2021

Our 2021 sessions. Meetings were paused from January through November 2021 due to Covid-19, so December was our one gathering of the year — and worth the wait.

December 2021 — Wood Trees and Reindeer

A wide view of the December session. Artists and volunteers work around a long table covered in supplies, with a completed stick tree resting against a chair in the foreground and a white cane leaning nearby.
An artist and a volunteer work side by side at a table, sorting red ornaments, glitter picks and glue. Wooden trays of branch pieces and craft supplies cover the tabletop.
A wide view of the session room, with artists seated around two long tables working on their trees. Supplies, trays and finished pieces are spread across the tables.
An artist holds a decorated cardboard tube figure with googly eyes, an orange paper beak and a raffia crown, finished with a wide organza bow.
An artist holds up a finished stick Christmas tree, a red ornament in the other hand. The tree is topped with a straw star and decorated with small bells and greenery.
Artists around a worktable assembling stick Christmas trees, with trays of buttons, jingle bells, red ornaments and sprigs of greenery spread across the table. A finished twine-wrapped tree stands at the edge of the frame.
A finished stick-and-twine Christmas tree laid on the carpet. Twine is strung in horizontal rows across the triangular frame and hung with buttons, wooden clothes pegs, a beaded red and white candy cane, a cinnamon stick and small tufts of artificial pine.
An artist holds a completed stick tree decorated with a straw star at the top, a silver star garland, a beaded candy cane and a cluster of artificial pine at the centre.
An artist stands behind a chair displaying a completed stick tree. The frame is criss-crossed with twine and trimmed with a silver star garland, a beaded candy cane and a cluster of artificial pine.
An artist and a volunteer hold up a completed stick Christmas tree together. The triangular branch frame is bound with twine at the corners, topped with a woven straw star and hung with red beads and greenery.
Artists working closely at a table, winding twine across branch frames. Trays of cinnamon sticks, craft sticks and red ornaments sit between them, with a whiteboard and a finished tree in the background.
An artist holds up a finished stick Christmas tree with twine strung in rows across the frame, hung with a beaded candy cane, greenery and a red ornament tied to the crossbar.
Artists and volunteers gathered around a table, several holding triangular branch frames upright as twine is wound between the sides. Trays of cinnamon sticks and craft materials are spread across the table.
A volunteer guides an artist's hands over a finished stick tree, helping trace the twine rows and the beads, cinnamon stick and greenery tied along them. The artist's white cane rests against them.
Artists and volunteers at a large table, several holding triangular stick frames as they wind twine between the branches. Trays of red ornaments and cinnamon sticks sit within easy reach.
A busy worktable seen from one end, with artists and volunteers wrapping twine around branch frames. Jars of beads, red ornaments and wooden trays of materials cover the table.
A volunteer stands behind an artist, guiding their hands across a finished stick tree so they can feel the twine rows, beads and greenery. The artist's white cane rests beside them.
An artist threads a red bead onto twine, working close to the tabletop. Beside them lie branch pieces bound with twine, a red ornament, and sprigs of greenery with a white star.
A wide view of the session, with artists working around a long table on their stick trees. Trays of greenery, red ornaments, glue and beads are spread out, and a glitter starburst dries on a plate in the foreground.
Artists and a volunteer at a table gluing sprigs of greenery and glitter stars onto their pieces. Paper plates hold gold glitter starbursts drying in front of them.

We meet once a month on a Saturday from 1–3 PM at The Lighthouse of Houston, 3602 W Dallas St, Houston, TX 77019. The program is free to all participants and no experience is needed. Phone: 713-824-8424 · Email: Creatingwithblindabandon@gmail.com