A massive wreath… and xmas goes pastel

Here’s some pics of the craft projects I worked on for The Australian Women’s Weekly’s December issue a while back. I spent three days sourcing materials for the wreath alone and putting it all together with the sun beating down, then cut my hands to shreds on the wires, just about scraping in on deadline… but it all worked out in the end (hurrah!)

I also made some boxes, crackers and xmas stockings for the Magic Moments feature, with the stockings making an appearance in the Michael Clarke shot. Here they are in our kitchen:

I do love my sorbet colours but I’m not sure I made the pastel a success this time… what do you think? My favourite colours for the season are still fairly traditional: red, white and beige. Very French, very gorgeous… non?

Speaking of gorgeous, if you do see a copy of the Weekly, check out Marijke Kingma’s xmas craft feature on p298 – I think it’s lovely, particularly the doily thingummies on p300. I bought a stack of these at my local discount store a while back, so will experiment making them myself ASAP.