WREATH....

I write this post with a heavy heart,  one of my special sisters Deb, a strong beautiful woman has been diagnosed with leukemia. I will be MIA most of the time, she is having therapy  for the next month, the hospital is only a few blocks away so I'll be able to visit,when she feels up to it......

My wreath is finished, photos aren't great, I had no where to hang it in the sunshine,it's hanging on my bathroom wall....

I asked my friend what her house looked like, Brick, 2 tone red and brown, brown trim, a white door, after I striped it down to the straw ring, I cut up a white tyevek, (overalls) into long stripes and wrapped it all around, I folded and wrapped some gold and dark purple plastic netting, it comes in a big roll.

 I always start by adding some long things :), I have picked these on some drives in the country side to get them, bull rushes, burrs, long grasses, they are plastic.

 I shaped the netting into a tube like shape. anise seed pods, love their shape, like tiny flowers, big poppy pod, ah then the gorgeous cockscomb, a friend gave me, I used gesso to add accents on the seed, pods, and pine cones..

A large dried mushroom, dried leaf, curly bits, you can buy big bags of these with different scents, make the wreath smell good for a while..

When I was in England my DS and I went to a Botanical Garden in Cambridge, on the ground these huge pine cones had fallen off the tree, I had never seen cones this big, so I picked some beautiful huge pine cones to take home, I cut a big  pine cone down to look like a flower, a deep dark red seed pod

 A couple of small dried apples, tried to make them look like a flower, the huge pine leafs, only one milk pod, I've picked a few bags of those, they make beautiful wings for fairies,

I absolutely loooooved making this wreath, it's the kind of wreath I would hang on my doors if I had a house and a door to hang it on :O). I feel happier sharing my creation with you, which gave me lots of joy to create, thanks for stopping by my nest.. I making a tag for my Niece, her daughter is having the family for dinner at a restaurant, it will be wonderful to see my other sisters, it seems we don't do it often enough for me.. I'll be around when I can and hope to chill out a bit at my desk, I'll need to do that, it soothes my soul...
                                  ((( BIG HUGS )))

                                       NAMASTE !!!