handmade christmas wreaths

mum and i decided to attempt some christmas wreath making today, here are the results!!! all greenery foraged for locally so they were absolutely free!! Merry Christmas!

what do you need?

1 x wire coat hanger

1 x roll of florists green tape

green florists wire

ivy, holly, any greenery you can pick locally

berries

ninth craft of christmas: make a festive wreath

time is quickly running out and i have 3 more crafts to crack on with, so I am afraid to say I have stolen this one from the brilliant Emily Henson, author of Modern Rustic £19.99 @  Anthropologie, i love the traditional look of their wreath and promise to give it a go if i get time this year! if all else fails there is always christmas 2014.....

fifth craft of christmas: felt holly

to accompany the Christmas pudding decorations on the tree we also made these felt holly leaves, so easy, just cut 2 x holly leaf shapes and then one slightly smaller, add wadding and the string loop and then sew all together however you please, the berries are just red felt painted with red glitter nail varnish (I used Barry M). mine is the first darker leaf and Mum’s is the second lighter one. Coming up next for the sixth christmas craft is baking.....

third craft of christmas: felt christmas puds

sorry for the delay on the next christmas but i promise i will have a few for you this week, the third christmas craft involved felt, i saw these beautiful christmas pudding tree decorations on pinterest / etsy, and wanted to try and recreate them, so have a look at how we got on below... very simple and only took about an hour start to finish, enjoy!! mine is the stripy string one and mum went for red satin ribbon.