'Green' Decor

I love to decorate for the holidays, but it can get pretty pricey. While watching a program on HGTV about the White House's Christmas decorations, I saw a wreath made of magazine pages. I was inspired! Immediately, I grabbed a few old magazines and started to rip out pages, trying to get whole pages mostly and the most colorful ones. I then curled the pages into cones and secured them with scotch tape. After a while I had enough cones to try to make a wreath. Now I had to figure out how to lay out these cones in a circle. Cardboard was my answer. I cut out a circle, about 5 inches in diameter, and then cut out the center. With my hot glue gun in hand, I went to work and glued each cone to the cardboard, being sure to cover the circle completely. I used some buttons to finish off the inner circle and this is the finished product.

I then challenged myself to make monochromatic pieces. With no hole in the center, they're great as wall art all year round.

Black, white, and red

The Blues

Ever Green