Monday, December 14, 2015

Advent

I love advent. It's a special time to think about preparing for Christmas and for a new year.

In the Episcopal Church, the color for the season of Advent is purple. (Or sometimes blue, but that's another discussion.) As a kid, we had big beautiful wreaths on the front door of our home and on the doors at church. A parishioner who owned a florist put them up with big purple ribbons. Magically on Christmas Eve, the ribbons were changed to red. 

This year I made an Advent wreath for our front door.

It was so simple. I used one of the many fake wreaths that are stacked up in the attic and I just hot glued all those purple ornaments. I love how it turned out. It's a little gaudy, but it's Christmas!


I found the ornaments in a big plastic bin for super cheap. The bins were all one color. So, I bought a set of red also. I'll be ready to swap wreaths on Christmas Eve.


Tomorrow we'll put the ornaments on the tree and enjoy our traditional fondue dinner and dessert. 

3 comments:

liniecat said...

Great wreaths!
Love the purple too - ace!

Lisa K Gist said...

I'm a big nerdy fan of the church calendar and its colors and always feel a little seasonally rushed, what with all the premature use of red everywhere! I feel like I've found a member of my tribe when I see Advent purple on the loose.

Joanne S said...

OH, Deborah, that wreath looks so gorgeous on your door.
I didn't know about the purple and red.