Christmas in October???

Happy Saturday!!

I know, you are probably thinking why on earth are you working on Christmas items now as it is still October right?  lol  Well since Carissa moved out in May, they don't have any Christmas decorations so I figured I would start making them some special decorations for their own place.  You know me, I love to make all sorts of things :)

I had bought this wreath, flowers and doves at the Dollar Store so this only cost me $3 as I had everything else.

As many of you know from all the wedding posts, Carissa and Brandon are avid outdoors people.  In fact, they have spent the past 2 weekends buck hunting.  This is Carissa's first time out and even though they haven't gotten anything, she has had a great time.  So with that in mind, I had to throw some outdoors into this wreath.  I had these wooden Moose cutouts for awhile so I painted it up, put a gem as the eye and now it's a part of their Christmas!

The doves on it are very special to Carissa and myself.  Many many moons ago, I received a pair of doves that were from the movie Home Alone.  Every year it is a tradition, from when she was 2 years old, to help me hang those doves on our tree.  Last Christmas I was on a mission to find her a set of her own so that she could start her own traditions with her kids when she has them so online I went and believe it or not, I found some!!  She opened it and started just bawling and no one could figure out why but I knew.  Those are the very special moments that I treasure the most.  Something that means so much to the ones I love. 

Have a wonderful day and happy crafting!!

xo ~ Laura