Quick Christmas Wreath

 I left town for the entire month of December but didn't want my house to look totally deserted for fear of getting robbed.  I strung a couple of strands of Christmas lights on the porch and threw together this wreath in thirty mintues to hang on the door.  I had a wire frame on hand, some wide mesh ribbon and a few picks.  I looped the mesh, wired it on and hung it on the door. I'd like to add more to it next year but for this year, when no one came over, it worked.  And I didn't get robbed.  Mission accomplished!

Moss Wreath

In thinking about making a green wreath for St. Patrick's Day I decided to just make a spring wreath to cover me until summer. And a green moss one just happened to look good for St. Patrick's Day and into spring so that's what I went with.

I used a grapevine wreath but if I did it again I'd go with straw or foam since mine is a little misshaped.

Step 1. Lay down a dollar store tablecloth. You'll be glad you did.
Step 2. Glue on your foam. I mixed and matched and looking at it now, I'd probably just go with one kind if I did it again. I used hot glue to adhere to the grapevine but you could certainly use something a little simpler on a foam or straw form.

Step 3. Relish in your good decision to lie down that tablecloth so you can wrap it up and throw it away. That moss is messy stuff!
Step 4. Glue on a nest and some eggs.
Step 5. Step back and enjoy your spring wreath until summer...or fall, depending on how ambitious you get.
My end result has mixed emotions from me. It looks very splotchy. I'd potentially rip it apart and start again but I don't even think I'll use the same wreath so I may just start over from scratch next year. But, this works for now.

Halloween Wreath

Martha made this wreath a couple of weeks ago on her show and had directions in this month's magazine as well. I liked the black spiders with glitter concept but not the moss so I altered her idea a little and made a wreath of my own last week. I took a grapevine wreath* and spray painted it white. Then I added some spider webs and some spiders that I glittered up. It was quick, easy and cheap. My kind of wreath.


*When M.J.Designs closed years ago I stocked up on grapevine wreaths. I bought 10 or 12 at the time because they were $0.10 each. My husband thought I was crazy and said I'd never use them all. When I had the idea to use one for this, I climbed up in the attic and took one out of the bag. I still have four left and am happy tp tell my husband that they ARE getting used.

Christmas Wreath

I made this wreath a few years ago when I was into wooden crafts. It's one of the few crafty things I made that I kept because I like it. I cut the pieces out of 1/4 inch pine, painted them and then assembled.