How To Make A Good Old Fashioned, Tacky, Vintage, Retro Christmas Wreath (2020)
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Everyone loves a tacky sweater, right? And what about the decoration in Christmas Vacation? If you love bold and bright, this is for you!
In this episode, David strives to make you hate how much you love this wreath from our Old Fashioned Christmas theme. It is vintage, retro, and tacky--in a good & fun way!
David walks you through how to create this wreath while David and I share stories of their childhood and memories of Christmas at their grandparents. Thanks for taking a trip down memory lane with us!
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We had a blast putting together this good, old fashioned, retro, vintage...whatever other adjective you want to use to describe this fun wreath! Share any fun memories you have with your grandparents below. We hope you all have a wonderful day!
Throwing the strings of tinsel into the tree...that just brings me right back and one of every type of decoration is just THE cherry on top
Vintage perfection. I love my family tree in our den. It's an accumulation of all the ornaments my children and grandchildren have made, gifts from students I taught for many years, up to and including the dime store ornaments my husband and I bought the first year we were married (53 years ago). This wreath is perfect and I love the tree too.
Wow! 53 years is amazing. Thanks for sharing and for watching. 🎄❤️
My mother, brother and I started making Christmas ornaments by hand when we were very young. Money was tight so we couldn’t afford gifts for our large family. My mom would collect cool But free items; some things one might regularly throw away.
Then by Christmas we’d have a collection of stuff to transform into ornaments. This tradition is still going strong and this year I’m starting it with my own family. My grandmothers tree is mostly decorated by the things we made and it’s always fun to look back at all the fun things we used.
Thank you for sharing your sweet story with us. And thanks for watching!
Clear/white lights are beautiful BUT colored lights just make me happy. So, I decorate with colored lights, that's Christmas time for me!! ❤
Definitely looks like a wreath you would of seen back in the 60's.love it.
This is how my grandmother used to decorate. What a nice walk down memory lane.
Wonderful We are glad you enjoyed it. Thanks!
Oh my goodness. This so reminds me of my childhood. Our tree had the huge lights, mercury ornaments, and tons of tinsel. My mom still packs on the tinsel.
My sweet kids you've stole my heart again😍 Grew up in a single parent home with 5 kids. My younger brother had special needs. So always decorated the tree with moms ornaments, big lights and a string of bubble lights, then "filled" in with tinsel. The look on my brother's face was worth it. He has now passed so I decorate in his memory ✝️ and even though my grands are older they can't wait to see what Nana does every year🎄😂🎄
You make tacky look fantastic. Whatever decoration or ornament makes you smile and feel peaceful to me is beautiful at Christmas.
Fab wreath.
I'm a grandmother and I would hate it if I was thought of with buttons. This Nanny needs to be thought of with funfairs , beaches & roller coasters!!
We have our own tradition - after dinner on Xmas Day or Boxing Day (or both) we get out EVERY bottle of liquer type drink - Amaretto, Advocaat, Sloe gin, Drambuie, vodka etc etc. with lots & lots of shot glasses and we each have a shot of most drinks. We toast all our missing relatives.The table is always a mess after and conversation is interesting! So easy to nap after these sessions. Once a year doesn't hurt anyone x
haha All grandmothers are unique, and I think that is what makes them so special. Thanks for sharing your memories and traditions with us, Linda.
It’s very nice, with the blue going through it.
Lovely and full, I think that’s the key to your decorations no matter what colour they are and they turn out beautiful.
I always think of traditional colours as Red, Green and Gold.
What a great idea. My mom still decorated her tree with our favorite ornament from when we were kids.
My grandmother would have loved this! All that's missing is some crazy flashing lights! She loved her flashers! That ribbon really made it all pop! "Tacky" is good! Great job!
Reminds me of my childhood decor. We had this and that, and not a whole lot of anything. Lol. You two are lots of fun. Love your tacky work David 😅
Get your ugly Christmas sweaters out! Gotta be tacky! I love it! When I was a kid in the 50s we cut our Christmas tree from our property -- usually a cedar. Of course put all us kids' ornaments we made at school. There were glass ornaments in all colors some like the reflective ones you showed. But seemed like ornaments sparser than now. Sometimes star on top was one we cut from cardboard and covered with aluminum foil! How fun is that!? The lights were the bigger bulbs in multicolor. Last but not least was the tinsel icicles we threw all over it! Thanks for the memories guys!
So much fun! Love your story.
My daddy said Christmas was the one time you could go tacky and get away with it. I am all about some tacky Christmas. I dont do tinsil, he wanted it put on one strand at a time. This reminds me of my childhood.
This wreath isn't tacky to me. It's full of holiday festive and fun. You two are uniquely talented and I love your style.
This grandma loves it!
