Deck the halls with mini wreaths

Many people might not know this, but Asher's due date was December 25th. When I was pregnant people gave us a lot of flack about what poor timing we had etc. but looking back we were ecstatic to receive the ultimate gift (an addition to our family) on Christmas. Now that we are without our sweet boy, it has really changed this time of year for us. Instead of being consumed with hours of decorating or trimming the Christmas tree we have chosen to keep things simple as a way of honoring our son this time of year.

In front of our house we have two gigantic rosemary bushes and I knew I wanted to do something festive with them. Another day I was out on a run and spotted some branches of red berries I thought would be fun to use. After a little thought I decided to make mini wreaths to adorn corners of our home. Everything sweet and small reminds me of our son, so these mini wreaths are the perfect addition to our holiday decorating. 

Mini wreaths are not only great decorations for door knobs and cork boards, but the perfect reminder of how Christmas is not about consuming, but giving, loving, believing in miracles and making the world a more magical place. 

You will need the following supplies:

• Several springs of rosemary depending on how many wreaths you want to make
• A branch of red berries
• Assorted ribbon to hang your wreaths
• wire to close your wreath and attach your berries 
• scissors or wire cutters

Directions:

1. Allow rosemary sprigs to soak in a bucket of water for a couple days. This allows the rosemary to become more pliable and easier to bend into a circle. 

2. Take one sprig of rosemary and bend into the shape of a circle. Take wire and wrap around the two ends tight. 

3. Take one bunch of berries and attach to rosemary sprig with wire. 

4. Cut ribbon to the length you want and then tie to your mini wreath.

5. Hang mini wreath on medicine cabinets, bulletin boards, dresser drawers or anywhere a little holiday cheer would be unexpected or appreciated.  

I like the mini rosemary wreaths in particular because they are edible, dry well and I had a plentiful supply of rosemary on hand. Once I started making mini wreaths, they just keep getting smaller and cuter. In the end, I ended up with ones the size of silver dollars which were perfect for attaching to my homemade repurposed West Elm napkins rings.

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