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Wreaths are one of my favorite Christmas decorations. I love looking at the festive displays in stores around town, and I also appreciate seeing them sprinkled throughout neighborhoods and on business doors - they look great everywhere, and the more the merrier! Although finding a pretty wreath isn't very hard, finding one under $15-25 was a little difficult. I happened upon a basic wreath at Walmart in the Christmas section for only $2.48 (not on sale)! After gleefully adding it to my already full hands, I walked down the ornament isle. They had so many cute options, and when I saw this glitter-happy "Merry Christmas", I knew the two were meant to be together! I used some berry twigs I already had on hand to add some color pop. I love how it turned out.

What you'll need to make your own:

1. Wreath of your choice (I couldn't find my exact wreath but this is an inexpensive option)

2. Merry Christmas Ornament and ornament hook

3. Red Berry Twigs

Even if you add the red berry twigs into the cost (at 50% off when I bought them for my wedding), my total comes out to be only $4.54 after tax. Happy making!

To celebrate our 1st Wedding Anniversary in just two days, I thought it would be fun to re-live our wedding day by posting some of our favorite pictures! Our wedding highlights video (which still makes me tear up) is waiting for you at the end of the post! Derrik received his Master's Degree in Music Composition from Florida State University just a few weeks before we met in 2013. He used his skills to write a beautiful piece performed live for our ceremony, which can be heard on the highlights video.

In terms of decorations and the "feel" of our wedding day, "Cozy Christmas Cabin" would describe what we were hoping for - the plaid, homey feel, with a touch of glam. I'm so grateful to those who helped that come to life for our wedding.

I was in a really good mood. When better than your wedding day, right? Cozy Uggs help too.

Part of the perks of getting married in December includes using Christmas decorations! We were thrilled to learn our church's decorations would blend perfectly with our additions. Our church family really rallied behind us - we love them!

One of my only specific photo requests was for this Brady Bunch type snap of our wedding party, and I love how our photographer captured everyone's personality so well! My elegant facial pose was inspired by Julia Roberts' platypus expression in Runaway Bride. Comment if you know which scene I'm talking about - I love that movie!

We chose buttercream icing with key lime curd for our cutting cake (very, very good decision). The cake for our guests had white chocolate icing with cranberry filling - basically Christmas in a cake! They were both delicious. We ordered our cakes from Artistic Confections.

Here is our highlight video by Unique Video Creations. Having video of that day proved to be one of the best decisions we made when planning the wedding. As someone who loved watching home videos growing up, I know I will cherish the footage we have of this special day for the rest of my life.

Vendors we used and recommend: Videography - Unique Video Creations; Photography - Donne Irene Photography; Wedding Cale - Artistic Confections; Wedding Dress - Vocelles; Dress Alterations and Veil - Hayley Lauren Couture; Bridal Hair & Makeup - Hair and Makeup Designs by Alissa.

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