A Dog's Rules for Christmas

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBaWAPfeH-8TYEFwbUgT5q2pnpIBYdfuchCySVeTw0LPxdVmQg3cd9OatrGkAzduaTcwvea2zVgNUAkoi_cShjEFMQa_BztduZ4kDeY4_SFbU7FEcBk8jqHoDtkKdJIokh_4CSWyeeytak/s1600/A+Dogs+Rules+for+Christmas.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549503987192090098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBaWAPfeH-8TYEFwbUgT5q2pnpIBYdfuchCySVeTw0LPxdVmQg3cd9OatrGkAzduaTcwvea2zVgNUAkoi_cShjEFMQa_BztduZ4kDeY4_SFbU7FEcBk8jqHoDtkKdJIokh_4CSWyeeytak/s200/A+Dogs+Rules+for+Christmas.jpg" style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 200px; display: block; height: 200px; cursor: hand" /></a> <p align="center"><img alt="Santa Dress" border="0" height="180" src="http://www.barkingbabies.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/f/i/file_14_18.jpg" width="180" /></p> <p>#1 A big man with a white beard and a very loud laugh may emerge from your fireplace in the middle of the night. DON'T BITE HIM! Believe it or not, he comes bearing gifts.</p> #2 Don't pee on the tree. <p>#3 Be tolerant if your humans put decorations on you. They seem to get some special kind of pleasure out of seeing how you look with fake antlers.</p> <p align="center"><span>Wishing you a happy holiday season filled with love and laughter with your dear ones two-legged or four!</span></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span>Courtesy of </span><a href="http://www.barkingbabies.com/" target="_blank"><span>Barking Babies</span></a></span></p> <p align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.patriciagrayinc.com/"><span>Patricia Gray Inc</span></a><span> is an award winning Interior Design firm in Vancouver who blogs about Lifestyle and WHAT'S HOT in the world of Interior Design. </span><a href="http://patriciagrayinc.blogspot.com/"><span>2010 © Patricia Gray | Interior Design Blog™</span></a></span></p>

A Dog's Rules for Christmas

#1 A big man with a white beard and a very loud laugh may emerge from your fireplace in the middle of the night. DON'T BITE HIM! Be...

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Wreath Friday Link Party!

