Living in the midwest has always kept me on my toes with the weather. We had 70 degrees almost a week ago, and a snow storm is coming this weekend.... Despite the snow coming, my snowman wreath is coming down this weekend (actually he came down today!) He has been up since the day after Thanksgiving, and I have loved every minute of him being up!
So for a couple weeks now I have been scouring Pinterest for an idea for a Spring wreath! I found many that I liked. I actually wish I had more time and money, and I would make more!! But, I finally settled on a tulip wreath! I got the inspiration from Etsy and The Frugal Homemaker. I love the Etsy wreath's colors, but there is no way I can afford an $80 wreath! That is madness! So I used the color combination, and The Frugal Homemakers instructions. It turned out fabulous!
So here are my own instructions for making your own (much cheaper!) tulip wreath.
Materials:
18 inch grapevine wreath9-10 tulip bunches
wire cutters
ribbon/burlap
I got lucky and went to Michael's craft store to find the flowers on sale 40% off. I also had a 25% off my entire purchase. AND since I am a teacher, I get a 15% discount at Michael's. (If you are a teacher, all you have to do is show your ID or pay stub and you will get the discount!) The bunches were $3.99 each, with all the discount, I paid around $1.50 for each of the bunches. The wreath and ribbon came from walmart for about $10 total. So this wreath cost me about $20! That is much better than $80!!!
So the first thing I did was cut all the flower bunches apart. When I did this, I decided to push all the leaves on stems towards the flowers. This way everything is bunched together at the top. Then cut the stems apart. Just as a guide, I could cut an inch or two from the bottom. It is up to you!
Next, start putting the flowers in! I really enjoyed this part. You can make them as full as you want. Now, the tutorial I followed said that she did not use hot glue when making her wreath. I decided not to as well to save some time! After putting it together, I shook it and nothing fell out, so I was happy!
A tiny piece of advice...make sure you space out the flowers enough. I can never do things the easy way the first time. I wasn't sure how closely I could bunch them together. Clearly I was wrong with my prediction....
Missed it by that much!! So I went ahead a pulled some stems where the wreath looked full. I ended up pulling six stems out to fill in the space. I use 9 bunches of tulips, so if you are unsure, buy the extra bunch! I knew I should have bought the extra ones when I was at the store! But, here is my finished product!
Now, for those of you wondering how I hung my wreath, I got the clever idea from Pinterest (of course!). You simply hang a Command Hook upside down on the inside side of the door. The ribbon will go over the top of the door. I have hung all of my wreaths like this, and it works like a charm. Plus, I get a cute bow on the back of my door!
So there you have it! My adorable (if I do say so myself!) springtime tulip wreath! Come back to visit me before summer! I am sure I will find another wreath inspiration!
Thanks for reading!
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