A Seasonal Wreath...

We loved the advent wreath over our table so much that we decided to make a seasonal wreath.  This will always hang over our table, though we will change it with the seasons and /or holidays.  The basic wreath and burlap looking ribbon will stay the same but the decorations will be changed.  I loosely wrapped the wreath in red ribbon so that I can easily take it off after Valentine's Day.  Then Michael and I needle felted these red wool hearts to hang from our wreath by ribbon.  We really like it though there was something about the solidness of the jute wrapped advent wreath that I loved.  I may make another just like it but this time with out the hot glued additions.  Perhaps another night wrapping a wreath while swooning over Mr. Darcy!? What do you think?

Either way it will be fun to see how it changes throughout the year.

Until next time...

Last Minute Christmas Craft...

About a week before Christmas I pulled together this advent wreath.  I had been collecting supplies for awhile and finally made it!  I used an inexpensive straw wreath base and wrapped it with jute.  This takes quite a bit of dedication to say the least.  I put on Pride & Prejudice one night and while swooning over Mr. Darcy patiently covered the wreath.  It took almost the length of the movie. I am out of most of the beeswax sheet colors for candles but still had yellow and I love how the green & yellow look together.  I used Willodel's idea of using bells for the candle holders.  I strung white ribbons and bells from it and it hangs over our table. 

I hot glued the pinecones & the candle holders on.  It's really meant to be decoration, we lit the candles briefly on Christmas eve but had visions of it going poof, (straw & jute, hmmm?) not to mention hot beeswax dripping on us as we eat. Yikes!

It's such a simple thing but I can't describe how happy it makes me to look at it.  Maybe it's because we don't have a dining room, and now the wreath makes me feel like we have a more formal dining space.  It adds loveliness to the room and it gives me a little hope of someday having a beautiful dining room in our own house.  I also love that it could work all through the winter season, from St. Lucia through late winter. 

More last minute Christmas crafts to come.