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">You</span><span style="font-size: large;">'ve all come wearing gorgeous party frocks and shoes (and tiaras for some, I hear!!)? Why could that be?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>{As if I could ever forget!}</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes, it's....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">Wreath Friday at Modern Country Style.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And did you remember your wreaths?</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">You did? Why thank you! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Let's just have a quick recap, just click on the links to see the full post.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">On Monday, you (hopefully!) learnt how to </span><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2010/12/wreath-week-make-your-own-wreath-base.html"><span style="font-size: large;">make your very own quick and easy Wreath Base</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> out of prunings from your garden.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXb1I1vrstXUreSKSS8cI7j0XgNjyOFvQSeA2D1tie9MHHcOHr_7Ml6jaDG-Y1RmkcJ-KmOTwj_HzHc74A9ZMlq2-ueCu04U4NhmFbcQAJEh0GJhvbvv5VMm89U9Eq2ucy5-mn0hHcEWS8/s1600/IMG_3310.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXb1I1vrstXUreSKSS8cI7j0XgNjyOFvQSeA2D1tie9MHHcOHr_7Ml6jaDG-Y1RmkcJ-KmOTwj_HzHc74A9ZMlq2-ueCu04U4NhmFbcQAJEh0GJhvbvv5VMm89U9Eq2ucy5-mn0hHcEWS8/s400/IMG_3310.JPG" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqmmllW2SRI7sCnwytknOZc0ul3A6dkU3G2Y5KIVxIrfTSoBN1_0kYyVxeZ9SG5KU9f2PBgXlOMNRmPCHfQIGQ3Xb9Z-QHwxecfzMVwZIkmljXGIvk_TNBw42OfuBimoZqZXoOc4aOE6N9/s1600/IMG_3379.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="300" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqmmllW2SRI7sCnwytknOZc0ul3A6dkU3G2Y5KIVxIrfTSoBN1_0kYyVxeZ9SG5KU9f2PBgXlOMNRmPCHfQIGQ3Xb9Z-QHwxecfzMVwZIkmljXGIvk_TNBw42OfuBimoZqZXoOc4aOE6N9/s400/IMG_3379.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">On Tuesday, dried flowers from the garden got their chance to shine in the </span><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2010/12/wreath-week-naturally-beautiful.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Natural Beautiful Wreath tutorial</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0M8Lj2wOaZRGF3NArPG1TYQpLE-I8dKae9HmFy6JMnapU57smjcB0UUNJJm9nSR0139VPAArMQTQBiRz-B8RWNZ7vVrl7eMo0FrH5rmv0JCYkPRY9dc7zoA075pwEZnrH6GInVvMUVfpo/s1600/IMG_3485.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="300" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0M8Lj2wOaZRGF3NArPG1TYQpLE-I8dKae9HmFy6JMnapU57smjcB0UUNJJm9nSR0139VPAArMQTQBiRz-B8RWNZ7vVrl7eMo0FrH5rmv0JCYkPRY9dc7zoA075pwEZnrH6GInVvMUVfpo/s400/IMG_3485.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR7qQDLT2mzL_bI06llymaru4rq6a9wa-k2XRCRMF_qJwpXFNC8GDIIJHwLuhPIhjUDWKDasfPCq8TB6ZaZY4dyxOpD7qJmPf19V7y6RKfkdR7z1-wBdJ3_Ij4ERICP-AOYSD5AdMMe87y/s1600/IMG_3504.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="480" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR7qQDLT2mzL_bI06llymaru4rq6a9wa-k2XRCRMF_qJwpXFNC8GDIIJHwLuhPIhjUDWKDasfPCq8TB6ZaZY4dyxOpD7qJmPf19V7y6RKfkdR7z1-wBdJ3_Ij4ERICP-AOYSD5AdMMe87y/s640/IMG_3504.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thursday was the turn of the </span><a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2010/12/wreath-week-cinnamon-and-orange-wreath.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Cinnamon and Orange Wreath Tutorial</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyj733fYhgteP77R23RaqY4tbXYy73q4VHL-aI2HZds4OBgc08i9lHdvQbtCekDI9-3DeC1SQdO73a7hQHpPL4dpXtIBnwSUKNWXrI3SkwZoorSxHFUaXwYAYic3LxsaB9OZsMyqB1GmmA/s1600/023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyj733fYhgteP77R23RaqY4tbXYy73q4VHL-aI2HZds4OBgc08i9lHdvQbtCekDI9-3DeC1SQdO73a7hQHpPL4dpXtIBnwSUKNWXrI3SkwZoorSxHFUaXwYAYic3LxsaB9OZsMyqB1GmmA/s400/023.JPG" width="300" /></span></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEganj_9djEMRh_LwrWl4kUpdgpExE9CtiWNb9uHLLcCszJhP0ddnKRDOepfLpmdUfmVT0eYIqpGgsCTJ21yqneyOZUcF7CaxIiPnfKWlnE-ZsnJxybybrkHCBUIejRierJ_Q8gCpWzW2f_j/s1600/194.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="480" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEganj_9djEMRh_LwrWl4kUpdgpExE9CtiWNb9uHLLcCszJhP0ddnKRDOepfLpmdUfmVT0eYIqpGgsCTJ21yqneyOZUcF7CaxIiPnfKWlnE-ZsnJxybybrkHCBUIejRierJ_Q8gCpWzW2f_j/s640/194.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">And Friday? Well, Friday is today and today is Wreath Friday!! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Are there any rules, I hear you cry? </span><span style="font-size: large;">Errrrr, not really, I don't think. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Do you have any rule ideas?</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">You're desperate for me to make it obligatory for people to Follow me and that they should be put in the stocks and have rotten tomatoes thrown at then if they don't? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Aaah, that's so sweet. Thank you. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let's just say that what you link up needs to be wreath-related and to link back to Modern Country Style in your post.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>{But if you'd like to Follow too, then you'd be extraordinarily welcome.}</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">:-)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And now for the PARTAAAAY (which will be open until Wednesday)!....Let's link 'em up!!</span>  </div><br /><script src="http://www.linkytools.com/thumbnail_linky_include.aspx?id=61578" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/352/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/352/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

Wreath Friday Link Party!

