This year's Christmas Crafts were courtesy of Michelle, Zach's cousin's wife. She came up with the idea, bought, and brought all the supplies to our gathering in SEMO. I'm sure most of you have seen these wreaths on Pinterest, the mess wreaths with ribbon in them. Here is the link to the instructions we followed, complete with tons of pictures, so we knew what we were doing. The wreaths were actually very cheap to make, I think about $12 a piece. That's a lot of Christmas flare for not too much money.
Supplies:
-One 10ft roll of mess. It takes the whole roll for one wreath to make it full enough to cover the wire wreath.
-Wire wire wreath form from Micheals. I hear they cost $2.50.
-Floral wire
-Wire cutters
-Ribbon of your choosing for the top.
We followed the instructions on the web page, but also realized that we needed to do two rounds of the big mesh loops in order to make it full enough and to cover the wire wreath under neath. Upon further thought spray painting the wire might have been a good idea because even after two rounds of loops you can still kind of see the wreath under neath. We also added big bows to the top of our wreaths, which I think added a little extra bit of Christmas happiness.
Amy and Michelle fast at work.
Aunt Kelly with her granddaughter Emileigh. They were a great cheering section and we did eventually get Kelly to work some on her own wreath as well.
I am proud to say I had no rhyme or reason to how I placed my ribbon and it turned out great!
My final product!
After this wreath I am officially out of doors to put wreaths on, Merry Christmas!
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