Christmas Decorating!

As Christmas gets closer I really need to get it in gear with the decorating around the house. I'm such a slacker!

Luckily this week I had the opportunity to go to a wreath making class sponsored by one of our fabulous furniture vendors. It was fun to learn some techniques and mingle with all the gals.

A professional wreath maker was there to give us tips and techniques. They had all the supplies we needed! I had a hard time choosing which ones I wanted to use. (All I had was my camera phone so sorry for the bad picture quality!)

The candy cane striped ornaments really caught my eyeso i decided to go with a candy cane themed wreath.

I was intimidated at first, I've never made a wreath before. But once I got started it went quickly and easily. I began by wrapping ribbon around the wreath.



Putting on some finishing touches:

And the finished product! It's a smaller scale wreath meant to go on a table top. The girl teaching the class said this is the "In" thing this year.

I likes it where it was but wanted to hang it over the mirror on our fireplace instead. I love it!

Everyone there made one and there were so many good ones I wish I had taken pictures of all of them.


I also wanted to share a picture one of my readers shared with me. Elyse made her own sweater pillow cover like the ones I made for her home! Don't you love it? I also love that fleece throw. So comfy!

How is everyone else decorating for Christmas? Have you seen wreaths used as centerpieces instead of being hung on the door?


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