Coffee Can Lid {Snowman Wreath}

I wanted to make something for the back of our dining room chairs with all the wonderful Pinterest pictures I have been seeing.

This Christmas is just coming WAY to quickly and I will start getting ready for Christmas next year in....Oh say...September!

Sorry for crappy photo's...hubby is out of town again with the good camera.

Don't mind my AWFUL dinning room set! It's on the list to refinish. I got it for free....well rescued it from the trash!

One day I will buy/make a set that truly LOVE.

Any who....

I remembered that I had saved a couple of metal rings from coffee cans that I used for plant planters last year as Christmas gifts and It just so happened that I had a can in my cupboard.

I had two smaller ones from smaller cans.

Make some small clippings of whatever plant you choose. I have some bushes in my back yard that did the trick.

Use floral wire to wrap the clippings around your coffee can ring.

Add some ribbon. I just looped it around and stapled the two end to each other.

You could leave it as one wreath at this point if you wanted too.

I attached the two wreaths with more ribbon and added a red bow to the top.

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Little Elfs at Work Around my House

Here are a few pictures of what I've been working on for Christmas.

Hand made magnolia wreath from a Dollar Tree wreath. Hoping to get  a tutorial up soon.

This box was the first thing I ever made from pallets.

Made these vintage music sheet letters and hung them on the bookshelf.

I'll be getting individual posts done on each of these pictures.

This is when I look at all my pictures and see that my house does NOT reflect my style AT ALL!! I need to do some major changes come the New Year.

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Dollar Store Garland Makover

I would love to buy a full and fluffy garland for $120, but that's not going to happen. I got to work today on making a real one today.

While at the playground with Tanner, we collected a veriety of pines and cypress clippings.

YES, I went with my tree trimmers in hand, so if you saw a crazy lady cutting branches out side of your window it might have been me....lol

This cost me $1 for the dollar store garland. 

This is my pile of four different clippings.

Tanner and I gathered bags of pinecones too.

  I hung the plain garland over the door and wraped it around two thumb tacks at each corner.

 And just start adding your clippings to the garland with floral wire.

 I started with the cypress pine clippings and layered on the rest from there.

Added the red berries to each corner.

A little tip...using the pine cones with the knob still on them was supper easy to attach the wire to.

 Not bad for a BUCK right!!

 

 The kids finished off some animal crackers yesterday and I used the bucket to fill with pine cones and I had a handfull of left over trimmings, so I just placed them in it. I like that you can see in the bucket and it's plastic for outside.

What do you think??

This took me about an hour not including the fun time at the playground :-)  And I'm hoping that it will last for a couple of weeks. I may have to add a few pieces as time goes on.

I have only spent a $1 so far this year for the outdoor decorations. I try to buy a little each year AFTER Christmas when everything is 75% off. I would like to buy one large item this year, like a light up angel or reindeer.

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