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December 15, 2006
Eye Candy Friday
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.
This year, she has outdone herself. Thanks, Mary.
Posted by Carole at December 15, 2006 7:00 AM
Comments
Oh, how very pretty! I especially love the feathers.
Posted by: DebbieB at December 15, 2006 6:48 AM
What a beautiful wreath and what a lovely tradition!
Posted by: elisa at December 15, 2006 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.
Posted by: Manise at December 15, 2006 6:55 AM
What an awesome wreath! Such an awesome siser-in-law, too!
Posted by: Kate/Massachusetts at December 15, 2006 6:59 AM
What a beautiful wreath! SIL is certainly talented and thoughful to make a a lovely tradition like that.
Posted by: Carol at December 15, 2006 7:04 AM
Oh Carole that is a beautiful wreath. Your SIL is so talented and kind. You sure are lucky to have her!
Posted by: Karen at December 15, 2006 7:19 AM
that is a gorgeous wreath. and manise needs her own blog, look at how long her ccomments are!
Posted by: maryse at December 15, 2006 7:20 AM
That wreath is the most beautiful I've ever seen. It really looks like Christmas!
Posted by: margene at December 15, 2006 7:54 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.
Posted by: Kathleen at December 15, 2006 7:55 AM
Oh, you're obviously a good person to deserve that lovely tradition and even lovelier wreath!
Posted by: Chris at December 15, 2006 8:07 AM
That's beautiful. I love the dried roses.
Posted by: susan at December 15, 2006 8:13 AM
I love it-every time you look at it you notice something new!
Posted by: Heather R. at December 15, 2006 8:29 AM
That is so pretty!
She is crafty, and good at it. Lucky you!
Posted by: heather at December 15, 2006 8:31 AM
That's gorgeous, C. What a fantastic gift.
Posted by: Kathy at December 15, 2006 8:37 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!
Posted by: Cheryl at December 15, 2006 8:49 AM
You are very lucky! That is a gorgeous wreath.
Posted by: Julie at December 15, 2006 8:52 AM
Wow, that's really cool!
Posted by: Chris at December 15, 2006 8:55 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
Posted by: Laura at December 15, 2006 9:02 AM
Indeed! That is a *gorgeous* wreath!
Posted by: Kristi aka Fiber Fool at December 15, 2006 9:04 AM
That is just stunning.
Posted by: Norma at December 15, 2006 9:04 AM
Such a special gift - and a beautiful tradition. I imagine that it smells wonderful! Enjoy!
Posted by: Lolly at December 15, 2006 9:13 AM
Wow, Mary's very talented. Beautiful wreath!
Posted by: Martha at December 15, 2006 9:32 AM
I love it. Your sister in law she should go into business.
Posted by: Linda at December 15, 2006 9:34 AM
Wow! Dried roses, feathers...so beautiful!
Posted by: jillian at December 15, 2006 9:46 AM
The feathers are SUCH a nice touch! I've never seen them in a wreath before. I like it! :-)
Posted by: Beth S. at December 15, 2006 10:15 AM
Holy cow, that is beautiful!
Posted by: christine at December 15, 2006 10:27 AM
Wow, just beautiful!
Posted by: Monica at December 15, 2006 10:36 AM
What a beautiful job she did on the wreath!
Posted by: Kelly at December 15, 2006 10:43 AM
Oh, jeez, that wreath is beautiful! Puts mine to SHAME!
Posted by: Allison at December 15, 2006 10:55 AM
talented s.i.l. ! what a lovely gift Carole :-)
lots of applause to her - it's a beauty.
Posted by: Teyani at December 15, 2006 10:58 AM
Absolutely beautiful! That reminds me...I need to take a walk...
Posted by: JessaLu at December 15, 2006 11:13 AM
What a gorgeous wreath. It's wonderful of your SIL to share her talent like that!
Posted by: Rachel at December 15, 2006 11:34 AM
absolutely beautiful
Posted by: blogless sharon at December 15, 2006 11:57 AM
Gorgeous. Mary is very talented.
Posted by: Kat at December 15, 2006 12:43 PM
I already admired your pretty wreath, I know, but:
You are tagged, dear. Go read my blog.
Posted by: christine at December 15, 2006 12:51 PM
What a beautiful and thoughtful gift!
Posted by: Kim at December 15, 2006 12:52 PM
Gorgeous and she's very talented.
Posted by: Stephanie at December 15, 2006 1:06 PM
Beautiful! I used to do stuff like that. No time lately....
Posted by: Jessica at December 15, 2006 1:44 PM
gorgeous!!!
Posted by: vanessa at December 15, 2006 1:46 PM
oooh! Does Mary want to adopt another SIL? That wreath is absolutely gorgeous!
Posted by: La at December 15, 2006 4:13 PM
That's BEAUTIFUL!
Posted by: --Deb at December 15, 2006 7:03 PM
That's beautiful! I've never seen feathers in a wreath before. What a fantastic tradition.
Posted by: terby at December 15, 2006 7:19 PM
What a beautiful tradition - how nice of her and the wreath is gorgeous.
Posted by: Esther at December 16, 2006 5:42 PM
What an absolutely beautiful wreath this is - the feathers give it such a unique and amazing touch! Fantastic work!
Posted by: Dipsy D. at December 17, 2006 4:45 AM
kucky you! that is gorgeous!
Posted by: anne at December 17, 2006 4:56 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.
Posted by: BigAlice at December 18, 2006 2:06 PM
What a breathtaking wreath! That is great talent!
Posted by: Tamara at December 19, 2006 10:42 AM
