Wreath making

I love the build up to Christmas, and really enjoy getting involved and making the house look inviting and Christmassy. It will be a very strange one this year…for all of us. I really enjoy having people over – planning the dinners, trying new drinks, buying or making table gifts, decorating the house, lighting up the garden, and not to forget laying the table. It is all a pleasure to me. But this year it will just not happen like before, I need to make it happen in other ways, different, but fun and full of the Christmas spirit.
Today we removed the cloth from our dining table and gathered together everything we needed to make our first Christmas wreaths; some secateurs, wire, frame for the wreathes, moss, foliage, fir, champagne corks, ribbon, scissors. We already had one frame made from twigs, which I’d bought but never before used. Brian was going to make a second frame out of some wire we had found in the barn, so whilst he did that I started wrapping the moss.

I was pleasantly surprised at how easy the moss formed to make the basis of the wreath. We soon had two bases ready to start to add the foliage and berries. I’d also gone into the garden earlier to cut more ivy and laurel to use. It was great just being able to do that. Next step was to attach the foliage, which you do by wrapping the wire around the wreath, weaving in and out of the leaves so as to allow them to display freely, whilst varying the textures, colours and variety of the foliage and whatever you choose to use.

It was such a relaxing and enjoyable activity, and we appreciate having the time to be creative. It is so valuable, and really does help feed the soul. It’s also a nice way to show the village that we’re supporting the Christmas decorative feel this year.

A really good day.