Day 1: Make a fall wreath

By Jennifer Personette

Cinnamon wreaths are a great way to dress up any door. Not only is it beautiful, it smells terrific -- like fall!

Materials you will need (for one wreath):

• Plant Shears
• 16" foam wreath form (flat back)
• Brown spray paint
• Hot glue gun
• Ribbon (your choice of color)
• 50-60 cinnamon sticks (cut into 1-2" pieces)

1. Using plant shears, cut cinnamon sticks into 1"-2" pieces. They don't have to be uniform. You will need all sizes to fill in the wreath. Don't worry if some pieces break. Buy extra cinnamon sticks to account for breaking. Don't buy them in a grocery store. You will pay a fortune. Buy them in bulk.
   
2. Spray the foam wreath with brown spray paint. This helps if there are any small gaps when you assemble the cinnamon pieces on the wreath.
3. After the paint is dry, begin gluing cinnamon pieces to the wreath (in the direction of the circle).
4. After the wreath is covered in cinnamon stick pieces, add another layer of cinnamon stick pieces as needed to fill in gaps and add depth.
5. Using about 5' of ribbon, loop it around the top of the wreath, tie a bow and hang!

Storage: use a sealed wreath box to keep away from moisture and to preserve the smell. Wreath boxes go on sale after Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas at Target for $5.