DIY Christmas Ribbon Wreath

Yesssssss, I know that Thanksgiving is tomorrow, so a Christmas-y post might not make the most sense.  Over the weekend though, my friend and I had a craft day so of course I had to share.  We decided to make various types of wreaths and both showed up with a mountain of craft supplies, but all I ended up using were a couple rolls of ribbon and a wire wreath frame.  Of course, that's mostly because this ended up taking a whole movie to complete.  It was Home Alone though, so, worth it.

You need:

125-150 feet of wired ribbon (you can use regular ribbon, but wired looks a whole lot prettier)

1 24in wire wreath frame

Scissors

Cut a piece of ribbon about 10 inches long.  Tie the ribbon around the outer two wires "bunny" style, so that there are two loops at the top.  Tuck the ends in.  Then tie another ribbon right next to it, but around the two middle wires.  Then tie another ribbon around the two inner wires.  Continue, alternating colors/patterns, until the whole wreath frame is covered.

What will I do with my wreath?  That is now up in the air, since I made the mistake of leaving it on a chair and Jeff sat on it.  How he didn't notice it was there, I'm not sure.  So now I guess I have some major re-fluffing to do!





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Workday Crafts

So this week, the wellness committee at my office decided to have a holiday craft party as a way to relieve stress.  And also as a way to make sure we trampled glitter all over the place.  No, seriously, there is now a trail of glitter leading from the kitchen into my office.  Which I love, of course.  Can every day be office craft day?

A stocking hung by my corkboard with care.

And a glitter and tinsel filled ornament hanging off of my fishbowl.  I now want to buy all of the supplies from our craft day and make all of the ornaments for my tree next year.  Wouldn't a tree covered in blue and silver (or maybe red and gold) bulbs be really pretty?  

And appearing on my blog for the first time, Sirius the fish!  Yes, he's named after a Harry Potter character.  And yes, he was super confused by his new bowl bling.  This is him giving it the stare down and deciding whether it's a friend or foe.  Eventually he got distracted by his own reflection and then started blowing more bubbles for his collection.

P.S. My office voted Sirius "Best Animagus" during our staff awards this year.  I almost died of laughter.  Of course, most of my co-workers are not Harry Potter obsessed and did not get the joke.  Le sigh.