Do it myself Xmas wreath and star balls for Xmas 2016

People who know me well know also the passion I have for creating things with my hands.
It started first with cross stitch, continued for a short while with knitting, and ended up with sewing.
I am now in the sewing phase and something tells me that it's going to be longer than the other two, as I find more and more pleasure in using the sewing machine.

At the same time, I also love to build up easy things with paper and whatever my mind gets crazy about. One day it can be a homemade birthday card, another one small felt letters for newborns (first seen here - and please, if you also are into sewing, please take a look at this blog!). And I aim at posting some creations here to share ideas and opinions with fellow DIY lovers.

I am aware that the things I make are not as beautiful as many others you see on the web, but I
decided to show them to the world even to prove that you don't need to be talented, nor to be extremely precise, to achieve a decent result. I am actually quite approximate and so whatever you see on this pages has proved to be an easy job. Also, believe me when I say that there's also plenty of room for corrections and it's not difficult to cover up small mistakes and imperfections.

Today I show you what I did to decorate our Xmas table for Xmas Eve and Xmas day when my family came to Amsterdam to visit us. I am not a huge Xmas tree fan, and I prefer to find alternative ways to recreate the right atmosphere. Additionally, I tend to avoid flashy colours and I rather go for something simpler and discrete.

I bought a pre-made wreath naked support and a few decorations to experiment with. I was not entirely sure about how to make it, so I purchased a few items such as tiny balls, cork-like stars, pines and faux leaves. At first my idea was to use the whole box of stars on the wreath, but soon I realised that I simply could not as there was literally no space. I tried with few and covered part of the leaves but it not worked as I wanted. Therefore, I ended up with a lot of leftover stars and balls.
I simply glued the back of the stars on the balls and, once the glue was dry, I kept them in a box wondering about how I could use them. Well, you know what... in the end I didn't really find any use for them. I just scattered them on the table around the wreath and the effect on the dark cloth was super nice!
My silver-navy blue Xmas table was a great success... with a tiny effort and few euros spent.