12.03.2011

A recipe for holiday cheer







Creativity usually has its spark in something I saw/heard/felt...or a mix of all...and then - eureka!  Such was the case with this project...

You may remember that I'm challenging myself to make holiday decorations with only the materials I have on hand...so I gathered up my supplies...











burlap and upholstery webbing...
























wire and metal embroidery hoops...
And lets not forget the spark of creativity...here are the three ideas I saw over the last couple of weeks that converged in my brain and produced an inspirational storm...





I went to work...I cut out five squares of burlap and painted a white square in the center of each...once that was dry, I stamped a letter in gray ink in the center of the white painted square...once that was dry, I stretched each burlap square into a metal embroidery hoop and trimmed off any excess burlap.







Hanging the hoops would be easy since I could thread the jute twine through the spring mechanism at the top of each hoop...
Holiday Cheer!

I tied each letter onto the banister and then wrapped the upholstery webbing around the handrail.  Branches from the holly tree out back supplied the greenery with a touch of red...
the wire star on the newel post is the ending touch...I wrapped wire around a metal embroidery hoop - brilliant inspiration from JillRuth!
I like that its very simple and uncomplicated...and communicates the perfect sentiment of the season...
now there's an inspirational storm going on!

worth a look...

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