While attending the first Vintage Market show here in North Alabama, I spied this unique silver plated footed bowl--had to have it. By the way, it polished up beautifully.
Last year, I used my wire vegetable stand to set up my Advent wreath. I did love that idea, but wanted to change it up this year.
As I'm sure I told you before, when I first lived on my own, my Dad made this wooden base for my Advent candles. It was just a wooden circle with 4 holes drilled out to insert the 4 candles of Advent.
It must be at least 30 years old by now. Originally, using my staple gun I attached fake greenery.
Now, I'm ready to change up the Advent base. Here is the before picture.
I still haven't decided if I'm going to use live greens or cut apart one of my faux garlands.
The first step was to remove the staples and fake greenery.
I did not want to attach the live greenery until after Thanksgiving so I am sharing this blog with you today because it is the first day of Advent. I will finish the wreath tomorrow and update it with the Christmas greens.
Well, I went to Home Depot this afternoon and picked up some nice greens.
Using my glue gun, I began gluing the longer branches fanning them out from the middle.
Once I glued around the complete circle, I took the shorter branches and did the same to cover the first layer branches.
When inserting the candles, this time I glue gunned them into place. If they look a bit off, it's because of that.
Now, we can light the first candle tonight. Let us prepare.
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