Handmade Holidays

Today I'm joining Kathy at Kathy's Cottage for Handmade Holidays.

I'm so excited I could just scream because I'm Not Crafty!!

Have you seen birdseed wreaths in catalogs lately? They are usually around $30.00.

It's tempting but in the end I always pass.

Got the great idea to Google the other day and I found a recipe.

Birdseed Wreath

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups boiling water

4 1/4 ounce pkgs. Knox unflavored gelatin

8 cups birdseed

dried cranberries

Empty the 4 pkgs. of gelatin into 8 tablespoons of cold water in a large bowl.

Let the gelatin sit for a minute.

Meanwhile, boil the 1 1/2 cups of water. Add the boiling water to the gelatin and stir for 2 to 3 minutes until the gelatin has dissolved.

Pam your Bundt pan thoroughly.

Place a handful of cranberries in the bottom of pan.

Stir 8 cups of birdseed into the gelatin, mixing thoroughly.

Let the mixture set for a few minutes, then stir again. Repeat this process several times allowing all liquid to be absorbed. Pack birdseeds into Bundt pan.

Refrigerate at least 3 hours - overnight.

**After my first attempt here's what I will do differently:

Next time I will use 4 cups of birdseeds to keep it from being so heavy - it's supposed to hang from raffia.

Oh, I will also follow the direction with the gelatin so mine will stick together. :)

My cost to make this was about $2.00.