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Wreath Week: Cinnamon and Orange Wreath Tutorial

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">Welcome back to Wreath Week. Just one more day to go until my very first linky party. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>{Eeeeek! }</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you'd like to proudly wear a Wreath Friday Party button on your blog, it's just over to the right on my sidebar. All the cool blogs are doing it, dontcha know? And you want to be cool, right?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>{Oh, my marketing skills are just pure wizardry, aren't they? ;-)}</em><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The time has come to present to you my all time favourite wreath in the whole wide world ever.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Lizoqerg7ffKXxAxaNoFAJ2v8PLyjAydrgcnsib5ohKnoHaFcKSUxlGGxRq6zbi0uIl6vSRopOgWY20M_TaiMAIFcYQZs4JLUUlO1-A4LybB8TYPmQ6etW-6SLPwMQsxgFfbC74ba_zF/s1600/204.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Lizoqerg7ffKXxAxaNoFAJ2v8PLyjAydrgcnsib5ohKnoHaFcKSUxlGGxRq6zbi0uIl6vSRopOgWY20M_TaiMAIFcYQZs4JLUUlO1-A4LybB8TYPmQ6etW-6SLPwMQsxgFfbC74ba_zF/s400/204.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"> It sums up everything that's traditionally Christmassy. Cinnamon and orange together are a match made in heaven, don't you agree? Extreme yumminess.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL2vWDm9mGi856cjjxNTVU7NDYOHlPa6eGShH3hRMoCuE771mFus8ZjtWBV7OLHmve0UEH_HOnL2qf-of18JYvCVddMtMV8Qy__kA8f3tX4-CURjyLRkuyo7AHS_G23efO5EdCfOAkuMLF/s1600/196.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL2vWDm9mGi856cjjxNTVU7NDYOHlPa6eGShH3hRMoCuE771mFus8ZjtWBV7OLHmve0UEH_HOnL2qf-of18JYvCVddMtMV8Qy__kA8f3tX4-CURjyLRkuyo7AHS_G23efO5EdCfOAkuMLF/s400/196.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">With this wreath, I worked in the opposite direction from the <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2010/12/wreath-week-naturally-beautiful.html">natural wreath</a>. With this one, I started with the bigger items, the bunches of cinnamon, and worked down because this wreath doesn't need to be covered in the same way as the last.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="400" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIjw96fBvOq2DLsoHqZ7Jgd7EmJbsSkGNun4mHTnMWsDRYFKy7RVsuSgbhKRV1nULl7R4VS9Znm6GbnQLizyOlj1_wkyypAsrtjOaclbaRyUy5ro2-sS3poEpTHeHxwFZth_s5gWquq5rJ/s400/023.JPG" width="300" /></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is what you need to make this exact one:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><ul><li><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A totally stunning Wreath base - I have heard a rumour that there's a <a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/2010/12/wreath-week-make-your-own-wreath-base.html">great tutorial knocking about somewhere....ahem!!</a></span></div></li><li><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dried orange slices</span></div></li><li><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cinnamon sticks</span></div></li><li><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Raffia</span></div></li><li><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pine cones</span></div></li><li><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bendy wire</span></div></li></ul><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">As a quick aside, do you know how to make dried orange slices? You just buy some cheap-as-chips BIG oranges and slice them through the middle to get the star shape of the segments.