You Better Be*Wreath* Me ...

<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy Day!  </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, it appears that I'm adding "adventures in custom wreaths" to my craziness!  What started as a few close friends asking me to make wreaths for them has now grown into something fun that I wasn't expecting!  </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought I'd share a few orders I recently completed:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">My sweet friend ordered a "bridal room" wreath, which, even though I live in the South, I've never heard of one(!).  So, here's my version ... thought I'd incorporate the colors of the wedding. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpl6VBv25p30vdLZM5wZGjPHm_6QHNnCMncGMm8TLd0mg_A49-iI46SwFaJAKNCWT2gFTqysvexQkSWJgOVUW5u9jCiEBAe1qkTWeCUL_UbxuF9abRYQrXJwwyLdnSqYYS2mNMsUDly9Q/s1600/bridal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpl6VBv25p30vdLZM5wZGjPHm_6QHNnCMncGMm8TLd0mg_A49-iI46SwFaJAKNCWT2gFTqysvexQkSWJgOVUW5u9jCiEBAe1qkTWeCUL_UbxuF9abRYQrXJwwyLdnSqYYS2mNMsUDly9Q/s640/bridal.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Had to brainstorm to create the centerpiece:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwjLn9n5SWUVvasVHJ5tEODyPWs70yMt7jNhZxi8yQd8FaXozrQPzDWUqQceqWKpvGMBevSNmAcUz-BxuBfh1ipbM7kfAWRPgppIwQqy4RZcXiWEPR82gAgIBFK63Y5f14xfTQMCikCU/s1600/bridal2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwjLn9n5SWUVvasVHJ5tEODyPWs70yMt7jNhZxi8yQd8FaXozrQPzDWUqQceqWKpvGMBevSNmAcUz-BxuBfh1ipbM7kfAWRPgppIwQqy4RZcXiWEPR82gAgIBFK63Y5f14xfTQMCikCU/s400/bridal2.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Happy Fall" to a great family who is, hopefully, enjoying this wreath.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW5HWSDXmm_-VkTi0wHfy75JMCGfEBvh0rR5qnmi4IgYUUxtzu28DNgMCApUwheDZ133Bp68vVyVtrqiaFOAnQrWJcm-h0hTpWoQuTz4OLN2mroirRG_8CUDj5WqxmA96-USXFGNA69ec/s1600/boyers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW5HWSDXmm_-VkTi0wHfy75JMCGfEBvh0rR5qnmi4IgYUUxtzu28DNgMCApUwheDZ133Bp68vVyVtrqiaFOAnQrWJcm-h0hTpWoQuTz4OLN2mroirRG_8CUDj5WqxmA96-USXFGNA69ec/s640/boyers.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Go Noles" ... ordered by my sweet friend, Melanie, at <a href="http://southerncomfortinanorthernlife.blogspot.com/">Southern Comforts in a Northern Life</a>:</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY_FRDK6jmSGE58QIvwnTM36xch3l_RO5P71tZOTfhyUqC4rLm30KSBJRegNSmiFhVfzvjN8HftmOCwsVgBBPh_NjtEBaygEElak1WYd7Rk_141fpgOvNTDQI0dMDAOsepe1QjY8ili4w/s1600/fsu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY_FRDK6jmSGE58QIvwnTM36xch3l_RO5P71tZOTfhyUqC4rLm30KSBJRegNSmiFhVfzvjN8HftmOCwsVgBBPh_NjtEBaygEElak1WYd7Rk_141fpgOvNTDQI0dMDAOsepe1QjY8ili4w/s400/fsu.jpg" width="222" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My son insisted I make a Halloween one for our door:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo4JXV9mS3WhMwJmPFSzu55eQekbVMRLiC8FSnW_mvAbEVZxxsYa9uE6zxUNnbWPqhhIAZiEpTQSzq9MHFCsTR3ftHFacnCkUPESgK-U_i2gkzm1ShH76p1gnMyBmmFD2DmJahpo-VCiI/s1600/halloweenboo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo4JXV9mS3WhMwJmPFSzu55eQekbVMRLiC8FSnW_mvAbEVZxxsYa9uE6zxUNnbWPqhhIAZiEpTQSzq9MHFCsTR3ftHFacnCkUPESgK-U_i2gkzm1ShH76p1gnMyBmmFD2DmJahpo-VCiI/s640/halloweenboo.