Red and White Wreath

Still working on this one?

Another Christmas Wreath

If you didn't know it already I'm making these wreaths for a craft show in December.  So this is why I seem to be bombarding my blog with wreaths.  This is the latest.  I used pine cones on this one and a gold bow.  It looks pink in the photo, but it is red with green and gold accents.

I just can't keep well enough alone.  I swapped the gold bow for the sparkly stiff red bows I've been using on some other wreaths.  I like it better.

Finished White Wreath

Here is the final white wreath.  I decided to again keep it simple, only thing I did different from the last photo is add the small red balls.  It is clean and simple.  And I am loving on the big red bow now. Time to move on to a new wreath.

Click here http://kemishdo.blogspot.com/2014/11/white-christmas-wreath.html to see more on the making of this wreath.  Or check out all my wreaths here http://kemishdo.blogspot.com/search/label/wreaths.

Jingle Bell Door Knob Hangers

This is a repost of a Christmas craft I posted on my sister blog Kids4Crafts that I share with my sister Victoria Lavender from Nov 27, 2008. I thought it was appropriate and deserved a reposting since it is such an easy craft and they look very nice on your door. I made these earlier this year for a Christmas in July show and I used pine cones on them also, really spruced them up, if I can find the photo I will post it at the bottom.  Instructions along with photos are below.

 

White Christmas Wreath

Love it or hate it?  I can't decide.  My mom wanted me to make a white wreath and this is what I came up with.  I'm not sure this is the final product.  I am very pleased with the wreath itself, I'm just not sure of the decoration, namely the flowers.  I used the same technique of tubes and cut ruffles and you can see the red/white striped tubes peeking out in the center and underneath the outer edge.  I love this look.  I have not been a fan of what I call the looped wreaths.   I also don't like to close the wreath totally in the center.  I believe a true wreath should have an open center.   I used about 15 yards of metallic deco mesh on this wreath.

Well I have pulled off the red flowers, they just didn't look right.  I think I have made up my mind what to do.  This wreath looks so beautiful just as is, I am going to remove all the decoration except for the little silver balls and make a large red and silver 12 loop bow with 4 long tails and attach it to the upper left side.  It will really look different than the photo above.  Hopefully much better!

Ribbon costs alot.  I ended up purchasing a roll of red burlap wired ribbon.  Here is the wreath stripped and just with a big red bow.  Still not sure I like it.

It's growing on me though as I look at the photo.  Does it need anything else?  I kind of like it plain like this.  Still not sure this is the look I'm going for after all.

My First Deco Mesh Christmas Wreath

After my success with my Ravens Wreaths, I needed to try my hand at Christmas wreaths.  The one above is the first one, and the one below is my second one.  I am pleased with their turnout.  I tried to keep the decoration simple, I think they look best this way.  I have seen some pretty loud and gawdy wreaths at some craft shows.  I am using a combination of tubes and cut piece ruffles.  I start with two differnt color tubes crossed and go around the wreath frame attaching the tubes to each section (6 sections to a frame).  I follow with a layer of ruffles, another layer of tubes, and a last layer or two of ruffles.  They are full and really beautiful.  They look much better IRL.

This is the second wreath I finished this afternoon.  Very similar, except this one has no green and has silver accents.  I just sold this to a friend in Arizona through Facebook.  I was only going to make three of these for the craft show, but looks like I may sell the other one before the show as well.  I will have to order more supplies from the craft outlet soon.  I have sold 2 raven's wreaths and one Christmas wreath this week.  This is becoming a very lucrative craft!

Wreath Supply Shipment Received!

And so it begins, Christmas wreaths.  I hope these will turn out as nice as my Raven's wreaths.  Won't know until I make them.  I plan to decorate them with ornaments from Dollar Tree.  Only making three this time.

Spindle Snowman

This was a fun craft.  I saw this on Pinterest and just thought they were adorable.  This was a very inexpensive craft, the spindles only cost around $2.00.  I am selling these at my craft show in December for $12 each. These will look nice on someone's doorstep or by the christmas tree.

Wine Glass Snowman Tea Light Holders

Wow, I haven't posted on this blog since 2008.  Well it's time to dust it off and post some of my projects.  I saw these on Pinterest and just had to make some.  I of course did mine differently and I think they turned out quite nice.  I used puffy paint around the hat bottoms and up the stems.  I have already sold the chubby purple/pink one.  They cost me about $1 to make plus my time (1 hour) and I'm selling them cheap $5 each.  I will be doing a craft show in December and these will be on my table along with some other crafts I will showcase on this blog.