What decorations do you like to make? What onces do you consider easy and what

Too bad you don't live around here, 3 weeks ago, our local elementary school sold a kiln. After you bought it, you could rent it out, too. I also know another person who has a kiln. At least I think you meant can't find a kiln to fire it anymore. Try yellow pages under ceremics. There is usually an instructor with a kiln there, or pottery and you may find an instructor with a kiln. Also your local Art Support Group might know, like we have the North Country Center for the Arts. You may have tried all those,if you did, then you're having a lot of difficulty finding one for sure. They're expensive to run. But if you haven't, it gives you more ideas to search with. Yeah, just the wire to wire everything on is expensive if you try to match colors like I do. I use a coat hanger for a frame, so that cuts the expense down. Sounds like a wonderful project. Sounds like it comes out cool. Thanks and take care

Ya, but you have to have a certain amount. I don't always.

The coasters sound really cool. youtube as in put a www. in front of and a .com afterward has about 3 wreath making videos. When you get there, search wreath making from scratch. There are three main ways, weaving which I don't recommend unless you're strong, good at weaving, love a challenge, etc. Place and wire by winding wire around, that one really doesn't take as much upper body strength, just more even tention. The third one is a cheaters one (I think) where you put the greenery in and use a devise or a hammer to hit the holding wires on each side down, but you need a specific kind of wreath that has the extra prongs on it. I enjoyed watching all three ways to make a wreath. If you put making a wreath only, you get people decorating wreaths. Many people complained that decorating a wreath and making one are two different things. Also when you put wreath somewhere else besides the beginning, you get how to make lots of things from scratch. Good luck and enjoy (oh, there is a another one, a lovely little child from England shows you how to make a wreath, I doubt she has much upper body strength, but she is adorable and very young, cute, charming. So once you know how and then the grandkids are old enough, you may be inspired to do it with one or more of them). Take care and happy grandparenting.

I'm worn out from reading the instructions..lol I doubt this is something I could or would tackle although the results are very pretty. Thanks for the good explanation about making wreaths.

Wow, that's a lot to make for your home. Good thing you know how to make them, that would really cost up.

That sounds absolutely wonderful. I bet the garland came out beautiful. Mini kissing balls would probably be not as hard to find places to store them as other ones. Neat ideas, maybe I'll make some small ones. Thanks and take care.

The Christmas tree ball wreaths sound wonderful. Yes, some crafts can be frustrating and some relaxing, creative and wonderful. Your cards would cool. Thanks and take care

That sounds really well organized, the way you do it, and like you end up with some really cool stuff. I like projects that are from nature or recycled, so your projects sound wonderful to me!

Everything sounds wonderful, esp. the stockings. Needlepoint ornaments sound difficult. I've seen Yule longs on dining room tables, coffee tables, in fire places, just about everywhere.

That all sounds wondeful. Love the recycle aspects, too. Painting isn't easy for me, brush strokes are easily seen. Crochet isn't easy for me, either. But I think that's part of what is wonderful, we each do what we're good at and it creates a wonderful variety of decorations, no one has exactly the same.