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYWszum8uBMetNc8djUR8VqBpV1Ht3TBVomKYl5LXSdlJn99Y8o0OCqcScrNGV7iaZyDUH0bMaKg5umZEqF94xFO9fjbJBqe0aQSMqUYzXl6NZ4hcb7Nll0mEckHfd4Z5mLlnpPJj2A2SY/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYWszum8uBMetNc8djUR8VqBpV1Ht3TBVomKYl5LXSdlJn99Y8o0OCqcScrNGV7iaZyDUH0bMaKg5umZEqF94xFO9fjbJBqe0aQSMqUYzXl6NZ4hcb7Nll0mEckHfd4Z5mLlnpPJj2A2SY/s400/006.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>{Take out as many of those dang pips as you can.}</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now, the trick is to get every last drop of juice out by drying them VERY sloooooowly...otherwise they go mouldy, which I think we all agree is not a good look on a Christmas wreath....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFWDdQP8ywmzHQdbK6ZtWRLaI5J_CwECmSBC4Q0tdzUBqwgMsvloqMC9cLUA3qBCto3qqutsLc1mekqmppAyy1bKow2PkkzNFhCesnEfMOgX-QVS9-rLueocIeDugxn6pMuIY9Ag_MCMro/s1600/008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFWDdQP8ywmzHQdbK6ZtWRLaI5J_CwECmSBC4Q0tdzUBqwgMsvloqMC9cLUA3qBCto3qqutsLc1mekqmppAyy1bKow2PkkzNFhCesnEfMOgX-QVS9-rLueocIeDugxn6pMuIY9Ag_MCMro/s400/008.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Lay them on a tray and pop them in the oven on its lowest temperature for a day or so. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em>{Yes, really, that long.}</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9mnqc0G4aCEmQQuZEBsvHomTIEV0N-5j5uprWErMpAEBRIB4NcTtc21tuIY0TKFMwUpf2tXq0LoBiYOXBuKaSuf_G99rInRqDU48d3QbWiDcMh9zucerFU9aNYtU-YZbSjep5pYWaUroY/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9mnqc0G4aCEmQQuZEBsvHomTIEV0N-5j5uprWErMpAEBRIB4NcTtc21tuIY0TKFMwUpf2tXq0LoBiYOXBuKaSuf_G99rInRqDU48d3QbWiDcMh9zucerFU9aNYtU-YZbSjep5pYWaUroY/s320/012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Alternatively, put them on a plate in the microwave and set it to its lowest power for about 3 hours. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>{Hooray for Mr Microwave.}</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Still quite long but the bonus is that it fills the house with a lovely orangey smell. Yum!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRak98v1z4o4q8KmQOeuyNqowqLAv0qQHM_HqzmPlVZixl5-5Wg46ATd7H4ifMWhcGuxZe9oPs5wroPlN50I3Pd4zpjgPyqvcDgtTPFaM3if7xpk8qjCmp1j-espIUnvtU09AdZoU_l4sc/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRak98v1z4o4q8KmQOeuyNqowqLAv0qQHM_HqzmPlVZixl5-5Wg46ATd7H4ifMWhcGuxZe9oPs5wroPlN50I3Pd4zpjgPyqvcDgtTPFaM3if7xpk8qjCmp1j-espIUnvtU09AdZoU_l4sc/s400/017.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Now......onwards and upwards to the <span style="color: #990000;">Cinnamon and Orange Wreath tutorial</span>....</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Step 1</strong></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Take small bunches of cinnamon sticks and trim them down to the size you'd like your bunches to be. Wrap some raffia several times around each bunch and tie really, really firmly. Yes, really, really, reeeeally firmly.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">{Unless you want to lose them later on...