Holiday Wreath

Hi everyone!

Wow! It has been a really long time since i've made a post. Life has been a bit hectic, but I am hoping to get back into blogging now that I have some free time =).

How to make your own holiday wreath for under $20. What you'll need:

1. A plain wreath. I got mine for $8 at target. You can also recycle an old one by carefully removing the decorations, but I think the one at Target was the best choice.
2. Hot glue gun. You can find some small inexpensive ones at places like JoAnn's Fabrics or Michael's.
3. Pine cones, flowers, berries, ribbon, bells, anything you want to decorate your wreath with. I found some glitter pine cones with berries for decorating Christmas trees at Target. They were only $3 each, and I bought 2 of those. I also bought a box of red berries and a pair of glittery doves for $2. I got the bell at Pier 1 for $1.
4. Scissors and twine.

Directions:

• Take a look at the materials you bought and think about how you want to place them on your wreath. Scissors come in handy for cutting pieces to fit your wreath and for changing the functionality of those pieces too. The pine cones and berries I bought were attached to this plastic branch originally intended to be placed on a tree, but I cut the pieces I wanted to use off and discarded the rest. 
• Once I had the lay out of the pieces picked out, I started hot gluing each piece onto the wreath. Make sure you have a popsicle stick or something you can use to press some of the pieces to the wreath since the glue will be hot. 
• I cut off the string that was attached to the dove (it was originally a tree ornament) and hot glued it to the wreath. I left this for last, because I wanted the dove to stand out and not be obstructed by some of the berries or pine cones.
• Lastly, tied the bell to the wreath with some twine. I also used cut off a big piece of twine to attach the wreath to my door since I don't have a special wreath hanger. I just wrapped the twine around a top section of the wreath a couple of times and then tied that to my door and double knotted it. The wreath isn't very heavy, so the twine has been working just fine! And once the Holidays are over, I can simply cut the twine to remove the wreath.

Here is a before and after look:

Before

After

I was totally excited by and in love with my wreath! It makes the entrance to my little apartment look so cheery =)