New Holiday Wreath … looks funny

Oof, the first part of the holiday is done … lots of cooking, people have visited (there’s one of the family dinners there), I have visited people, there has been shopping done, I have made it through a big chunk of work, and now there’s just a nice holiday and some presents.  And all that running around is probably why I feel so exhausted, eh?

So I like making a new wreath each holiday season.  I always find it somewhat amusing to see how many different decorative things you can do with the same basic round object year after year.  This year I wanted to make one to keep, to get back out next year, perhaps .  So this is what I made.  I wrapped a straw wreath with an excessive amount of fabric (some of my mom’s shiny vintage fabric), using a vast quantity of large, dangerous-looking pins in the process. Now I need to buy more pins.
Then  I cut out some of my favorite holiday shapes.  Next I threw that batch of misshapen junk out and tried again.  This time I had better luck and made a front and backing piece for each, and glued them together.  Next step I embroidered them - got some swanky gold and silver thread for some, and a nice bell for the, um, bell.  If I were to do this again, I would embroider before gluing the backing piece on, because embroidering through hot glue is not fun.

Last, I just pinned the ornaments on.  Purportedly it’s now done, but I kind of think it looks unfinished.  I can’t decide whether it’s done, or needs something … and if it needs something, what it might need.  I’ve considered adding some candy cane striped trim, or perhaps creating some more ornaments for a bit of a layered look.  I just don’t know.

What do you think?

P.S. I made two of the trees.   The other one (which had more embroidered lights) I made for my swap partner.  Sadly, my apartment office will not give me my packages, so I have not yet gotten my swap stuff.  Darn it.  Irritating people.