}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijVpklHXE7gF43fm8TnWRqv-rlQU_9G2vZ-4Kenrk9WdNop1FgoqgzebDd7diEbFqGTgK1Vk3EvbZuzLHqDUCiJGMXmIEzX3CsgpF15vtAQ5BBA0-fY4nNYudovJcOGq1ZvJT7qFNlkgio/s1600/029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijVpklHXE7gF43fm8TnWRqv-rlQU_9G2vZ-4Kenrk9WdNop1FgoqgzebDd7diEbFqGTgK1Vk3EvbZuzLHqDUCiJGMXmIEzX3CsgpF15vtAQ5BBA0-fY4nNYudovJcOGq1ZvJT7qFNlkgio/s320/029.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Loop a piece of wire through the raffia and attach the wire to the wreath base by twisting it round the stems.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've used five bunches of cinnamon...but I am a total cinnamon maniac so feel free to use less.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Step 2</strong></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Using an awl, poke a whole in the end of the pine cones. Pop a piece of wire with glue on in the little hole and leave to set. Twist the other end of the wire around the wreath base. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKf3l-n9Rx9jtJ0GJGQpQWtaKE2tdG3zEVGwWx2frOv7EvW25If6wVUML2AyAwjD-16LW2B3LBoI-CnqS7coMc2vJ_9T0o8QdxiL4tQ1UW09OXfWYN6hE5gkMfgun3kmfPD8EeZ-HzS3Lj/s1600/025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKf3l-n9Rx9jtJ0GJGQpQWtaKE2tdG3zEVGwWx2frOv7EvW25If6wVUML2AyAwjD-16LW2B3LBoI-CnqS7coMc2vJ_9T0o8QdxiL4tQ1UW09OXfWYN6hE5gkMfgun3kmfPD8EeZ-HzS3Lj/s400/025.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz5hjk1LRm-1WH4BCXIB30vmcdvR36Id9g7KGwS8X4OJnceExyZ2LNWw4jdhZa9ASDYF16RBtgIDorj2YYnHaJuYRt7WC6oXsTWbwdj4xa_wm5P31MmkXkh20mKwwPWfFGzWTl5S8XEcXy/s1600/028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz5hjk1LRm-1WH4BCXIB30vmcdvR36Id9g7KGwS8X4OJnceExyZ2LNWw4jdhZa9ASDYF16RBtgIDorj2YYnHaJuYRt7WC6oXsTWbwdj4xa_wm5P31MmkXkh20mKwwPWfFGzWTl5S8XEcXy/s400/028.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs0YheYMRGYQG3XTfxCjuzEcL4OS-o-d3Kx0-_bkkmjHxCKI_svOTUrFb2SNWFIVvfWXvWTLam_vEcJv1NZgU6PKfkmCzLPyUIO3PLs0Gpd_psrYsZUa6tn88CVsqiOze8pYeIX7Q8ZJ5b/s1600/031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs0YheYMRGYQG3XTfxCjuzEcL4OS-o-d3Kx0-_bkkmjHxCKI_svOTUrFb2SNWFIVvfWXvWTLam_vEcJv1NZgU6PKfkmCzLPyUIO3PLs0Gpd_psrYsZUa6tn88CVsqiOze8pYeIX7Q8ZJ5b/s400/031.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv1O35At3px6Us1ShE8tkPIxyVKpXouzcpyBsjCJwP4FK4O2zK6l2J0f3A6BYvDvuQ7CABpgZQV1Mp-7IcmrFRwCfQboAC6m94YymtrChU7RI0v6eK1GUn8keu7Meo0Po5cAtE-MRidb82/s1600/032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv1O35At3px6Us1ShE8tkPIxyVKpXouzcpyBsjCJwP4FK4O2zK6l2J0f3A6BYvDvuQ7CABpgZQV1Mp-7IcmrFRwCfQboAC6m94YymtrChU7RI0v6eK1GUn8keu7Meo0Po5cAtE-MRidb82/s400/032.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Step 3</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now use the oranges to fill in the gaps. It doesn't need to be completely and utterly covered. The gorgeous base you've made (Have you made one yet? Have you? Have you?) <span style="background-color: yellow;">ties</span> in so beautifully with the colours of the cinnamon, oranges and pine cones that it becomes one big wreath of scrumptialiciousness.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It looks weird just having one little orange slice all in its own so I pile them up in groups of three or four slices together. Poke a piece of wire in through one segment and out through another. