"Spring"-ing out a New Wreath!

Last Friday we had about 4 inches of snow here...and tomorrow they are forecasting another winter storm watch and are predicting about 5-6 more inches of snow.

I am NOT  a person that likes winter...and we will be travelling south in the next couple of weeks to find the sun and some warmer temperatures...in the meantime, I wanted to add a little SPRING to my home.

I purchased some flowers at the dollar store...

and then I took apart the Valentine's wreath that I had made for our front door...This grapevine wreath really has seen many re-inventions!

I searched through my stash of scarves and came up with a pretty orange and pink polka-dotted one.  For me scarves are so much easier than ribbon, and they are a great item to recycle in all sorts of decorating projects...either in a wreath or as a table runner.

  I added the flowers to the wreath along with the scarf, just tucking them between the grapevine.  I never use glue to secure things because I am forever dismantling the wreath to re-use again.

I then tucked back in some of the white roses that were used on the Valentine's wreath as well and hung it on my front door.

Its a great pop of spring colour and gives me a little hope that maybe the snow will be gone soon and spring weather is just around the corner...Here's a closer look!

Here's hoping the weather is spring-like where you are!!!

Cheryl

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Ready for Winter...A Transitional Wreath

It has been quite chilly this week here in Southern Ontario...temperatures are due to warm up this weekend, but let's face it - it's November and the winter weather is just around the corner!

I was digging out the gloves and scarves this week..

We have so many that we keep in a box under the stairs during the warmer months...I knew we wouldn't be using them all and decided to get some together to donate (secretly wishing I could find a use for them...)

 I have been seeing so many Christmas wreaths this week on the blogs I follow and on Pinterest...I am not one to decorate for Christmas before December...remember earlier this week I told you that McG's birthday is in the first week of December...and he's a bit of a Scrooge and doesn't like Christmas decorations to go up too early...

I was tired of my fall wreath on the front door - but didn't want to put my Christmas wreath up just yet...

I took it down and began to take the fall flowers off (I never glue my flowers on as I like to change the wreath many times throughout the year)  This time I wanted a look that was more about winter than it was about the holidays... I decided to figure out a way to use some of my scarves to decorate it. What better way to say "winter wreath" than to decorate it with a winter staple like a scarf!  

First, I tried to wrap a soft pink one around it, but

I wasn't really happy with the look of this one. I wanted something brighter...something that would show up better against my blue front door...so I grabbed a burgundy and cream striped scarf that is my daughter's.  It is quite a few years old and not something that my fashionista would be caught wearing nowadays.  I wrapped it around the grapevine wreath,

...and then I pinned it with safety pins.  I continued this all the way around the wreath.

The ends of the scarf had pom-poms...I wrapped the ends around the back of the wreath and then up over the front - not even tying them - just leaving them hang over the front of the wreath...AND HERE IT IS ON MY FRONT DOOR!!

There you have it - A GREAT TRANSITIONAL WREATH - that I can use before and after the holidays during the cold months of winter...This project took all of about ten minutes to complete...it would be good to do with a pool noodle or a smoother wreath - but for me this was a NO COST PROJECT - my favourite kind!

I think it makes my front door look nice and cozy!  It is a great way to use something that I had on hand (and the rest of the pile of scarves are still going to be donated)  What do you think??  Are you using scarves to decorate this season? I'd love to hear from you!

Cheryl

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