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3eyo3kb5LP7gvP5tpRriLlGruwPmCh-j1Xv6YL6BFccsVHoNdhrZZcNhjBR_9lNhxw12_8gHrVhRKx2COYd1ZJwuxmLp0q_GWP0TYcXOMh-kusGuoSlyHYamtMq9Ch3yXkRa_neQV4o/s1600/halloweenpumpkin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3eyo3kb5LP7gvP5tpRriLlGruwPmCh-j1Xv6YL6BFccsVHoNdhrZZcNhjBR_9lNhxw12_8gHrVhRKx2COYd1ZJwuxmLp0q_GWP0TYcXOMh-kusGuoSlyHYamtMq9Ch3yXkRa_neQV4o/s400/halloweenpumpkin.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mr. Spider slowly creeping his way around the wreath:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhonp0I90gxdS4GLZpUQPSVJa_Ec1yEQlIBj9dvn602IIbmy1nsW_4O0H2VUtNDV9xsFcJYAXdTFEOQEXp6NjK1NoEyzY3ajEnBolJ-0MiYTT79Pu1LjE3TCTJ5z24WX3a8t2E6D-QEJus/s1600/spider.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhonp0I90gxdS4GLZpUQPSVJa_Ec1yEQlIBj9dvn602IIbmy1nsW_4O0H2VUtNDV9xsFcJYAXdTFEOQEXp6NjK1NoEyzY3ajEnBolJ-0MiYTT79Pu1LjE3TCTJ5z24WX3a8t2E6D-QEJus/s400/spider.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I created this for my friend's fabulous insurance company "Beach Benefits:"</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPlMtASd7a0iNq80GjBdPU-s5TNDZA5hXXQpFet320QImIaodpH3IZXEMfFV_edb0j0VSz1YSsZm8lGCGMKaFOqF0XlzS2emDesXlcvRG2gjtJPqIsLeLmRMrylTeqTCMLZQbPwB2m_Tg/s1600/harvest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPlMtASd7a0iNq80GjBdPU-s5TNDZA5hXXQpFet320QImIaodpH3IZXEMfFV_edb0j0VSz1YSsZm8lGCGMKaFOqF0XlzS2emDesXlcvRG2gjtJPqIsLeLmRMrylTeqTCMLZQbPwB2m_Tg/s400/harvest.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Go Packs" ... ordered by another sweet friend:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwKuvh-ybVR5Lket1RQkbZPDhKBrWcyik_Fjwt96e9lqOruLkLSDmNlP_5lYY-TLzHWFhaPx9hqeUGAQntcJhbzd93ZRLoXaIoIsARPmrbMieou_rHV8N_7uhsaJJC66pgB_i6z-_bfBs/s1600/ncs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwKuvh-ybVR5Lket1RQkbZPDhKBrWcyik_Fjwt96e9lqOruLkLSDmNlP_5lYY-TLzHWFhaPx9hqeUGAQntcJhbzd93ZRLoXaIoIsARPmrbMieou_rHV8N_7uhsaJJC66pgB_i6z-_bfBs/s640/ncs.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, we can't forget USC Gamecocks, which another friend is proudly displaying.  Actually, she's not too happy about these as she is a Clemson fan ... her husband ordered these without her knowledge.  LOL!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQo-gRjAA5wDYgbJKDoomoWXpDONm5q1fVralIMDhiB2V2JiORoBA8JL48jCUIMGAQPAg3FDwkXGN-dwCscjZO3CNABCJ35xhRATELyJBx_Moi3R-yn9jthg2NR4C6v8Oj62MyAP2qEuc/s1600/usc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQo-gRjAA5wDYgbJKDoomoWXpDONm5q1fVralIMDhiB2V2JiORoBA8JL48jCUIMGAQPAg3FDwkXGN-dwCscjZO3CNABCJ35xhRATELyJBx_Moi3R-yn9jthg2NR4C6v8Oj62MyAP2qEuc/s400/usc.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This Fall wreath is on its way to Maryland:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQRWqA7GD1pGZD8C7Kur7ifRGjKLhqtPDYW57MujbJWR_RZuB4uzPrFz9aNHHia9HPhKqPKnQLUws8Etrnf64nIKSptbGn_wcfv1-qO_QBsi_1tvHhJI6sseKb40tok4uQYM_WueDp9MQ/s1600/dulany.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQRWqA7GD1pGZD8C7Kur7ifRGjKLhqtPDYW57MujbJWR_RZuB4uzPrFz9aNHHia9HPhKqPKnQLUws8Etrnf64nIKSptbGn_wcfv1-qO_QBsi_1tvHhJI6sseKb40tok4uQYM_WueDp9MQ/s400/dulany.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, "Go Steelers" ... this one is now on a friend's front door in VA:</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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You Better Be*Wreath* Me ...

Happy Day!  Well, it appears that I'm adding "adventures in custom wreaths" to my craziness!  What started as a few close frie...

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