~christmas wreaths for graves~

 To some of you it may sound morbid but I love making

pretty things to put on the graves of my loved ones.

Makes it feel like it's still something I can do for them.

Grandma and I headed over to the cemetery a couple

days ago to decorate Grandpa and my Mother-in-law's

graves. I've never been able to take anything to her

for Christmas before...either because there was too 

much snow or just because I didn't think of it in time.

I made her a pretty little wreath with supplies I got 

at the Dollar Store. In total it cost me $4. 

Here's what a $4 Christmas wreath looks like:

       wreath-$1

angel ornament-$1

silver poinsetta flowers-$1

silver tipped pine foliage-$1  

 As you can see up close....it's not necessarily

the best of quality but it's going to be outside,

in the winter cold, wind and elements so I

didn't want to spend an insane amount of $$$ on it.   

 I printed up a family picture of us, covered it with

a taped Ziploc baggie and stuck it in the pine cone.

I stuck it thru a wooden dowel and stuck 

the dowel into the ground.   

 Look at those beautiful mountains in the background.

What a majestic view for a "resting place".

Grandma told me she made 

"an arrangement with some old, ratty decorations"

she found in her basement. This is not what

I was expecting when I picked her up:

Isn't it beautiful?

I told her it made mine look ratty. 

I have a couple more to make today.

Tune in for some pics of those.

Have a great weekend.