Christmas is just about one week away, and I am still making beautiful and full custom wreaths and kissing balls by request – one by one, every day until Christmas.
If interested in a hand-made wreath or kissing ball with fresh greenery, please contact me soon as time is running close – it is the big countdown now.
Here’s a photo of a large wreath made for a client – It is 30-35″ in diameter and filled with lush greens.
On the day I finished making it, it began snowing, and my wonderful male model, my husband, Steve, held it for me against our white garage door.
I think I should call this photo below, “Men with Wreaths!” (inspired by a website I found on Instagram called, “Men with Plants”).
All of my hand-made wreaths are filled with a wonderful mix of greens. They are highly fragrant too.
My style tends to be “lush and full” due to the wide mix of greenery used. I like all the various textures and scents. The color differences of the greens used shows off each type.
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Even though I look a little tattered and tired in this photo, I had to share it because it shows the size of the large 30-35″ finished wreath. I also make smaller sized wreaths.
Each is decorated with a bow and some decor based on your color preferences or may be picked up without decor if you prefer to dress it up yourself.
This one was ordered by a returning client and I made a matching large kissing ball for her.
Also, notice the natural lotus pods with red glitter added, which I hand-adorn. There’s glitter all over my workshop space now, LOL.
This is the matching Kissing Ball. It is larger than a basket ball and almost as big as a big beach ball.
To be honest, this photo doesn’t do it justice. It is very large and full – much larger than traditional sizes by double, and again, with a mix of greenery types.
One of my favorite greens this year is Golden Arborvitae. It adds that splash of vibrant color, but there are so many greens in my hand-made pieces, and I love them all. I even add magnolia leaves to the kissing balls.
If you need some loose greens to dress up your holiday table, put a vase together, or place here and there for decor in the home, contact me for a “box by budget.”
This is a photo of a pile of various greenery used in my projects.
They smell amazing, especially while I am making a holiday piece for a client. The whole workshop fills with a wonderful evergreens’ aroma.
Be sure to consider getting your beautiful wreath before supplies run out, or time does – as noted at the beginning of this post, we are getting near the holiday celebration time.
One last comment, I make some “adorable” small table top items and decorative holiday pieces, which may be used as hostess gifts or as seating placements for your holiday tables – ask me about them if you have a need.
Happy Holidays Everyone!
Cathy Testa
Container Crazy CT
860-977-9473
containercathy@gmail.com
http://www.WORKSHOPSCT.com
Located in Broad Brook/East Windsor, CT
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