Flavors of Christmas Kitchen Wreath

When I had the idea for a Flavors of Christmas Kitchen Wreath back in the summer, I knew I had to have a brown wreath. I wanted the whole wreath to have a golden brown, "baked" look. I knew brown wreaths existed; I had seen them at some store at some point in the not-too-distant past. I started looking... and looking... and looking. Brown wreaths were not to be had. If I had wanted a lime green wreath, or a hot pink wreath, or a purple wreath--no problem. Brown? Nope. After scouring the internet, I finally found one, ONE, O-N-E source for brown wreaths. Which were out of stock. To make a long story short, I got some great customer service and ended up with a few of these wreaths. I bought several because while these are "work wreaths" (skimpy), I wanted my wreath to be full and fluffy. I simply disassembled a couple and combined them to get the look I wanted. Here's one wreath:

...and here are three combined. 

The ornaments are tied on using an 18" piece of ribbon glued between the front and back of the ornament during finishing.

The really nice thing about this project is that you can do anything with it. Choose your own favorite flavors... and use an evergreen wreath if you want! Make a wreath that celebrates your favorite meal, your favorite holiday, your favorite cuisine. You could make a Thanksgiving wreath... an Italian wreath... a BBQ wreath... a Family Favorites wreath. You can use any font (there are tons of legal alphabet freebies online), any fabric, any embellishments, any decorations. I'm pretty sure at some point I'm going to need a Tex-Mex wreath!

Or... instead of a food theme, use any theme you like! All you're doing is stitching some words, finishing them flat, and attaching them to a wreath. How about Fruits of the Spirit (Galatians 5.22-23)? Or your kids/grandkids' names? Or characters from your favorite book? See? You really can do anything with this project. (I'm so doing the Fruits of the Spirit one, y'all. Someday.)

Sources:

Wreath: Carolina Pottery

Fabric: 30 ct. Irish Cream linen (not sure this is still available)

Baking charms: Karen Foster Design baking charms (I got mine from 123 Stitch but apparently they sold out after I began posting my Open House. Also available at Amazon.)

Cookie cutter embellishments: Shelly's Buttons and More

Orange slice decorations: Etsy

Peppermint decorations: Hobby Lobby

A note about the alphabet I used: It's a freebie alphabet I've had for some time. I tried to find it again before I started posting my Open House so I could link to it, but I couldn't find the original website it came from. You may be able to find it on Pinterest, but I wouldn't want to link to anything but the original source on my blog.

UPDATE: I finally found the original source for the alphabet. It's a freebie available here.


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Thanks for visiting my Christmas Open House and for all the kind comments you've left. I hope you've enjoyed sharing this Christmas tradition with me. Merry Christmas, y'all!