Homemade Wreaths

Today we made a few homemade wreaths, they turned out so cute, I just had to share them with you all. So we started out with just a few supplies. You will need a small or large depending on the size you want make, cross stitch ring. 

As seen here:

And a bunch of cheap greenery or garland, I bought 5 rolls of greenery for 1$ per roll at Dollar tree. 5 rolls did 4 small wreaths and one large one.

Then we wrapped all the greenery around the cross stitching ring and hot glued the endings. Super simple. We then added whatever type of decorations we wanted, today we used bows and Christmas balls, which we applied with hot glue and fishing line. Now each of the bedrooms doors in the hall each have their own small wreath, they are so cute! This is another thing i wanted to get done last year and never got done, now I am so glad they are done and can be used for years to come! So cute, so simple! Here they are in the hall..

 Wreaths with bows

 Wreaths with Christmas balls

 Close up

 Close up

 I did this craft today with a 2 year old and a 4 year old and look how great they turned out. if you look at the picture of all of the wreaths hanging in the hall they appear to be floating, which I love. This is the technique i used. We used a large peice of fishing line wrapped around the wreath and then on the back of the door inserted a small tack. This way the hole is on the back of the door at the top, were you will probably never notice it. Then run your wreath to the front of the door, I love this trick!

I also did one large one with a old circle foam piece i had, It turned out so great and it feels so nice to know that we made this together!

Happy decorating!

Christmas Bucket List

We all have things we want to get accomplished around the Holiday Season, we end up laying in bed at night with these thought rolling around in our heads, hoping we don't forget anything, I say that is too much pressure, I say, sleep! Don't lose sleep at night over something that a simple list can solve! I love our Christmas Bucket list, while making it, it reminds me of all the wonderful traditions we love to take part in around this time of the year. It helps me keep track of things I want to do and when I get to check an item off my list it makes me feel great! I may not always accomplish everything on the list, but some are better than nothing! Your may list may look very different from mine, but that is not the point, just make a list, a list of whatever is important to you, whatever you want to make sure you get done this Christmas Season.  Having this list encourages you to get it completed, simply wanting to do these things doesn't have the same affect as having the list. Say you want to get a live tree this year, and you pass buy the perfect tree, but you are tired, busy, kids are screaming, whatever it may be. You may pass by this tree, but having it on your list will remind you that this is a priority to you and it may push you to go out and get that tree, and you may be surprised at how great it can make you feel! We can all feel overwhelmed at this time of year, putting everything on a list simplifies it all! In the end if your list is too long, take some items off, the point is to enjoy these events! And if you don't get it all done, that's okay too!! Here is our Christmas Bucket List, check it out, maybe there are some ideas you could take for your own list! Enjoy everyone, Merry Christmas! I hope you all have a wonderful time fulfilling your Christmas Bucket List's, I know we will!!