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December 15, 2006 By Carole

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Every year for Christmas my sister-in-law Mary makes me a wreath. She gathers the greens and the other decorations herself and always comes up with something spectacular.

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This year, she has outdone herself. Thanks, Mary.

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  1. DebbieB says

    December 15, 2006 at 6:48 am

    Oh, how very pretty! I especially love the feathers.

  2. elisa says

    December 15, 2006 at 6:55 am

    What a beautiful wreath and what a lovely tradition!

  3. Manise says

    December 15, 2006 at 6:55 am

    That is beautiful.! My mother made wreaths every year for me, her sister, ex-sister-in-law and one for herself too to hang on our doors outside. She used grapevines as her foundation frame and added various evergreens (firs, incence cedar, juniper), boxwood, pine cones, small brass bells, a few tiny Christmas gold balls, a head of garlic for health, various wooden carved animals (toads, ducks), dried lotus blossom seed heads, winterberry all held together with floral wire. Then she added a bow usually wide wired velveteen ribbon and never in that gawdy Christmas red that one finds- shades of plum, deep rose or maroon. When I cleaned her house out I found all her wreath making supplies. She showed me her method of constructing the wreaths last year and I hope to carry on that tradition starting next year.

  4. Kate/Massachusetts says

    December 15, 2006 at 6:59 am

    What an awesome wreath! Such an awesome siser-in-law, too!

  5. Carol says

    December 15, 2006 at 7:04 am

    What a beautiful wreath! SIL is certainly talented and thoughful to make a a lovely tradition like that.

  6. Karen says

    December 15, 2006 at 7:19 am

    Oh Carole that is a beautiful wreath. Your SIL is so talented and kind. You sure are lucky to have her!

  7. maryse says

    December 15, 2006 at 7:20 am

    that is a gorgeous wreath. and manise needs her own blog, look at how long her ccomments are!

  8. margene says

    December 15, 2006 at 7:54 am

    That wreath is the most beautiful I’ve ever seen. It really looks like Christmas!

  9. Kathleen says

    December 15, 2006 at 7:55 am

    Lovely wreath. That house ain’t got nothing on some of the beauties around here. MA is way too tame. Kevin likes that Yuengling beer also. I am a Michelob girl. 🙂 Have a great weekend.

  10. Chris says

    December 15, 2006 at 8:07 am

    Oh, you’re obviously a good person to deserve that lovely tradition and even lovelier wreath!

  11. susan says

    December 15, 2006 at 8:13 am

    That’s beautiful. I love the dried roses.

  12. Heather R. says

    December 15, 2006 at 8:29 am

    I love it-every time you look at it you notice something new!

  13. heather says

    December 15, 2006 at 8:31 am

    That is so pretty!
    She is crafty, and good at it. Lucky you!

  14. Kathy says

    December 15, 2006 at 8:37 am

    That’s gorgeous, C. What a fantastic gift.

  15. Cheryl says

    December 15, 2006 at 8:49 am

    It’s beautiful! What a lot of work she did one it. I tried to make a wreath myself this year for the first time and it was not as easy as I’d thought. My result is nowhere near as nice as that one!

  16. Julie says

    December 15, 2006 at 8:52 am

    You are very lucky! That is a gorgeous wreath.

  17. Chris says

    December 15, 2006 at 8:55 am

    Wow, that’s really cool!

  18. Laura says

    December 15, 2006 at 9:02 am

    What a beautiful and thoughtful thing for your SIL to do not just for your but for your whole family. I’m sure everyone really enjoys having the wreath and looks forward to receiving it each year.

    Great comments – great commenters – I’m really laughing about Manise needing her own blog. hehe

  19. Kristi aka Fiber Fool says

    December 15, 2006 at 9:04 am

    Indeed! That is a *gorgeous* wreath!

  20. Norma says

    December 15, 2006 at 9:04 am

    That is just stunning.

  21. Lolly says

    December 15, 2006 at 9:13 am

    Such a special gift – and a beautiful tradition. I imagine that it smells wonderful! Enjoy!

  22. Martha says

    December 15, 2006 at 9:32 am

    Wow, Mary’s very talented. Beautiful wreath!

  23. Linda says

    December 15, 2006 at 9:34 am

    I love it. Your sister in law she should go into business.

  24. jillian says

    December 15, 2006 at 9:46 am

    Wow! Dried roses, feathers…so beautiful!

  25. Beth S. says

    December 15, 2006 at 10:15 am

    The feathers are SUCH a nice touch! I’ve never seen them in a wreath before. I like it! 🙂

  26. christine says

    December 15, 2006 at 10:27 am

    Holy cow, that is beautiful!

  27. Monica says

    December 15, 2006 at 10:36 am

    Wow, just beautiful!

  28. Kelly says

    December 15, 2006 at 10:43 am

    What a beautiful job she did on the wreath!

  29. Allison says

    December 15, 2006 at 10:55 am

    Oh, jeez, that wreath is beautiful! Puts mine to SHAME!

  30. Teyani says

    December 15, 2006 at 10:58 am

    talented s.i.l. ! what a lovely gift Carole 🙂
    lots of applause to her – it’s a beauty.

  31. JessaLu says

    December 15, 2006 at 11:13 am

    Absolutely beautiful! That reminds me…I need to take a walk…

  32. Rachel says

    December 15, 2006 at 11:34 am

    What a gorgeous wreath. It’s wonderful of your SIL to share her talent like that!

  33. blogless sharon says

    December 15, 2006 at 11:57 am

    absolutely beautiful

  34. Kat says

    December 15, 2006 at 12:43 pm

    Gorgeous. Mary is very talented.

  35. christine says

    December 15, 2006 at 12:51 pm

    I already admired your pretty wreath, I know, but:

    You are tagged, dear. Go read my blog.

  36. Kim says

    December 15, 2006 at 12:52 pm

    What a beautiful and thoughtful gift!

  37. Stephanie says

    December 15, 2006 at 1:06 pm

    Gorgeous and she’s very talented.

  38. Jessica says

    December 15, 2006 at 1:44 pm

    Beautiful! I used to do stuff like that. No time lately….

  39. vanessa says

    December 15, 2006 at 1:46 pm

    gorgeous!!!

  40. La says

    December 15, 2006 at 4:13 pm

    oooh! Does Mary want to adopt another SIL? That wreath is absolutely gorgeous!

  41. --Deb says

    December 15, 2006 at 7:03 pm

    That’s BEAUTIFUL!

  42. terby says

    December 15, 2006 at 7:19 pm

    That’s beautiful! I’ve never seen feathers in a wreath before. What a fantastic tradition.

  43. Esther says

    December 16, 2006 at 5:42 pm

    What a beautiful tradition – how nice of her and the wreath is gorgeous.

  44. Dipsy D. says

    December 17, 2006 at 4:45 am

    What an absolutely beautiful wreath this is – the feathers give it such a unique and amazing touch! Fantastic work!

  45. anne says

    December 17, 2006 at 4:56 pm

    kucky you! that is gorgeous!

  46. BigAlice says

    December 18, 2006 at 2:06 pm

    Oh wow, that’s beautiful! I wish I could make pretty things like that — too often I just end up with a mess of a glue and some construction paper and pine cones in a little heap. Mary’s got a talent.

  47. Tamara says

    December 19, 2006 at 10:42 am

    What a breathtaking wreath! That is great talent!

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