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20/12/2022

Wreath making🎄

During the first weekend of December we gathered around newspaper covered tables and we crafted many wreaths.  For ourselves, for friends, for colleagues and for family. 
Food was shared and there was so much - the table groaned beneath plates and despite our best efforts, the left overs were shared out and sent home to be eaten later.
By the end of a wonderful day of cutting, snipping, chatting, eating, tying and tweaking, between the ten of us we had made 15 wreaths.  Our home smelt gloriously of wood and pine - quite heady and spicy.

Then, later, once our guests had gone, the house quiet, left over foliage and fripperies put away we cradled mugs of tea and toasted our toes in front of the fire.
It had been a good day, a very good day, made the more special as we'd not been able to celebrate wreath making for the previous two years and it was wonderful being able share food and friendship once again ❤️❄️🎄

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21 comments:

  1. Elderberry-Rob21 December 2022 at 07:38

    I love making our wreath every year and it's so nice to have made something yourself, this is a lovely Christmassy post :)

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    1. kjsutcliffe21 December 2022 at 18:20

      Thank you🎄❤️ I agree, so satisfying to make and I love that 99% can be foraged or recycled and what I really like - is being able to make them (with love) for a few folk

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  2. SAM21 December 2022 at 15:29

    I'd like to try wreath making. It's on my list post retirement, but we'll see if I ever pull it off.

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    1. kjsutcliffe21 December 2022 at 18:21

      It is so simple and gives such a wonderful end product - I make them all year round, one of my favourite things to craft ❤️

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  3. Susan Smith21 December 2022 at 20:54

    Thanks for sharing your wreath making day once again & they are all gorgeous. I've missed these little titbits in blogland over the last few years & glad to see things are resuming for some people. Take care, stay warm & hugs.

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    1. kjsutcliffe22 December 2022 at 13:35

      You are welcome!
      Your card arrived today thank you :)

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  4. gz22 December 2022 at 03:17

    Great fun and best done as a group!

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    1. kjsutcliffe22 December 2022 at 13:36

      Definitely agree - it is definitely a communal event in our house 😊 it also heralds the start of the festive season for us too

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  5. gz22 December 2022 at 03:17

    Great fun and best done as a group!

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  6. shazza22 December 2022 at 13:56

    They all look lovely. I had a go this year , a lovely lady ran a course at a local social club. So I have a handmade one too. :)

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    1. kjsutcliffe23 December 2022 at 11:53

      Thank you 😊it very satisfying making your own festive wreath x

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  7. Vix22 December 2022 at 14:59

    Like GZ says, a lovely activity to share with a like-minded group. Wonderful wreathes and some very pretty nibbles, too! We've just had a fresh delivery of logs but fortunately it's delightfully mild today so the wood burner isn't ablaze! xxx

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    1. kjsutcliffe23 December 2022 at 11:45

      We love our burner, it gives a different kind of heat, makes the house lovely and cosy. Our weather must be cooler than yours as we have had the burner going for quite a while now ❄️❄️

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  8. Aril22 December 2022 at 21:29

    These times are so important aren't they! Arilx

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  9. Lulu23 December 2022 at 11:49

    Beautiful wreaths Kate! Sounds like a wonderful day. This is making me feel very Christmassy :) x

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    1. kjsutcliffe24 December 2022 at 12:59

      Thank you Lulu - it was a good day and definitely kick starts the festive season for me x

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  10. Kezzie23 December 2022 at 23:29

    The wreaths look so pretty! What a great day!x

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    1. kjsutcliffe24 December 2022 at 13:00

      Thanks Kezzie - I love that every year so many lovely wreaths are made and hung on our doors in the village :) x

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  11. Threads through my life30 December 2022 at 17:06

    Sounds like you had a great day; can't believe it's been 2 years.... I bet that pile of iced stars did not last long! x

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  12. Jules3 January 2023 at 13:06

    What a thoughtful idea. I do love a fresh wreath. Xx

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