We Wreath You a Merry Christmas - Part 1 - Have Yourself a Beady Little Christmas

I want wreaths, wreaths and more wreaths this year!

There are so many unique, eye-catching ideas out there {not your Grandma's wreaths!} and I want to create as many of them as I can!  

My favorite English teacher always said, "honor the direction and take your own," - meaning - I will give you some basic direction, but from there you must make it your own and find your own way.  I have taken on several Christmas crafts this year that were originally a fellow crafter's idea.  However, once I got started {I'm sure it works this way for you too} I found that as I tweaked something here and there and used a different material over there and used this instead of that, I ended up with something truly unique.  This has, as expected, been the case for my series of wreaths.

Part 1 - Have Yourself a Beady Little Christmas

When I started this wreath I honestly had no idea where I was going with it.  I wasn't basing it off of any design I had seen or any vision I had had ... I was just going with it.

I grabbed a 16" styrofoam wreath form from my stash, a strip of red burlap, 6 or 7 turqouis bead garlands from the dollar store and my magical hot glue gun.

I started wrapping the burlap and gluing it here and there as I went.

Next I cut the beaded garlands and started wrapping and gluing them tightly around the burlap wreath  {this of course took me far longer than I had imagined in my purdy little head - so be patient}.

Once that was done I searched through my dollar store stash and found a pretty little glittered reindeer to add as a blingy embellishment {I got 2 reindeer for $1, so watch for the other guy in another project}.

Finish it off with a strip of burlap to hang and - Holy Snowballs Santa!  We've got ourselves a wreath!

Next time?  Part 2 - Wishing You a Minty Fresh Holiday.

Linking up:

Southern Lovely, Sweet Peas and Bumblebees, Ginger Snap Crafts, Someday Crafts, Tatertots and Jello, The Shabby Nest, A Little Inspiration, Six Sister's Stuff, Family Ever After

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