2020 Holiday Ornament

These holiday ornaments are hand-painted on aspen wood rounds and then covered with a thin layer of encaustic beeswax. Each ornament is completely unique and roughly 3.5-4 inches in diameter and about 1/4 inch thick. Free shipping is included with your order.

Again, each ornament is unique - some very round, some oblong, some a little skinnier and some a little squatter. Each one is painted with a unique series of three layers of trees.

Along with the ornament, I will be donating money to the National Forest Foundation (https://www.nationalforests.org/) to plant 10 trees for every ornament sold. Right now is the most important time to plant trees to help offset the effects of climate change as a way to sequester carbon dioxide. The whole point of these ornaments is actually to raise funds for this tree planting effort. The National Forest Foundation and many other tree planting organizations are running campaigns to plant millions of trees right now. I chose the National Forest Foundation for this project because they are working to replant and revitalize our US National Forests, which have been damaged due to wildfire, invasive species, beetle kill and overuse. This reforestation within our own country is critically important, just as all reforestation is around the world. As I live in the West and spend a lot of time in our National Forests, I wanted to give back to them.

To learn more about the importance of protecting our forests, reforestation, and tree planting, please check out the following links:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/want-to-stop-climate-change-start-by-planting-a-trillion-trees/2019/07/23/dcd8039c-ad8f-11e9-bc5c-e73b603e7f38_story.html

https://wildaboututah.org/a-world-without-trees/

https://www.arborday.org/trees/climatechange/plantatree.cfm

https://www.nationalforests.org/