Following Christmas, I replaced the ornament wreath with the pretty wreaths my sister made me for Christmas:
My mom insists on sending $5-10 for every "Candy" holiday (Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter). Since I'm making a concerted effort not to indulge in as much sugar-based-candy, I decided to use the money she sent me for Easter by purchasing insane-crafting-habits-based-candy. I had seen this Spring Wreath tutorial a few weeks ago, and thought it was so adorably cute. I had left over foam wreaths (8" and 12") from a failed Christmas wreath, and some pretty vintage flower ribbon, so all I needed to purchase was the Fun Fir.
The tutorial was very helpful, but it neglected to mention the seriously sore muscles from all the wrapping it takes to completely cover the wreath with "fun" fir. Like, wow. I made a few minor tweaks. First, with the flowers, I first threaded a metallic seed bead on the straight pin before I stabbed the flower as a little extra special touch. Also, because the wreath was going to be hung outside, I dredged each straight pin (with seed bead and flower already on) through some crafting glue before I stuck them to the wreath. And to ensure that the ribbon I used to connect the two wreaths together/to the door hook would stay put, I studded the entire circumference of the ribbon with seed beaded straight pins. All in all, it was a simple wreath to make, but I think it has a huge impact. It's cheery and whimsicle, and it makes me smile everytime I leave/enter the house, which ain't a bad thing!
Click to see a few more shots of the wreath.
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