Shiny Brite Love.

Lara Jo – Hey! Thanks for writing. Every time I get a new message I can’t believe people are still visiting the site…I’ve gotten SO BAD about updating. Some day, I may get back to it. Katherine (BackGarage) re-did her website some time ago, so the instructions are lost, but it’s a pretty simple process: I took one of those Styrofoam wreaths you can get at Michaels and wrapped it with ribbon — I usually use less expensive, plastic-y kind of ribbon for this, like the kind of stuff florists use. I use a glue gun to secure the ribbon, then use the glue gun to glue the ornaments on to the wreath. I start on the outside of the wreath first, then build into that. Obviously, you use the least interesting ornaments on the bottom layer and save the fancy ones for the top of the wreath. The tiny ornaments you can find at yard sales and thrift stores can really come in handy for this project, because you’re going to have holes and bald places where you won’t want to put a full-size ornament as it will be too big. Make sure to apply the glue on as many points of contact as possible, as I’ve had a lot of these ornaments fall off the wreaths after a year or so. Also, make sure you tie the ribbon you’ll use to hang it BEFORE you start gluing the ornaments on (that’s a mistake I’ve made way too many times!). Let me know if any of that doesn’t make sense or you need more info. Good luck with it, and thanks again for reading!