This year instead of my traditional Christmas wreath of greens, holly, pinecones and a big red bow, I decided to get crafty.
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Like many things I do, I get inspiration and ideas from somewhere else. I saw this beautiful wreath on the Terrain website. That’s a real Amaryllis bulb attached to the twig wreath and the nice folks there were offering a how-to. I love a good how-to and was instantly inspired. I just thought it was a bit too plain for Christmas and if the Amaryllis didn’t bloom at the right time I would be very disappointed. I decided to see what I could do using my own ideas.
I crawled up in the attic because I was pretty sure I had an old twig wreath from several autumns ago. I found it and took it outside where I snipped off the sorry looking dried leaves and seed pods. Then I hosed off the dust and let it dry while I assembled everything I thought I might need.
I love using live things but I also love having my wreath last throughout the season. I went to Michael’s and found this beautiful life-like Amaryllis silk flower and a nice little mix of faux greens. I think it’s kind of like cooking. I don’t do everything from scratch; sometimes I start with a ready-made product and add a little of this and a little of that to make it even better.
So that’s what I did with my old twig wreath. A little of this and a little of that. Some cut greens from the garden, including some interesting herbs that had gone to seed, bright green florist moss and a few false greens from the store. Most of them tucked in among the twigs and if they wouldn’t stay, I used green florist wire and a dab of hot glue. Pretty darn easy and I think if I didn’t tell you, you might even think I’d gotten an Amaryllis to bloom perfectly in season.
Happy December!!!
I'll be showing my work on these blogs:
http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/
http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.net/
http://www.bedifferentactnormal.com/
