Sparkling Winter White swap--sent

I always manage to forget to photograph my swap package before I send it off (you'd think after doing this repeatedly I'd learn--nope!) so I only have photos of two of the items I made for Kelly, but I thought I'd share anyways:

I had fun making this tulle wreath, an idea I saw on a blog and have had tucked away in my brain for a while. I used a 10" white foam wreath form and three rolls of white tulle from the Dollar Tree (each roll contains 8 yds, so 24 yds total). I simply decided on a length, cut all my tulle into pieces and knotted each one around the wreath form. I purchased my wreath at JoAnn's, but my Dollar Tree sells 10" green wreath forms, though you'd need to cover them with ribbon first so the green doesn't show through the tulle.

To embellish the wreath I created a vintage-style corsage, using some of my actual vintage Christmas corsages for inspiration. I used some vintage silver foil leaves, vintage silver glass ornaments (these were meant for floral arrangements and already wired), and some giant silver jingle bells from my stash. I used white pipe cleaners to create stems for the jingle bells and an additional white pipe cleaner to make a pair of spirals to add interest. I wrapped the whole thing in white floral tape and tied with a piece of white velvet ribbon, then used hot glue to attach it to the wreath. I'm very pleased with how it turned out and I think my 'corsage' is a pretty good recreation of a vintage one!I also made Kelly a bouquet of button flowers using white, silver, glass and rhinestone buttons. I've made quite a few button bouquets this past year and I have loved them all! They're so easy and fun and maybe even a bit addictive.

To see more of the goodies sent and received in this swap, check out the Flickr group!