Ragtag Mini Easter - Olga and Oma

These cute and easy to make mini wreaths are a great gift idea that takes no time to complete.

Materials Needed:

1 wire hanger
1/2 gallon bag of rag strips in hues of orange
1/4 gallon bag of rag strips in hues of green
24 inches of coordinating ribbon

The easiest way to create the bags of strips is to use scraps of fabric from other projects.   Because I like to repurpose, I find clothing at the Goodwill or Good Samaritan clothing outlets that I literally pay pennies for.  Making the strips is simple and uses every square inch of fabric, including seams.  Nothing goes to waste.

Directions:

Cute the hanger portion of the hanger on both sides of the neck.  Then, cut the long bottom portion in the middle to make 2 pieces.

Bend the ends into a hook and join the ends.

Manually shape the mini frame into a circle.

Begin tying the strips of orange hued fabric for 3/4 of the wreath frame.

Use strips of green hued fabric for 1/4 of the wreath frame.

Tie the ribbon onto the frame before you  begin to fill in colors.

You can make the fabric as loose or as tight on the wreath frame as you want.

Shake out the loose threads very very well.

Crimson and Holly

In my kitchen windowsill is a Glade candle . . spruce it up / apple cinnamon...that fills my kitchen with the most amazing smells of the season.  The spruce aroma is one I only can imagine never having been around a spruce tree.  I normally buy a spruce scent to spray on my artificial tree each year.  These scents are, however, exactly what I have in mind for Crimson and Holly.  Think of the deepest Christmas red velvet and a dark hunter green, something actually regal and expensive. After spending about twenty minutes searching the web for a picture to reflect the vision I have in my mind, I have to confess, I could not find one:  crushed red velvet with satin fringe, green glass, gold, holly leaves, poinsettias, a fireplace and deep rich wood.  The tree needs to have white lights, but only sparsely lit with green and crimson glass ornaments.  I always hear "red, gold and green" playing in a violin concerto.