Tis the season to welcome friends and family and be jolly, it’s time to get your home dressed and wrestle some holly.
It is lovely at this time of year to take the opportunity presented by the festive season to get creative and decorate in a way that many of us don’t for most of the year. This month I bring you 3 step by step guides to creating in different ways. You can create all or just take inspiration, to run with these tips in your way. I have limited my use of materials to things which will be easy to get hold of. The main thing you will need to hunt out is some evergreen foliage, although twigs and dried flowers can be used these designs celebrate lots of lush foliage, used traditionally to symbolise everlasting life and hope during the winter months.
Let’s start at the entrance, with the decoration that many of you may have experienced of The Door wreath. There are many different methods to creating a wreath, I have over the years made thousands of them and during that time have become accustomed to using, A sphagnum moss base and a binding technique, it works for me, and if it ain't broke why fix it.
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