This wreath is so adorable. It reminds me of my parents tree from years ago. One of our family traditions was my pare rd would have us over Christmas morning and we would exchange gifts with them. Then my daddy would make us a pancake breakfast. They are both deceased now but I still carry on the tradition.
Brings back such fond memories.
Indeed, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Representations of precious memories are anything but tacky if they convey your personal happiness. Remembering the times that recall a loving environment is after all an important element of the celebration. My grandparents' place had many different green apples, my favorite was the ones with naturally black splotches (seems like they referred to them as "horse apples"), I know they were not Granny Smith's, however they were quite tart sometimes. Thanks for all your fun videos!
I remember our first Christmas as husband and wife. Young, poor and made most of the ornaments that first year. So I started the tradition of getting each child an ornament every Christmas so they would have a set to start out with when they grew up.
What a wonderful idea! We remember those days, as well. One winter, we were renting a home and our gas heat ran out of...well, gas...and we didn't want to tell the landlord for fear we would have to pay to fill the tank. So we slept huddled in our living room on our futon couch with an electric heater. Good memories!
It’s maybe a little tacky but in a good way;) it amazes me how many ornaments you can get on things.
I have my own crafting company and one of the groups I work with are senior centers/assisted living/nursing homes. They really adore this style. Thank you for the ideas as I have events coming up with them through the holiday season! I’ll be looking into that wholesale account as well!!!
You have achieved your goal. I found your videos and website store recently. I have placed three orders and your items are affordable and the quality is superior to anything I can get locally. 👏🏼 Bravo!!
I'm a great grandmother and guess what....it is my least favorite. ..... but lots of fun. 👏🏻 You have helped me appreciate beauty and how to style a tree! 🎄I love y'all!!
What a fun video! The tacky wreath really grows on you! 😜 Thank you for sharing!
So super cute!! And tacky... David makes nothing tacky! 😁 even if he tried!!
I do love it, classiest tacky wreath ever. One of our yearly traditions is to actually go to my sister-in-law’s for a tree trimming party to help with her spectacularly tacky tree. We always bring a new specialty ornament, there are staples of handmade ornaments and the occasional spatula that end up in the tree. Somehow it always turns out perfectly tacky. Of course the party always ends with everyone singing and dancing to Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You as the topper is being put on.
Love this tradition. Thanks for sharing. 🎄❤️
You both are getting better and better in front of the camera! One big take away from you is that when I look at a spray of any kind to think about how to get multiple uses out of it by splitting it apart. Love the retro theme!
Thank you! 😊❤️
Looks great! Very reminiscent of my childhood.
Your videos...as my pappy would, "it's just gettin' gooder and gooder."
Love it! 🎄
I love old time hand blown ornaments and mercury glass. Everything is so interesting and brings back many memories. The ugliest tree my family every had was covered in angel hair. It looked like it had been engulfed in a large spider web, lol, I don't think that will every come back in style🤣🤣
😂We remember that stuff, as well.
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this one! I have a wonderful collection of ornaments that have been collected over the years! I love decorating my tree with them...so this wreath would be perfect! I'm getting lots of ideas for my Etsy Wreath shop as well! Y'all are adorable!!!!
Wonderful! If you sell on Etsy and have your business license, you can buy from us wholesale allowing you to make more money on your wreaths. Let us know if we can help. Thanks for watching.
L00ks like you opened my "Old ornaments" box. I have some going back 4 generations. There is always a place on the tree. Some of my favorites are the pressed cotton fruits. Also love the old houses although the brush bottle trees are almost gone. My all time favorite is the Santa in his red velvet suit with the real hair. It was from my great grandmother for my first Christmas 83 years ago. Keep decorating. It brings joy to so many.
Sounds like you have some real treasures. Thanks for watching! 😊
From one red head to another...you look marvelous with specks of glitter on your face. I know, it can't be helped. Love your designs. I will have to check out your online store.
Definitely a trip down memory lane. And the tinsel. (before there were tinsel trees) there were tinsel icicles. And each one had to be "placed" on the tree.
Your finished wreath was very pretty. 😊❤🎄
So much fun! My mom used so much tinsel. We thought our tree was so beautiful and fancy!🥰
Thanks for the tips on using parts of the frosted pics and hooking them into the wreath. I loved everything especially the see through ribbon!
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching.
Love this wreath, so cute! Great job, as always! 🎄⛄️🦌👍
Absolutely gorgeous! The vintage ornaments took this to the next level. Took me down memory lane.
I love this creation and how well you put it all together, thanks for sharing!
I just love your videos. You two are real, humble, and David is so creative!!!! I’m so excited to do my decor with some of your tips and product this year❤️🎄
So beautiful. I love how the materials are uniquely different from each other but easily came together
Oh, my goodness, LOL!!! You kids just really took me back in time! That tree is full of sentimental kitsch, masterfully completed:)!!!
