Jenny’s Journal

Last year I took a wreath making workshop at Red Butte Garden with a couple of good friends. Jena and Heather had taken that same workshop for the 4 or 5 years previous and were really good at it. We decided to try it on our own and each of us gathered greenery from our homes, neighbors homes and local canyons (illegally!).

Here’s the stash on our front porch…

I extended our dining table, tarped it and called the floor a good to go garbage area. We would sweep and mop up afterward. Dee had all the kids that morning and the four of us had the house to ourselves. It was so much fun to do this together. Sometimes it’s difficult to find even 10 or 15 minutes of focus on my our projects and to have 3 1/2 hours of uninterrupted  crafting was bliss.

Tanya brought a gorgeous variegated holly with her mix – all from her own yard!

Heather clipped a healthy berried holly for her wreath.

Tanya’s wreaths. Can you believe these were her first ever!?

We did it! It was decided that we would do this again next year. There was something really great about gathering the materials ourselves and knowing exactly where it all came from, not to mention how much we enjoyed each others company!

(Grandma) Laurel sent the materials to make cornucopias our of sugar cones, berries and nuts. The girls made one for each place setting. Thanks for such a fun idea Laurel!

Moira and Natalie made sweet  placecards  for each person.