Our Favorite Blog Posts of 2016

Now that we have covered the colour of the year, we’re going to do what we did last year (see it here) and pick our favourite posts of 2016. We had some really fun ones this past year because we were planning Nicole’s wedding. There were some really fun and interesting wedding related tutorials and we did our lead up to the Royals visit and of course we did the summer of nail polish! 

Our Favourite Posts of 2016 

Wedding Shoes (February 26, 2016)-This one was one of the first wedding posts that we did. We got really into the types of shoes that brides can wear. So many choices! 

Oscar Dresses and Card (March 4, 2016) –This will always be one of my favourite posts every year. I find it really cool to pick one of the dresses and to create a completely inspired by that dress.

Flower Meanings and Messages (March 25, 2016) – This one felt like homework but in a good way. I spent many hours looking up flowers and their meanings. I should write a letter in flower language.

Perfecting the Wedding Day Look (May 13, 2016) – We spent so many fun Friday nights having friend bonding time and curling hair and doing makeup in the living room with the music playing. I’ll never forget it...it was fun and is such a special memory for us.

Father’s Day DIY Frames (June 17, 2016) – We not only showed you how to make a special keepsake in this post, but Nicole made one for her dad with a wedding picture of them in it.

13 Great Places to Hike in Canada (July 15, 2016) – Again, this one felt like homework in a good way. We both researched great places to hike in the provinces of Canada and came up with come very neat places that we’d like to go to. Some of the hikes were pretty intense though.

Texting Facts (August 19, 2016) – When I first thought about doing a texting blog I thought it would be boring but we learned a lot and I absolutely loved the Chinese texting language that we learned. 770880 :)

London Fogs (September 16, 2016) – When the Royal came to town we thought we would post about London Fogs as a part of our mini 'British' blog series. I have never had one before so Nicole thought she’d show me how to make one. Delicious!

Silver Bells Wreath (December 10, 2016) – Nicole needed a wreath to decorate her new place this year for Christmas so we turned it into a blog post and now she has a wreath that he can hang up every year.

We Wish You a Merry Christmas (December 23, 2016) – I’ve always found different languages very interesting so learning how to say “Merry Christmas” in a bunch of different languages was kinda neat.

Silver Bells Wreath

“Silver bells, silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city
Ring-a-ling, (ring-a-ling) hear them ring (ting-a-ling)
Soon it will be Christmas day”

                                                                             -Bing Crosby

Our song pick this week is “Silver Bells” and we are making a silver bells themed wreath for Nicole’s front door. We went to the craft store and bought some silver and red embellishments along with an artificial wreath and now we are going to put it all together and see what we come up with.

Here is what we decided to use...

Big thick red ribbon, skinner metallic silver ribbon, pine cones (2 types), artificial plastic cranberries, hot glue, wire, big silver bells, little bells, wire cutters, and scissors. And you’ll need a wreath of course!

First off Nicole shaped the wreath. We chose a 24 inch wreath but you can pick whatever size that you would like. We felt it best and easiest to lay out all of the embellishments on the wreath to make it look like how we wanted first before we went to town and started attaching everything. 

Next she made a big red bow. She made a big loop and glued it with hot glue and then wrapped some wire around the center to shape a bow. Around the wire she wrapped a small piece of ribbon and glued it. Lastly she attached the tail to the back of the center of the bow.

Then she took apart some of the cranberries. She made smaller bunches so that they can be nicely strewn throughout the wreath.

After all of the prep, she began attaching everything...

She attached the silver bells together so they would hang nicely under the bow.

Then she wrapped some of that metallic silver ribbon all around the wreath.

Finally she attached that big red bow with some wire at the top of the wreath.

Now it hangs on her front door to be displayed to all of her neighbors and people who pass by.