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Author: jennifer
Whimsical Vintage Wreath
Last spring I picked up this rusted metal wreath for a song. It was the bow that got my attention, reminding me of something Dr. Seuss would have drawn, but here it was in three dimensional form. I’ve been waiting all year to use it for Christmas.
I took it with me to a favorite shop where the owner and I played with different ideas. I wanted to do something to dress it up, but I didn’t want to detract from the whimsical nature of the simple wreath. We settled on some simple white and clear acrylic sprays coming out of the bow, and I added a large (5 inch diameter) round Christmas ornament to the center of the bow.
When we held the ornament up to the wreath, we both laughed. It was so over the top that it was perfect. The scale was just right for the wreath as a whole, and the bling was just plain funny, especially on the simple rusted metal form.
I love the unexpectedness of the entire thing. And as usual, I love that it’s one of a kind, totally original.
It doesn’t hurt that we did it all in neutral colors, either. I don’t have to take it down in January. I think this wreath will live in my kitchen for a while, along with these lights . It adds to a simple but sparkly feel in the room which is just what I need to get through the gray winter.
Every time I walk through the room I look at this wreath and laugh. I love it.
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Bird Ornament Plates
Is there anything in your Christmas storage that makes you giddy to unpack it? Something so beautiful that just seeing it each year is like Christmas to you?
These plates fit that description for me.
Shaped as Christmas ornaments, they have a beautiful silver finish at the top and a hole which I’ve used to hang some of them on my tree in the past, or on a garland above my entry.
It’s the pattern on them that I love so much.
You guessed it. Birds.
Red birds. In four different patterns. On an aqua plate with touches of white, brown and green.
Listening to the voice in my mind as I type makes me think I must be awfully predictable. Aqua, red, birds, dishes.
Oh well. You love what you love.
The pattern above might be my favorite.
Or it could be this one.
I haven’t unpacked these in two years. Last year I had a 4 month old baby and I did the bare minimum. The year before that morning sickness hit hard during the holidays and I didn’t get them out. As I carried the box upstairs this year I wondered if they were as pretty as I remembered. I was not disappointed. Nor was I sorry that I bought more than twenty of them when I first saw them. They make me happy.
They’re spending the month stacked neatly on my kitchen counter because I can’t bear to put them behind doors.
What is your favorite thing to unpack each year?
Hopeful Homemaker