It is just like our Christmas trees in the fifties, early sixties! I remember as a child, thinking our tree looked like a party (celebration) explosion!!!
Prior to taking our tree inside, it would often freeze in the bucket of water on the back porch. It would all come into the kitchen to thaw, then Dad always had to make a tree look straight regardless of its actual form! That was a chore, to say the least! Then the lights could finally go on, followed by ornaments, garland and icicles (tinsel)!!!
Of course, the cat would always scamper up the tree, play with ornaments & try to eat icicles!!
I'm giggling thinking about it all now, but how we loved our Christmas tree, the train and houses beneath it and celebrating the birth of Jesus:)!!
Thanks so much, David & Jen for the sweet memory, a sentimental journey back in time:). Loved every minute ~ great fun!
Hugs all 'round, ~Susan
Love it reminds me of my childhood
Thanks for watching. Glad you could take a trip down memory lane with us.
Absolutely stunning ❤️❤️Thank you David for sharing your thoughts!!🙏
I had the opportunity to enjoy Old World Christmas decor from my Oma ( grandmother) Germany..As well my Grandmother from Tennessee..Fresh wreaths the pine scent was everything to me then as it it today.. Presentation phenomenal..much appreciated for showing your craft of decor..🎄
Sincerely Tee Jay ❄️
Thanks for sharing and for watching! ❤️
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Thank you for response..you are welcome.. Sincerely Tee Jay
Love this wreath! I decorate my house in zones and each has a different theme. I am going to make two smaller wreaths in this theme for the dining room to go on both sides of my village. It will be perfect and I can use some of my retro ornaments. Thanks for another great video! 😘
Sounds great! Thanks for watching!
Awesome and nostalgic
That’s awesome. Love the retro stuff!
Made me cry...in a good way. Remembering my parents and our crazy, tacky tree!! It was so beautiful to us at the time! You create the most beautiful trees and ornaments but this was THE BEST. Love you guys and I'm glad I found you. Take care and GET SOME SLEEP!
Love it! Just like I love Mid Century Modern.
Adore this retro wreath 🍀
What? No bubble lights? And I remember those tinsel icicles! Oh what fun!
Yes! Bubble lights would be a great addition. We are actually importing some for next year. 🎄
Oh my gosh! What a fun design!
I love it. It looks happy, like everybody in the family piched in and helped!
Thanks so much.
This is so sweet!!
Love the work you do....sending blessings
Please stay safe and well
I love it! ❤ Ya'll just gave me beautiful memories of Christmas in the 60's. Especially that tinsel! 😂 I'd be the first one decorating our tree, then my 4 sisters would join in. We had so much fun!
I am the baby girl, but I was the last one standing & didn't want to stop decorating. Seems like yesterday I was finishing it off with that silver tinsel 😂 My little brother would hand them to me one @ a time 🤣
Then TAHDAH!! Turned that color wheel on 😍 Thank you for these ❤felt memories❤
Btw Jen... eating an apple is great for teeth lipstick 😬💄😂🤗
We are glad you could take a trip down memory lane with us this morning. Thanks so much for watching and for sharing your sweet memories.
I loved it! So reminded me of Grandma !
Everyone had a tree like this when I grew up just fun and festive. I can still remember my parents taking us to Sears Christmas Shop and picking out ornaments my favorites were these small elves we placed all over and of course the projects I made at school for my parents😅 Always tinsel cause it wasn’t complete without the tinsel. We went to the tree farm a week before Christmas to find our perfect tree and hoped it made it to January first🙌🏼TYFS, stay safe and healthy everyone ❤️
Love you guys so much!!! So much fun to watch...a little goofy at times but that’s what makes you so endearing!❤️❤️❤️ I can’t wait for 2021 fall and Christmas!
Thank you, Linda. We are glad you enjoy our goofy side. Keeps life fun and interesting. ha
WOW! Love the wreath and the tree! TFS!
Hi david i love the way u decor the tree keep inspire people and give us idea to decorate christmas tree i love you thats why i follow u
My Grandparents did not decorate trees or wreaths for Christmas.
My Dad would bring home red cedar trees from the woods and I loved the fragrance. We had different glass ornaments including the indented star burst variety. The Christmas trees had multiple color lights and a star was placed on top of the tree. Silver icicles were also placed on the branches. A bed sheet was used as a tree skirt.
I take a different approach decorating artificial Christmas Trees and I believe in elegance. I also enjoy using glass ornaments, glass icicles, handmade crystal dangle ornaments and gold wire mesh onion shape ornaments and picks. I purchase well made elegant tree skirts that compliments the tree in color as well as theme. I believe in creating a beautiful decorated Christmas tree that I can admire. It is so magical having just the lights on the Christmas tree as the only light source in the living room and drinking a glass of white wine. This creates a soothing environment.
