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Collection Of Christmas Wreaths Made From Thrift Store Finds!
I love Christmas. I love the lights, the decorations and even the snow! What I don’t love are the prices. To combat my ever shrinking budget and stay in the holiday mood I’ve taken to thrifting for most of my decorations.
This year I wanted to place a wreath on every door inside my home. When I counted the doors I couldn’t believe it. I needed nine wreaths. No problem I thought, I’m great with coupons for craft stores and always know what’s on sale there so I was able to pick up the Styrofoam wreaths I needed, ribbon, florist U pins all on sale. Next was to find what to put on them.
It never ceases to amaze me what you can find at thrift stores. I found a set of drummer boys heads from the seventies at one thrift store. Mostly I collected odd and ends at every store I went to and these are what I can up with:
This year I wanted to place a wreath on every door inside my home. When I counted the doors I couldn’t believe it. I needed nine wreaths. No problem I thought, I’m great with coupons for craft stores and always know what’s on sale there so I was able to pick up the Styrofoam wreaths I needed, ribbon, florist U pins all on sale. Next was to find what to put on them.
It never ceases to amaze me what you can find at thrift stores. I found a set of drummer boys heads from the seventies at one thrift store. Mostly I collected odd and ends at every store I went to and these are what I can up with:
My drummer boy heads. I begin by wrapping the wreath in plaid ribbon, placed my 3 heads and then filled in with some picks I picked up at the craft store (on sale of course!