Did everyone enjoy their Thanksgiving? We had a pleasant day of it yesterday with good food and great company. It was a great way to spend the holiday. But with Thanksgiving in the rear-view mirror I of course woke up with big plans for Christmas decorating, gifts, and some Elf antics (we do our own version of Elf on a Shelf) swirling in my head - such a fun time of year! Unless there is something super-fantastic in the Black Friday stuff (Sam did spot a great deal on a TV but was too late to get in on the 4 they had in stock at Walmart last night *sigh*) we usually choose to avoid the crowds and instead spend the day after Thanksgiving at home putting up the Christmas tree. So that's the plan for today - yay!
Of course I'm up before the sun once again this morning. My internal alarm clock seems to be set at 5AM or earlier the last few months. It's still dark outside and if I start pulling out decoration boxes this early I'll wake the kids up so I thought I'd play a little catch up with the blog. May I present a fun collection of Christmas wreaths from our nieghborhood/friend crafting session a couple weeks back :)
In October, a friend of mine had run across some great deco mesh wreath ideas and asked I could teach her how to make one. It quckly turned into fun plans for a craft day with a few friends, including a shopping trip for supplies all together the week before - always so fun to have some time out with the girls. It was very interesting to watch the creative process and see how the personalities of each individual showed throughout the whole process - how they decided on what kind of wreath to make and the embellisments for it, and the different methods of putting it together and all the different styles of wreaths we ended up with.
I went a slightly different route and tried out the curly version for the first time, making the base for a fall wreath for myself (which I posted about here yesterday). My MIL had seen part of our planning photos and discussion on Facebook and requested a wreath of her own. The result is the purple one above - her absolute favorite color is purple and this year she decided to change the decor on one of her Christmas trees (she has three I think :) It's so great that her enthusiasm for Christmas carried over into my husband because it makes life so much more fun when he's just into all the Christmas fun as I am) to a purple theme. I love the colors, but have to admit that it threw me for a loop. Once I got the base done I struggled with how to make it read as a Christmas wreath instead of say, something for Spring or Easter. Thus the addition of the Merry Christmas sign and the ornaments.
Of course I'm up before the sun once again this morning. My internal alarm clock seems to be set at 5AM or earlier the last few months. It's still dark outside and if I start pulling out decoration boxes this early I'll wake the kids up so I thought I'd play a little catch up with the blog. May I present a fun collection of Christmas wreaths from our nieghborhood/friend crafting session a couple weeks back :)
In October, a friend of mine had run across some great deco mesh wreath ideas and asked I could teach her how to make one. It quckly turned into fun plans for a craft day with a few friends, including a shopping trip for supplies all together the week before - always so fun to have some time out with the girls. It was very interesting to watch the creative process and see how the personalities of each individual showed throughout the whole process - how they decided on what kind of wreath to make and the embellisments for it, and the different methods of putting it together and all the different styles of wreaths we ended up with.
I went a slightly different route and tried out the curly version for the first time, making the base for a fall wreath for myself (which I posted about here yesterday). My MIL had seen part of our planning photos and discussion on Facebook and requested a wreath of her own. The result is the purple one above - her absolute favorite color is purple and this year she decided to change the decor on one of her Christmas trees (she has three I think :) It's so great that her enthusiasm for Christmas carried over into my husband because it makes life so much more fun when he's just into all the Christmas fun as I am) to a purple theme. I love the colors, but have to admit that it threw me for a loop. Once I got the base done I struggled with how to make it read as a Christmas wreath instead of say, something for Spring or Easter. Thus the addition of the Merry Christmas sign and the ornaments.
As with my own fall wreath, I didn't finish the purple one on craft day. My friends, however, did complete their own wreaths (it was a much longer crafting session than any of us had originally planned but it was worth it) so I was able to snap a few photos of their finished wreaths.
Cute right? I love the color combination
Ooooo I can't wait to go pull out the boxes and get my own Christmas decorations out...!
I used to do Black Friday shopping, but I don't have the energy to fight the crowds anymore. I must be getting old! Cute wreaths. Very Christmas-y while still having a modern feel.
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