Take One Old Wreath...

     Today is another gray day in my part of the country. I really just had to do something to remind myself that spring was just around the corner. I headed to the storage room in the basement to dig out an old wreath to makeover for the front of my house.

     The wreath that was the size I wanted to use had been hanging down there for quite a while. All of the flowers had been stripped from it, all that was left was some old, faded fall ribbon.

     After pulling off all the old ribbon and globs of glue, I had a clean slate to start fresh. On my last visit to Hobby Lobby I had purchased 2 bushes of flowers when I fell in love with the colors. I happened to be there on the day that they were each half off the $24.99 price.

Ribbon was also half price that day.

     When I "build" a wreath, I like to start by tearing apart all of the bushes into blooms, leaves and whatever else happens to be on the stems. For this wreath, I started by placing the blooms randomly around the wreath.

Then I start adding the leaves. I don't glue anything until I have everything in place.

I added all the dark green leaves, then added the brown leaves with the tipped edges.

Next, I stuck in the little branches and twigs to add a little more interest to the shape.

I almost always put a bow on my wreaths.

I don't think they all have to have them, but I love making bows.

You can see my tutorial on bow making here.

I also like to tuck in little pieces of ribbon randomly through the wreath.

The finished product is ready to hang outside on the front of our house...

if the snow ever stops and the sun ever shines!