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i just made the most beautiful wreath!
i had all of my left over evergreen trimmings and i couldnt bear to throw them away. i didnt have a pattern or anything, i just winged it.

i took all of my chrissmas tree clippings (none longer than about 12 inches, you know, just going around the tree, trimming the little branches that stuck out to far like the obsessive crafty perfectionist that i am) and put them into little bunches of about 5-6 peices, and tied them at the bottom with little peices of twine. i bent a wire coat hanger into a circle and smoothed it with pliers. i made a notch at the top so that i knew where i started, then i tied each of the bunches to the frame from the back side. i tucked the ends of each new bunch underneath so that there was an even coating of leaves all running down/around the circle clockwise and you couldnt see the bottoms where they were tied. i used extra little knots of twine to tie some of the bigger brances onto the frame, to keep the brances in shape as i went along. when they were all tied on i braided the brances a bit, kindof tucking the ends in to keep them uniform. then i used a really long thin peice of red, green, and gold metallic cord and loosely wrapped it around the whole wreath , just every few inches. i made a decorative red bow at the top to cover the place where the ends met, and tucked a few snowflake-ish old silver and rhinestone hat pins in around the bow. it came out SO WELL!
i wish i had a digital camera, i'd love to show a photo of it. maybe i'll try to borrow my moms this week. vive la chrissmas crafts!!


also- if any of you crafty folk are in the sf bay area, my band, the glass bead game, is performing this friday night at the starry plough in berkeley with Toychestra- the ultimate craftchick band: hardcore chicks who play rock music on toy instruments!
www.strangestlittlemonster.com
www.mp3.com/glassbeadgame