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I tried to type it out, but I just couldn't. I'm too visual. Here is a photo tutorial on how we have suspended our advent wreath in the past.
Suspended Advent Wreath
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Charlotte, thank you!
I really appreciate the time you put into demonstrating this, I too am a very visual person.
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Oh, so pretty. And now I understand what a suspended wreath is! :)
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While I was looking around the internet for suspended Advent wreath pictures I found these. I'm not sure why they came up in a search of Advent wreaths as they technically wouldn't meet the requirements (  ). Anyway, I thought the concepts were really neat and they could be adapted to be actual Advent wreaths.
Candle chandelier - it could be done with one ring only and the 4 candles in colored votives around it
Hanging holiday wreath - only has the one candle, so not workable there, but I really liked the way it was strung. That would be neat to do.
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I was freshening up our picture book displays this week and lo and behold...on the December page of A Time To Keep is a lovely image of mother lighting the family's beautifully suspended Advent wreath...
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the children and I just finished making ours. I will add a picture (Jenn can yu do that for me?) .
I took our hanging candlelabra (from IKEA) greens to hide the extra candle holders, beeswax to holder the tapers in the votive cups, and viola, a suspended advent wreathe that is dominate in the room, yet does not take up much needed sace on our dining room table.
I normally perfer boxwood and fresh greens from our trees, but since I wanted to get this done and our woodstoves dry out our home VERY quickly, I went fake 
I guess I am not Tasha Tudor after all
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I hung our Advent wreath this Sunday because the thought of this filled my imagination. You can see it here. It isn't how I envisioned...I was hoping for fresh greenery, but I didn't have time to make a wreath. So, I hung our old Advent wreath. Everyone in my family loves it hanging.  It really is quite beautiful! Thank you ladies for the conversation and inspiration! 
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molly wrote:
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Oh, and Molly...I'm just seeing your note above...not sure if you meant Jenn (2 nn's - Jennifer Miller) or me (1 n  Jennifer Mackintosh)...but either way...I'd be happy to upload the picture here of your hanging Advent wreath! I'd love to see it.
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A friend of mine sent me these pics of her hanging wreath:
Here is her explanation:
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The votive holders look opaque (and kind of bluish) in the pictures, but in reality they're quite textured from the paint strokes and show the candle light well. Cost for the supplies was under $20: $5 for wreath, approx $1.50 for each votive, $.50 for spool of purple ribbon, and $3.99 for glass paint. The rest of the decorations came from my old Advent wreath.
It was easy to put together. I found a wreath with a wire back that I could wire some votives to. Regular, short votives wouldn't have been seen above the greenery so I looked around the craft store and in the bridal area I found votives with a stem. The store didn't have colored tissue paper to decoupage the holders, so I found glass paint, it was easy and looks great. I attached the votive holders with craft wire and just a touch of hot glue gun under the base. I used only a little glue so I could easily remove the votives after Advent and pack them away safely. I added purple beads and ornament pics from my previous Advent wreath.
To hang the wreath, I put a cup hook in the ceiling above our table. Our light isn't centered over the table and I wasn't sure that it would hold the weight of the wreath, so I chose to go into the ceiling (I figure I'll use the hook for other feasts, too). I threaded the purple ribbon under the wire on the wreath, forming a cross in the middle, so each side was balanced. I simply pulled the ribbon up evenly, tied a slip knot and hung it on the hook.
It looks so nice hanging above our table, and it's just low enough that we can see the candles glowing above us during meals. Have a blessed Advent! |
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Gorgeous!! I suspended mine too, but it doesn't look nearly as beautiful.
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And I just realized someone else who has hers suspended...Strega Nona!
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