Christmas Decor 101: Wreaths!

This will be the first of a series (I know! Super serious attempt at real blogging) of posts about Christmas decor. One or two of these will include teaser photos for Christmas craft projects that I'm doing this year!

Enough with the explanations! On with the decor!

Wreaths! Doors, windows, over the (imaginary) fireplace, where ever!

We got rather lucky when we moved into our current apartment; someone had plonked a nail into our door and left it there. It's a teensy bit too low, but it works for hanging stuff, even if a wreath sometimes covers the peephole. Most years, I haven't actually hung a wreath for Christmas, chiefly I think because I didn't have one or got around to making one. What I would usually do was take a branch off of the tree and hang a large bow with a few cheap ball ornaments on that. This would make our door smell really nice and seasonal for about a day and a bit before the pine smell wore off, and looked really pretty and natural.

I've been inspired for years by a variety of pretty wreaths that I see throughout the interwebs.

As soon as I have that beautiful rugged lodge, this is going over the fireplace with a bow. Found on Apartment Therapy.

Ooooo, leafy! And made of paper! As found on Apartment Therapy, again.

 This paper one on Craft Stylish looks wonderfully Mod.  I'd probably substitute in more greens, call me a traditionalist.

Eeee! I originally found this on a Canadian Living round-up of wreaths, and in theory it's from Pier 1 Imports... can't really find it on their website, but it definitely looks DIY-able.

 While beautiful, I have some Archivist issues with this one. I might make scans and copies of old photos, rather than gluing real ones to each other. Just sayin'. Found in the winter issue of Sweet Paul Magazine. Search 'wreaths.'

I've always loved Aunt Peaches creations, whatever the season. Clearly other people do too, since some jerk stole one of them right off her door this past fall. Jerk.
This year she's going for something that can be non-Christmasey and seasonal, so she's going Mushrooms! Love it!

And there's always this one I made for my bedroom door last year. It could easily be done again with Christmas wrapping paper for a more traditional look! I'm relatively certain the original directions were for a Christmas theme anyway.

This year, since I have some time on my hands, I decided to make my own! Here's a teaser of the inspiration, although I've something like this in mind for years now.

Here's the actual teaser photo, and I'm so happy to be getting rid of those boxes I've been saving for years!

See you soon with the results of the craft project and part two of Christmas decor 101!