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You are here: Home / Holidays & Seasonal / Wreath for a Chef

Wreath for a Chef

December 4, 2013 By Karen Cooper Leave a Comment

I’ve been bitten by the Christmas decorating bug! I wanted a new wreath for our front door this year (this was our wreath last year, although we kept it inside), and I wanted it to reflect something about me/us. After cooking all during Thanksgiving weekend, I decided to make a wreath that a chef would love!

wreath for a chef - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

I found the wreath at my favorite thrift store, Second Life Thrift Store, for $5.99, less 20% on their discount day!

wreath before - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

price of wreath - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

See? Cheap!

I didn’t love the gold ball ornaments and they weren’t in good shape, so I removed them.

removing ornaments - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

Thankfully, they were just wrapped with twist-tie kind of thingies (I’m sure that’s the technical term), so they were easy to remove.

Then I had to figure out how to decorate it. I found my box of cookie cutters, but my daughter said they looked bad (she’s so subtle).

I found a package of cupcake stencils from Crate and Barrel in the box and I’d never used them. They had little tabs on them and they were perfect to attach them to the wreath.

cupcake stencils on wreath up close - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

I just wrapped the flexible branches of the wreath around those tabs.

cupcake stencils other side wreath - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

I did add one cookie cutter – it’s house-shaped.

using cupcake stencils in wreath - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

Tied up a burlap bow and voila! Our front door wreath. It reflects what’s going on inside – cooking and DIY/house projects!

wreath for a cook - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

Have you started decorating for Christmas? What have you been up to?

Thank you for stopping by,

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About Karen Cooper

Hi! I'm Karen. I call myself a “recovering lawyer” - I traded in my power suits for power tools and a life of DIY adventures. Join me for DIY, home decorating, repurposing and upcycling, and organizing projects and tips as I transform a 1929 Tudor bungalow into our home. I believe in merging old and new to make a house a home.

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Hi! I’m Karen. I call myself a “recovering lawyer,” because I turned in my power suits for power tools and a life of DIY. This blog is all about DIY, home decorating, repurposing and upcycling, and organization. I believe in merging old and new to make a house a home.




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