I am sharing with you today my not so traditional Christmas Wreath.
I started this project with a wreath that I found at my local Thrift Store for $1.00
and me singing I’ll be home for Christmas…
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The first thing I did was to remove all of the 4th of July happiness that it was on the wreath.
This is how it looked after the cleanup.
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At the Dollar Store I found these gold eucalyptus branches.
All I did was gather a bunch of them together and tied them with some wire.
I put the eucalyptus aside…
{ the smell took me back to the early 90′ when it seemed like every home had eucalyptus garlands or wreaths… Do you remember that? }
…and I began making a small nest with the paper.
{ You can find this paper at the Dollar Store as well. It comes in a small bag }
With the help of some more wire I gathered the paper together until it looked like a nest.
Then I used Glitter Bast Spray by Krylon to give it a bit of sparkle.
Take a look!
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The third element of the wreath was the small word JOY.
I used the same scrapbook embellishments that I used for my Fabric Leftovers Wreath.
I bought them years ago but you can find similar letters at your local Michaels or any craft store in the scrapbooking area.
I tied the letter with some strings that came out from some burlap I had around and I hung them from a branch…
Having all of the elements of the wreath all I had left was to put it together.
So I did!
I really like the simple natural look of it…
Don’t you love the little bird?
I do!
It was an ornament that I found at Michaels… I brought home a bunch of them with me to hang on my tree…
So cute!
I love Christmas!
Hopefully sometime this week I’m ready to give you a tour of my living room…
Stay tuned!
Love the wreath! Seeing as I’ve already ordered my yearly evergreen wreath for this year, will have to go on next year’s to do list.
After seeing the Halloween village, I’m thinking I could adapt the Christmas wreath to make a spooky Halloween version. Oh how you’ve inspired me!!!
Mary, have fun my friend!
That’s a beautiful wreath–love it!
Hey Desiree! I am featuring your lovely wreath on my blog this evening! It is stunning! Thanks again for linking up : )
I love everything about this (yes, I DO remember the eucalyptus smell in every home!) but the little “joy” is my favorite element! Darling!
Beautiful! Visiting from TT&J.
Thank you for stopping by!
Desiree! Please come link this up-it is so stinkin sweet!I am hosting my first EVAH link party this weekend. It is up and running now and I would love for you to come link up some of your projects!
Kim @ Too Much Time
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Kim I will visit !
I will share your party on my Facebook page!
I just love the little joy that give me BIG JOY just looking at it! Beautiful. And do you know all this time I have been retyping the password instead of pasting it? Love discovering THAT time saver yet feel pretty dumb that I missed that until today. Your blog is always full of fun. 🙂