I enjoyed your video. Have a great day!
Love your memory of Christmas. Your decor sounds beautiful, as well. Thanks for sharing. 😊
@@DavidChristophers you are welcome.
Wow, you captured my childhood Christmases perfectly! Thank you so much for doing this theme as I am doing one of my 7 trees in Retro/Vintage! I was born in 1960 so I'm .........old! Recreating a Retro/Vintage tree is going to be so much fun using alot of my vintage ornaments and wonderful ideas from you two! I actually found some tinsel, which when I was little were called icicles, to put on the tree. Can't wait to start! Thanks again, great job!😊
I love it it brings back so many memories i like all the blends of colors i think there's nothing wrong with fixing a tree and wreath with different colors its really cool and as always keep up the good work im always looking forward to seeing your new videos
Thank you, Norma!
I remember going to my grandparents at Christmas. They had the aluminum silver tree with blue ornaments and a color wheel that changed between different colors. I love your wreath. It gives me some ideas for a new wreath. Love the things that you do!
what a nice berries what a beautyfull everything.I wait the 1 of December.Dont forget me in the list pls.Ahhhhhhhhhhh the truck, adorable!!
Loved this . Reminded me of home . Gosh I used to think a lot of the stuff was “tacky” when I was a teen but I’m reverting back to traditional . It brought a tear to my eye as I have lost my mom in the last few years . Thank you so much for bringing back memories to me.
As a G.R.I.T.S. (Girl Raised In The South) I couln't love this style more! Very southern grammy! Absolutly adorable!
So beautiful and very fun. Love it 💕
OMG David Christopher YOU TRULY ARE THE BEST ❤️❤️❤️❤️
How nice! Thank you!
I really do hate how much I love this wreath 😉
I love this! So beautiful!
Thank you so much!!
This reminds me of my families decor at Christmas , wonderful memories . We had angel hair on ours. My poor Mom’s hands would get so messed up , she put it on because all of the kids loved it .
I think it’s gorgeous
I love your wholesale shop! It’s the best!!!
So very fun! It is such a throw back to Christmas trees I remember growing up but with a bit of an upgrade! Great tip on the stem hooking! I will be using that tip for sure. Love it! Thanks for the video
You are so welcome! Merry Christmas!
Love tackie Christmas lol
I love tacky ! It turned out great 👍🏻
Love love. My families christmas tradition is to make homemade cinnamon roles and oranges roles for Christmas breakfast/brunch. We go all out for Thanksgiving dinner but Christmas morning it's simple amd easy. With the family Christmas tree I was told once when you have a mixture of ornaments to keep one thing the same. I will use all of the same ribbon on the tree but then add all of the family ornaments to the family room tree. To me it helps make the look more cohesive. Keep up the good work.
This makes me giddy! My main living room theme is a nostalgic/old fashioned look and I love it so much. Love all the picks and ornaments and it's super cool that you (DAVID) designs much of your merchandise. LOVE LOVE LOVE this!
Is Gorgeous yes we use to decorate with everything we had and we were so happy is a big difference now Gid bless you all Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 ❤
The wreath is very pretty!! I’m sad that we didn’t get to see David decorating the tree but it looks gorgeous!! And Jennifer I love your shirt!! So much truth in that!! Thanks for sharing 😁
I love the wreath!
Love it!
Awww, I actually LOVE it SO MUCH!!!🙆♀️ LOVE the blue ribbon!!!❤
I loved it. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Beautiful wreath. Definitely a vintage l◕‿◕k. I purchased your 24'' mixed pine wreath a few days ago. I love the quality of it so much I just ordered another and it was on sale his time. Thanks for sharing.
This took back to days at my Mamaw ‘s house at Christmas. Such happy memories.
Great job just beautiful 😍
Gorgeous!
Mhen my mother die I pick up her christmas decoration and even tho her house was close I decorate the balcony and I keep the decorations I always use some of her decoration . And in the cemenyety I put some christmas decoration too. Thankyou very much for your decorations. God bless and Mary Christmas
You’re welcome. Thank you for watching! 😊🎄
Gorgeous
Always enjoy your videos. Pat in NC
I was 20 year old before I got my first Christmas tree it was a holly tree it was gorgeous
Wooow! Genial🎄👏😍
Hermosísima.
Eres genial y tienes manos maravillosas
that's wonderful. I never have seen a wreath like that. awesome... I got 10 out of 10 points on today's Xmascontest tour judging 2 more to go and probably win the first prize am very excited. anyway, great job.
Yay, Constantine. We are so happy for you. I bet you take 1st place! 🎄
@@DavidChristophers yes am sure I been winning first place 3 years in a roll this time first is 10gs. the end of the contest is the day before Thanksgiving. that why I have to decorate so early. then I take most of it down and do our own thing.