Wreaths of smiles - part 1!

It's that lovely time of year when wreaths are in the offing (see last years workshop here), and Daisy held a double whammy this year with one workshop in the afternoon and one in the evening.

Nine lovely ladies in each, eighteen gorgeous wreaths at the end and two slightly overwhelmed and worn-out Daisy personnel!

Preparation started months ago with a complete lack of any pruning in our gardens!

No cutting back or clearing allowed, and having a good nosy around friends gardens was required.

Then a few days before the big day we descended on our gardens (and a select few others and the odd hedgerow) and stripped them bare!!

(I only wish that were true - my garden still has a massive amount of pruning/clearing needed)

We ran out of buckets and containers...

and tried to get as much variation in colour, texture and scale as possible...

and we managed pretty well.

We set up the afternoon session at Jaynes house and waited...

for the green whirl of festive fun.

We provide Oasis rings which can be used for wreaths or table centres, this means that the mechanics of making are very straight forward so the level of wreath-y experience is unimportant, and we can be more flexible with the use!

There was snipping and wiring...

chatting and laughter (and maybe a bit of gossiping)...

and obviously mulled wine and mince pies...

and the result of that combination was...

STUNNING WREATHS!

The following is a gallery of lovely afternoon ladies and their wreaths. 

You'll notice there aren't nine of them, some sneaked out before I got a picture.

(these are in no particular order, as they say on Strictly, so ladies I'm not ranking you just in case you're worried *rolls her eyes*)

Lindsey and Hattie - I still don't know how I missed you!

Anyway it was all highly successful, everyone was happy and we raised £45 pounds for charity.

Thank you afternoon ladies for making it such a lovely afternoon - you were fabulous each and every one, and Jayne and I are so proud of your creations.

(yes we do take full credit for your creative genius - obvs!)

Who could ask for more...

but we were only half way through!!

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to be continued...