Three Upcycled Christmas Wreaths

I always like to make 2-3 Christmas wreaths every year.  I buy enough kitschy Christmas items, that 2 or 3 Christmas themes usually evolve for the wreaths.

I  buy my wreaths at a garage sales.

You can get them cheap, and it is a great way to recycle.

I actually took a picture of two of the "befores"!

 

 

I usually end up with a bunch of santas,

(click  HERE  to see my Santa wreath from last year)

maybe not all that great by themselves -- but a whole flock

of flocked santas is very appealing.

Add a touch of vintage holly, some recycled poinsettias,

and some great vintage Christmas bulbs.

Notice I kept the original bow?

 

 The grapevine wreath lent itself well to the herd of little carved

wooden camels that I corralled this summer.

And I decided to make this wreath a nativity theme.

 

 

The last wreath my husband entitled

"It's Reining Deer".

I used some of my mercury glass Christmas bulbs,

see mercury glass bulb tutorial  HERE  ,

and little silver beads from a necklace that recently

fell apart.  It also got to keep it's original bow.