Holiday wreath - country living
1 wreath
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12-inch Styrofoam ring | |
| 1 | 18-inch-round shallow plastic tray or container | |
| 9 | Assorted small pinecones | |
| Hot glue gun & glue sticks | ||
| 4 | Plastic candleholders | |
| 3 | 12 to 15-inch cedar branches | |
| 3 | 12 to 15-inch boxwood branches | |
| 3 | 12 to 15-inch holly branches | |
| 36 | Florist's pins | |
| 10 | Small bunches of assorted fresh herbs, including rosemary, golden thyme bay leaf, lamb's ears, purple sage, and tricolor sage (santolina, curry plant, lavender, marjoram, and golden sage are suitable substitutes, if available | |
| 4 | Candles (for Advent wreaths it is traditional to have 3 purple candles and, in anticipation of the upcoming holiday, 1 pink candle, for rejoicing | |
Directions
To create the wreath, place the Styrofoam ring in the plastic container, then line the inside circle of the ring with pinecones, gluing them in place with the hot glue gun. Insert the candleholders at regular intervals into the top surface of the ring. Next, cover the surface of the Styrofoam ring with the cedar, using florist's pins to secure the branches. Remove sprigs of holly and boxwood from the branches, then insert the stem ends into the ring in a uniform pattern. Insert lamb's ears around the base of each candleholder.
Arrange herb bunches in a pleasing pattern between the holley and boxwood, filling allempty spaces. Insert the candles into the candleholders.
Country Living/Nov/93 Scanned & fixed by DP & GG