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I just adore the aromas of Christmas, cinnamon, apple, spices and have been trying to think of a way I could do this with ribbon. A "Bingo" moment hit me while doing the food shopping yesterday. We were having lunch in the supermarket cafe and they had decorated their Christmas trees with bundles of cinnamon sticks - oooh I can do that and more......
I filled our trolley with apples and oranges, a tub of bay leaves and some cinamon sticks. Sadly Tony has got to the stage where he no longer asks what I am up to, and just joins in searching for the new items on our list!
How many doors do you have in your house? Why? Because you can make these....................
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Oooooh they smell divine and just like Christmas.
I have never dried apples and oranges before, but a quick visit to you tube and I had the gist of it. Slice the fruit and bake in a low oven for a long time.
I started to make my door hangers this morning, using a big needle and some red and white gingham here, (gingham just shouts christmas) I simply threaded everything onto the ribbon. The bay leaves can tear very easily so be careful with those. I love the way the apples have curled. Thinking about it I could have dried a few limes, next time.
I added a bell at the bottom here, just to get thet sort of jingle bell Christmas is coming sound when the doors are opened effect! I knotted both ends to secure all the goodies in place, then added a few gingham bows to the top and a hanging loop to go over the door handles. The red sugared ball things you can see came from my stash, I got them from Hobbycraft in the sale. I thought they went perfectly with the red gingham ribbon.
That's it, I am off to make a few more.
Have a fab Sunday.
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