Welcome and please enjoy my Christmas Home Tour. Another year is speeding by, and the holidays are here once again. I must admit that this is my favorite holiday of the year, but also the one which requires the most work to accomplish. I definitely have cut down on a lot of the old traditions that we use to do each year. Continue reading “My Christmas House Tour 2016”
Easy Christmas Ornament Wreath DIY Project
This Christmas ornament wreath has been featured on Pinterest. I always admired the look of it, and decided I would give it a try myself.
I did have a few leftover non breakable balls so I started with a color scheme that would match my decor.
To make this Christmas Ornament Wreath you only need three items:
- a 14 inch Straw Wreath Form
- about 80 Ornament Balls (See below for online bulk buying options in a variety of colors if you plan to make more than one wreath)
- Hot Glue and a Hot Glue Gun
Directions for Making Christmas Ornament Wreath:
You do not need to remove the plastic covering on the straw wreath. You can choose to make a wreath using only one size ornament balls, or make one with variable sizes like the one I made. There are many examples of Ornament Wreaths on Pinterest, if you’d like ideas.
The hardest part is color mixing and spacing of the assorted sized balls. I wanted to add some smaller fill-in ornaments that I could not find at the dollar store, but Wal-Mart did have just what I wanted in multi shades of my theme. The completed project including six tubes of ornaments from the dollar store and the wreath base and smaller ornaments from Wal-Mart, excluding the hot glue sticks I had on hand. This Christmas ornament wreath DIY cost me about $16.00. Not too bad for the look, and it does not weigh much, so it hangs easily on mirrors. I am now thinking about trying it on a cone shape to see if I can make something with that. If it is a success, I will post the finished result.
Finished Christmas Ornament Wreath DIY Project:
Christmas Lantern Decorations: Fresh Holly and Pine Swag DIY
Christmas lantern decorations are a favorite of mine during the holiday season. With all the artificial trees and wreathes for Christmas decor, I really miss the smell of pine and cedar. Luckily our property does have a variety of holly, cedar, boxwood and pine. Since retiring to Henry County, Tennessee area, I’ve developed an annual tradition of creating Christmas lantern decorations for my home using my own materials growing in my yard.
DIY Christmas Lantern Decorations:
Materials Needed:
- Collect a variety of greens, both holly and pine branches
- 18-24 inches of wire ribbon
- about 12 inches of craft / floral wire (The wire should be long enough to be able to wrap around the neck of the lantern.)
- lantern with battery powered candle (I prefer Luminara battery powered candles with flickering flames).
Directions:
- Lay out the cedar branches to form the base , left side and right, with the stems overlapping in the middle.
- Add some holly with berries, on both the left side and right, overlapping in the center.
- Add the boxwood leaves on top.
- Wrap the wire (you can also use twist ties) around the middle and tie securely.
- Add the bow and wire it in place around the neck of the lantern.
To keep it fresh and fragrant, mist the greens occasionally.
You can use a variety of household decor items to create this look. Here is another project I made using fresh live holly and pine using a distressed wood lantern. This lantern also has a Luminara candle with a flickering wick.
If you’d like to switch it up, use two colorful ribbons instead of one and overlap them. You can also add pine cones with a hot glue gun.
Ribbon mesh wrapped wreath project is Easy Project for Beginners
Ribbon mesh wrapped wreath projects are an easy and fast DIY craft for beginners. This DIY ribbon mesh wrapped wreath project took only 15 minutes to make. I started this ribbon mesh wreath purchasing a pre-lit pine wreath that also had a timer and is battery operated, so there will be no hanging cords to operate it. Continue reading “Ribbon mesh wrapped wreath project is Easy Project for Beginners”