Remember the photos from our mama-only wreath making night? Making wreaths ourselves was a new experience for me and I found it to be incredibly simple, creative, gratifying, and such fun, especially when surrounded by friends! We used materials gathered from our properties: eucalyptus, pine, and redwood branches, rosemary, seed pods, redwood cones, and berries.
What an inexpensive, home-made and heartfelt holiday activity!
We’ve hung all our wreaths outside our entryway, greeting and bringing us holiday cheer each time we walk inside. I find myself smiling each and every time I come home.
(Corn angels, above and below, created by our friend, New Mexican artist Harry Benjamin.)
(My aunt made and gave us this beautiful wreath, below, featuring rose hips, pine cones, and bay leaves from her home in Oregon.)
Love all of them!
The experience has inspired me to start a tradition of seasonal wreath making — one for each season! I think the spring one needs grape vines, bird feathers, and eggs. It sounds so good, but we’ll see if it actually happens. Who’s with me?!