This year for our Christmas competition, I gave each of my employees an 8×8 cardboard box and had them make a gingerbread house with it! I have to say, this competition was tough! They went all out and really made it hard to choose just one! Keep reading, because we are announcing the winners at the bottom!

 

 

BEA

The first gingerbread house that we are revealing is Bea’s! She said that she spent a couple of weeks on her gingerbread house doing a little at a time! Her stainglass window on the top of her’s was a big hit!

 

 

Courtney S.

Up next is Courtney’s! She worked for about a week crocheting everything in her free time after work! She is excited to have this in her home for years to come!

 

 

 

Kellie Sue

Kellie Sue made sure to include a tree with twinkle lights like a true Shabby Tree employee! Her and her family worked on it for a couple of hours and made it a team effort!

 

 

 

Deborah

Mrs. Deborah got crafty and made such a cute Christmas village! The glitter makes this shiny village stand out! It makes the perfect Christmas decoration!

 

 

 

Melissa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Melissa’s stood out with her bright colors! If you check out the videos, you can see the detail she put into including a tree on the inside!

 

 

 

Carrie

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Carrie’s Christmas village came out so cute! She said that her favorite part was working on it with her mom!

 

 

 

Courtney D.

Courtney made the cutest Grinch themed gingerbread house complete with Max in the window! This is another one that you have to take some time to look at it and see all of the detail!

 

 

 

Morgan

 

 

 

 

 

Morgan did the amazing Tree Farm! She really thought outside of the box on this one! She said she spent a time on it for a few weeks to give herself plenty of time to get it done! She made the amazing icing by mixing lightweight plaster and paint!

 

And now for the winners, starting with 2nd place:

 

 

Hope

Everyone guessed correctly! Hope got crafty with her gingerbread house by turning into what she loves most, her farm! Including the donkey and all! She worked so hard on this and it turned out amazing!

 

 

 

and the 1st place winner is….

 

 

Joy

Joy did an absolutely amazing job on her gingerbread house! She got so creative with lots of detail! This is just stunning and was the followers favorite! The amount of time and effort she put into really shows!

 

 

If you want to see the live where Barb showed the all in more detail, click here: https://www.facebook.com/shabbytree/videos/1281191859588221

 

 

I am so proud of all of my employees and am just blown away by their creativity! I can’t wait for the next contest!