Monday, August 25, 2008

For years I have made door wreaths/bells using recycled Christmas cards
...using a template made from heavy cardboard..1. draw a circle using big mug/bowl..to make size you want
2. cut circle in half (this is the template now)
3. place 1/2 circle template on section of card that you want..cut out the beautiful part of the front of recycled Xmas cards.
4...make the cone/bell..string them at different intervals on thick Xmas Yarn(remember to make a large knot inside the cone/bell so it does not slip down
5...make loads of strings all different lengths...attach them to a big red velvet Xmas bow...and give them out as Door wreaths/decorations.

This picture was taken years ago at YellowPointLodge...at a girl's getaway weekend...I took 'my stuff' along and had quite a few people making them in the main room of the Lodge...

ALSO: I make these hanging bell wreaths..on a more personal level..using old photos of past Christmases...if you make them as a single tiny bell..they hang nicely on the Xmas tree.
Michael's Craft store is bringing in their Xmas 'stuff'..so watch for those red bows on sale.

see http://homefree.blogs.com for Karen's chimes made from the recycled lids of tin cans...AMAZING!

2 comments:

mia said...

Hi Esther, even though your blog isn't professional, it is definitely user friendly and isn't too wordy. Is it hard to keep up with them? Maybe I should think of doing one too. Off to the dentist today ... can never figure out why someone would want to be a dentist : )
See you friday
love and light
mia

Karen said...

Okay - thanks for posting a photo - they are very attractive these bells....and I love your idea of making them from family photos as well.