not exactly like the traditional.

Adam & Eve - apple
Noah - ark
Abraham - stars
Isaac - bundle of sticks
Rebekah - pitcher
Jacob - ladder
Joseph - coat of many colros
Moses - burning bush
Ruth - wheat
David - sling shot
Solomon - temple
Judith - sword
Daniel - lion
Jesse - root
Joseph - carpenter tools
Mary - lily
Jesus - chi rho

We have Sculpey ornaments as well and they are shown in a picture on this post near the bottom. You can see most of them pretty well.

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Posted: Aug 08 2007 at 10:13am \| IP Logged

Many thanks MaryM, your ornaments look great

BTW what is the name of the print you use on your blog header? Who is the artist? If you all have not seen it, check it out, really beautiful!

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Posted: Aug 08 2007 at 11:22am \| IP Logged

we used the symbols from moira's album and made them with shrinky dink paper.

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