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Busy, busy, busy!

As you might have guessed, I have been extremely busy making gifts. I will have to post them at a later date. However, I can leave you with a couple things that I have done previously. Last year I made a wreath out of crochet leaves. I got the pattern off of Lionbrand, but there are many different patterns for leaves that you can use that are free online. You can even use different leaf patterns or add crocheted pinecones (I posted a pattern for them in a previous post). At first I didn't know how to decorate it, but I took it into Michael's for some advice. I think it turned out really well. I didn't make the bow, but they are easy to make and instructions on how to are easy to find online. I also had left over leaves that I could use to make smaller wreaths to go around door handles (a project that I haven't gotten to yet). I loosely put it together and decorated it with groups of red buttons(for the berries) and it looked really cute. Another quick idea for