As you know from my previous post we're moving a mere three days before Christmas. This means that we cannot realistically put up our beloved tree until maybe Christmas Eve. In order to get my warm, fuzzy, "Christmas Spirit" fix in the interim, however, I had three small seasonal projects in mind -- a cylinder glass vase showcasing shiny Christmas bulbs, an advent wreath, and my lovely cream imported vase filled with Christmas greenery. Here is an account of my crafty journey.
Well ... I don't know how she made this one work. You can't quite drill a hole at the bottom of a glass vase (at least not easily!) so how the heck do you hide the chintzy-looking excess string of lights without them heaping over the top? Do they sell vases with holes already drilled in them, because I certainly didn't find any at Michael's? Let's just say I tried to make it work with the lights, but to no avail.
So, I ditched the lights and went with some gold garland.
I spray-painted these cones with silver glitter, by-the-way. I really like sparkle!
Now onto project #2:
Traditionally, an advent wreath has three purple candles and one pink candle with greenery all around.
Because of my innate gift of planning ahead (sarcasm) my advent wreath isn't exactly ... traditional. Michael's didn't have anything advent-related, and I wasn't about to search all over kingdom-come for exactly what I wanted. Also once I actually went shopping it was the day before Advent (shut up. I'm sanguine.) and I wanted something to show for ASAP.
Life's about compromise anyways, right?
Here's what I finally decided to do after about an hour of circling the craft store and all of its tiny, narrow isles whilst pushing my son around in his clunky stroller (Thank God for cheddar bunnies!) -- white votive candles wrapped in purple and pink ribbon all on a bejeweled silver charger! I added two items I already had in my possession. In the center of the "wreath" I set a pretty white statue of the Holy Family. Encircling the statue is a beautiful pearl rosary. I am very happy how it turned out.
The third and final project was by far the easiest to plan and assemble. I purchased the ribbon and the tall, sprigs of greenery. The glittery gold flowers I already had on-hand. I used this as a centerpiece to liven up my bar.
That's all, folks! Maybe if I'm lucky I'll have the time to blog again before Christmas. Though in case I get swept away during the packing/unpacking process -- I hope you all have a lovely time with family and friends this Christmas, and may the New Year bring many blessings to you and yours!
