Burlap: It's the theme of the season.

So you've seen the burlap and mesh wreaths? They sort of became the latest craze, at least in my world. My latest project was from a pinterest inspiration from an Etsy seller. I thought about just ordering the wreath and garland set until my bestest friend Lisa informed me that the set sold for $335. Her exact words to me were "you better figure out how to make that wreath, did you see how much it cost?" So I took a trip to Michaels and bought the necessary supplies and got to work. What you will need:

• One green Christmas wreath
• A roll of 5.5 in mesh
• About 10 picks-2 kinds, so 5 of each kind
• Green wire garland if you want to make coordinating garland to match

Starting with the plain green wreath, hang it on a door with a wreath hanger. This type of wreath works best because when you need to pinch the mesh and burlap (will discuss in a minute) you can use the wire branches to do so. Another perk to using this type of wreath is that it adds fullness to the wreath.

Next we will start to add the burlap and mesh. You will keep the burlap and mesh on the roll as you work. I started with the burlap first. You will grab about 8-10 in. depending on how big you want the loops. Once you have the desired fullness of that loop of burlap pinch it and grab two branches and twist them together. This will secure your burlap loop. Continue around the whole wreath. Next pull out the mesh roll and repeat the same thing working it in with the burlap. The wreath will start to look like this.

I think the wreath looks cute just like this but why not add some picks to make it more festive! You can add the picks like I recommended by adding as many or as little as your little heart desires. When placing the picks in the wreath you can again use the wire branches of the wreath to secure the picks. I also had some extra ornaments that I found in with all my Christmas decorations so I decided to add them too. Remember you can add as much or as little as you wish. Here is a picture of the final product.

Once I got down and dirty in decorating mode I started on my garland for my mantle. I used green wire garland for the base and did the same as I did for the wreath. Once I hung the wreath up and added all the rest of the décor for the mantle I decided to switch out the red ornaments with green ones. I am inlove with how it all turned out. Gosh, decorating for Christmas makes me so happy!