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7iTmM6IOzhL54IKoe_qmujUOb_GhDLHnwtMorEsE_9UJ6zqSkM1FTIidcQ8Fw3hPSUooNSd1BmPhZdB6-7xuirFk5_HUVH_ffzgRgQoXLyE2sIrd7OQ5fWUwI1fTiAp7o4vOaJdOw0Dpa/s1600/042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7iTmM6IOzhL54IKoe_qmujUOb_GhDLHnwtMorEsE_9UJ6zqSkM1FTIidcQ8Fw3hPSUooNSd1BmPhZdB6-7xuirFk5_HUVH_ffzgRgQoXLyE2sIrd7OQ5fWUwI1fTiAp7o4vOaJdOw0Dpa/s400/042.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do this slice by slice and wrap the end of the wire around the wreath stems to attach the oranges. </span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJQCzxYhoGFoll866ec_yKDVCO5PbkuZzZMeHcBAk23Vu-B_iWKHk-wv58L3qPQD8E2Vp19FO8WDQvo45XPXr2W4ZTo4dXDOsQ3JZo3a-9vkqLhh90vV79K0lDgfs0QGtmWQA7m4W85fE1/s1600/041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJQCzxYhoGFoll866ec_yKDVCO5PbkuZzZMeHcBAk23Vu-B_iWKHk-wv58L3qPQD8E2Vp19FO8WDQvo45XPXr2W4ZTo4dXDOsQ3JZo3a-9vkqLhh90vV79K0lDgfs0QGtmWQA7m4W85fE1/s400/041.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">OR you can poke a piece of wire through three or four slices at a time and them attach them all together to the wreath. Both methods give slightly different effect so I did a mixture of the two.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCaa8tuJVePJNKewShIwyEYVRwTbiMRRz1sq2plosdQwEJbMQWBw8gWysK_v0gpr1JOi8OeuPLr5jeIKjr4RZdHzCQk_tjEm0t2EQIee4wcfxLApSHRL3KDoE7hjiIlX_CBgyhgms1mF9h/s1600/050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCaa8tuJVePJNKewShIwyEYVRwTbiMRRz1sq2plosdQwEJbMQWBw8gWysK_v0gpr1JOi8OeuPLr5jeIKjr4RZdHzCQk_tjEm0t2EQIee4wcfxLApSHRL3KDoE7hjiIlX_CBgyhgms1mF9h/s400/050.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><em>{I like to live dangerously, don't I?!}</em><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And there you have it. A homemade, gorgeously lovely Christmassy Cinnamon and Orange wreath!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ta-daaaaah!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpDhlLpTyY7pd-kLpoCqao24KIJ3ht0Jgm8H8PBhn18EbcfKn8r6V_cvm06m1w5nsIT94Fks3y3dseS6TYLOVu94FN6iVLFdCogQY8JVIbZ7ZMsod3M4U5z_U-Nk5qidUc4T_rS8RcCWcT/s1600/194.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpDhlLpTyY7pd-kLpoCqao24KIJ3ht0Jgm8H8PBhn18EbcfKn8r6V_cvm06m1w5nsIT94Fks3y3dseS6TYLOVu94FN6iVLFdCogQY8JVIbZ7ZMsod3M4U5z_U-Nk5qidUc4T_rS8RcCWcT/s400/194.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wish I could explain how beautiful it looks and smells in real life. The heady scents mingle in the air as you walk past it. And the colours just glow.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm off to Harrods in London today for a spot of Christmas shopping! Yes, I do that most days, you know.</span><br /><br /><em>{NOT!}</em><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"><em>See you tomorrow at my Friday Wreath party. I've picked out my dress already.....and I have matching shoes! </em></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/352/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></span></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/352/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></span></a></div></div></div></div><br />I'm linking up to my favourite linky parties in my side bar....

Wreath Week: Cinnamon and Orange Wreath Tutorial

Welcome back to Wreath Week. Just one more day to go until my very first linky party. {Eeeeek! } If you'd like to proudly wear a Wreath ...

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