My Real Leaf Wreath

Happy Monday, friends...I hope everyone had a great weekend!
It has been COLD here in North Carolina...
...but staying true to form, it will be back up to 70 degrees later on this week.
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So, they say imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, right? 

 Well, right now, I'm going to flatter Sherry who blogs over at Thrift My House.
She made a beautiful real leaf wreath and also provided a great tutorial!

Here's my version.
 

 

My body is still feeling the effects of repeatedly bending down to pick up all of those leaves.

Eventually, I got smart and started pulling them off the trees...DUH!!
Sometimes it takes me a while :)

 

I was pleasantly surprised by how easy it was and I really liked the finished product.
I played around a bit with where to hang it.
 

 

Here it is hanging on the pantry door in my kitchen.

I have another wreath that normally hangs there but was just experimenting.

Being rather fragile, I thought it best not to hang it on a door. 


 

 

So I moved it into the great room and hung it on my "wrought iron" wall art ...

(which is really not wrought iron at all).
 

I decided I really liked it there.
 



 

So, that's where I left it.

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If you decide to keep it inside, the leaves may dry and curl up overnight...like mine did.

I discovered this is what happens when you hang it above a lamp...

...another big DUH!
I would imagine that hanging it on an outside door would keep them hydrated longer.

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Here is what it looks like now.
 

 

I think it's still pretty and the dried look and curled edges give it a whole new character.

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 Before all was said and done, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to have a little fun with it.

Below is my facebook post from over the weekend:

 

Debby Ray

November 1 at 8:50pm ·

It was SO windy today! And look...it blew the leaves into a perfectly shaped wreath! I love it when that happens 

Well, you know...it could happen!

 

 

:)

 

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