Last week I told you about a demonstration I attended where I learned how to make a fresh winter window box. This weekend I created my own for our front porch. I used Douglas fir, pine and cedar as shown in the demonstration but I also added some noble fir that I found at the local grocery store. It has a really cool texture that I think added a little something extra. I used the same box that held my summer flowers and then my fall arrangement. I made a bow using ribbon made for outdoors and wired it to a leftover stick. I'm pretty happy with how it all turned out!
The other project that I completed this weekend was an update of my winter wreath that I first posted about here. This was the first wreath I've ever made and, though I liked the concept, it wasn't really good enough. I got some good feedback from family and readers and I studied the wreaths at Michaels for inspiration. Today the wreath went from this...
To this...
Better, right? To be honest, I still see a lot that's wrong with it but I like it a lot better than the first version. I wish I had a better picture of the bow because it turned out really pretty. I made it using a really easy tutorial on YouTube. You can find it here.
Today I also made my recipe for the upcoming Bake-N-Blog and I started on a new Christmas craft that will be part of my next giveaway. Stay tuned!
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