Happy last Friday before Christmas! In true festive spirit, this week I have a Christmas wreath for you! Remember how I said I wanted to try making a living wreath? Well, yesterday I got my chance. My sister has been visiting from London for the last week or so and last night we had a bit of a pre-Christmas party for her (because she is leaving today so won't be here for the real thing). Mum asked what I wanted to do for decorations and I immediately thought of a centrepiece-style wreath. I bought a couple of peach branches, a couple of bunches of viburnum berries, a bunch of leucadendron nuts and a bunch of the most amazing fuschia-coloured peonies and basically just had a play around! I used the sturdy peach branches to form the basic wreath shape first, and held it together with a few pieces of wire, then I added in the bushy viburnum berries, then the leucadendron and finally the peonies. I discovered the trick to keeping it a nice shape is laying all the branches in the same direction, and making sure there are no gaps. I popped the ends of the peonies in tiny bottles of water that fit snugly around their stems, so that they would last the night and it seemed to do the trick!
I also made this strawberry cream pie for dessert from this recipe. It was pretty easy to make and totally delicious and fresh-tasting!
Now for the final Christmas tune for your weekend! I thought I'd finish off with a song that always leaves me with a good feeling, Merry Christmas, Baby, by Otis Redding. I hope you enjoy it!
I hope you have a wonderful weekend, filled with all the good things that Christmas brings!
I have one final Christmas-themed post so will be back with that before long...
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