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Christmas wreath workshop

Fun, fizz and a Christmas wreath making workshop - a great way to spend a Thursday evening in December!  Debbie from East Lothian Flower Farm showed us how to bend and coax fresh willow stems into a circle (not the easiest of tasks) and having established our frame the fun began with the embellishments.  The willow stems, from a local willow farm, were beautiful colours, intensified by the recent frosts.  Chocolate, lime green, coral and wine red.
A very enjoyable start to preparations for Chrismas 2019.









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  1. Sally7 December 2019 at 06:16

    This is right up my street...loving it and all the feathers. How fantastic. I think that is a lovely thing to do. Love, love it.
    Love Sally xx

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  2. AlisonC9 December 2019 at 18:57

    Beautiful! The colours are gorgeous and you'll be able to keep it and use it again. I only use willow on partially covered wreaths as I hate to hide it.

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