Today I started decorating for Christmas! Can't believe Sunday is December 1st! Not sure how you count.. so it's 26 days till Christmas? Time flies when you're having fun... actually it flies whether you're having fun or not!
I get a bazillion emails from stores and websites I signed up for.. Armstrong's Garden center is one. I got one about a lighted wreath being $15, 50% off. So I got one. But it's plain, just the lights and no decorations.
Yesterday I went to Michael's Craft Store to get things to put on the wreath. They had some beautiful bows of various colors, but they wanted $12.99 for them! So I got some wire-edged ribbon half price, $3.50 a roll. I figured I could make my own.
I used to have a bowmaker but rarely used it so took it to Goodwill or something. But I sort of remembered how to do it. I looked at one You Tube video, but it wasn't with wire-edged ribbon. But I winged it, and it turned out pretty good.
Then I looked at You Tube again, and saw a thumbnail of a video that looked like it was made with wire-edged ribbon. It was very well-done. Great demonstration and clear instructions. The title is How to Make a Bow, posted by a user named GoodKnit Kisses. Here is the code for it:
http://youtu.be/onaw5tiMNmw
You could use this method to make bows for gift packages too -- it's not hard at all and doesn't take very long.
And here is the wreath -- it's a little dark but I took it for a friend who wanted to see the lights and all. It turned out pretty good.
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