Check out the latest addition to BrittanyBowerDesigns.com, and just in time for Christmas! A straw wreath is wrapped in Christmas ribbons and then adorned with red and white glitter accented poinsettias. Green leaves create the traditional colors and silver pines add the final touches.
Anyone who truly knows me knows that Christmas is my favorite holiday! And while I wanted to jump on the band wagon with everyone else who has already started decorating, my husband and I have an agreement to get through one holiday before focusing on the next. I’m not judging anyone getting a head start, (especially since I’ve been ready for Christmas since July!) this is just what we do. But, those who enjoy decorating know that it takes time to get everything ready, and if you wait until Thanksgiving to start decorating, you may miss your chance to pick up any of the decorations you may not have already thought of. And this is an even bigger ordeal if there’s anything that needs to be replaced or customized, which is the case for us this year.
When we moved into our house, I had a color scheme in mind for our living room, but it still took me two years to bring it to life. I wanted a pattern for the curtains, but trying to find one to fit the color scheme and that wasn’t too crazy for traditional me proved challenging. Now that I have them, I have no intention of replacing them anytime soon, but they just don’t go with our Christmas décor and it started to wear on me last Christmas.
So I picked out new ones for the holiday season at the beginning of November and then took the rest of November to alter. Where does the time go!
I didn’t like any options I found for an alternative valance, but Chris suggested a garland, and I think it was a brilliant idea!
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Hey everyone! I have some exciting news. As you know, I started a new crafting project making wreaths back during the summer as a way of mentally escaping the craziness of the world around us. This has been amazing therapy for me and (according to my amazingly supportive friends and family) I have finally achieved the “WOW” factor that I always craved with my crafts, and have decided to make them public for y’all to see and share in. The wreaths I have shared throughout the year are there with a few others. Go check them out at BrittanyBowerDesigns.com.
While the Let It Snow Wreath was the first one to get me really excited and think that I might be onto something, this candy cane wreath is my favorite! You could clearly see the theme even before I added the additional decorations and it seemed to build itself. It is the fullest and largest of the wreaths I have made to date.
Now that Christmas is almost upon us, I will be shifting gears shortly. If there is a specific theme you would like to see (holiday related or not) please let me know, either on here with a comment or at brittany@brittanybowerdesigns.com.
Happy holidays!
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Okay, okay, so it’s not real snow. But a girl can wish, although the only time I miss the snow is on Christmas Eve and Christmas day.
I wrote before about using the acrylic paint with a thinner consistency on the wooden Merry Christmas sign and how happy I was about it. Now, I have taken it a step further. For an ever Christmas-ier feel, I have added a snow effect using Aleene’s Glitter Snow from Amazon
Using the same paint brushes I had already bought for the acrylic paint, I was easily able to build up the Glitter Snow to the thickness I was looking for by allowing it to dry overnight in between session. And for a first try, I’m pretty happy with how it came out and cannot wait for the holiday season to officially begin!
Making wreaths has become a form of solace for me. My fiance and I have had our share of struggles as a direct result of the virus sweeping the world and its impacts on all industries.
Prior to it being discovered in the States, my job had me on a constant mental overload, and I loved every minute of it. I had never been so challenged in all my life and I was thriving in so many ways as a result. I am no longer in it now, and while I am still a standout in my current position, I was lacking the intellectual stimulation I so crave.
Instead of putting all of my time and energy into my professional work, I can now make time for myself and the projects I want to do…which has become my wreaths projects. I finished the Let It Snow wreath and now I have started 3 more.
I love the wood grain still visible under the green paint in the Merry Christmas sign 😊.
Let me know what y’all think and what projects you have picked up since the pandemic started.
Hi again everyone. I know it’s been a while, but like many, I now have much more time on my hands than I thought possible this time last year, and even more since my last post and the time in between.
It has now been 2 years since my fiance and I bought our house (I know, I know, we still haven’t tied the knot), but that’s a story for another time, possibly not too soon from now. Since then, we’ve made attempts at revamping parts of the house, but only a few have stuck. I had a promotion at work, then left and started a new job, much like many of you probably have had to do. I’ve reconnected with an old friend and our friendship is now a teenager (haha…things that make us feel good, but also remind us of our age and the fact that time seems to speed up as the years go by). And, also like most others, I have started a new hobby.
I have always wanted to be, and have tried to be, crafty. When I was younger, it was school projects. I tried crocheting but didn’t get very far. I did learn how to hand sew and have continued to hone this ability since, even going so far as to make my own masks during this pandemic. But the things I attempted have never made anyone go “WOW!” until this year’s worldwide Corona quarantine. While listening to a friend’s podcast which reads a Harry Potter inspired fan-fiction, I ran across Deathly Hallows inspired wreaths in the house colors.
Thinking something similar might be fun to do for my house, I showed the idea to my fiance. Although he wasn’t as keen on the Harry Potter idea 😒, he still encouraged me to try my hand at it. While I will make one down the road for my own enjoyment, I decided to focus on my favorite holiday, Christmas! This is the first one that I have completed to my satisfaction and while my friends like it (they’re kinda obligated to), I wanna know what you think! So leave me a comment and let me know your thoughts 😉.
If you have any other ideas for styles or themes I might enjoy, let me know that as well.
Stay safe and God bless.
Brittany Bower 