How To Make a Spring Wreath

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's time to make a Spring Wreath! The sun is shining, the birds are chirping... <i>SPRING! </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidaCpGCDi4ZtvmanA-8v0Z7wPpm2Ym80rYEb5wSrwo4qq44_21MpygXo1u8mPiqptqT2l0tK_r-K2Inie7P7GfvZcUMkXcOsrSdgLzrvsY87z8BuhaTPz7iO-Kf4UQipKqWNFf4zC-RZg/s1600/spring+wreath+8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Spring wreath, DIY wreath, Burlap Crafts, Burlap wreath, DIY burlap wreath" border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidaCpGCDi4ZtvmanA-8v0Z7wPpm2Ym80rYEb5wSrwo4qq44_21MpygXo1u8mPiqptqT2l0tK_r-K2Inie7P7GfvZcUMkXcOsrSdgLzrvsY87z8BuhaTPz7iO-Kf4UQipKqWNFf4zC-RZg/s1600/spring+wreath+8.jpg" title="" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Okay, so that might be a <i>slight </i>exaggeration. It actually looks like this outside my front door:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">                                <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOf2XAWa2XzoQtUNZQXIqeck7qCr2i3W5UqwvNZCi2BnQ3TOc0OcCKUCTsFbPJEMsyWXzjbsIVrW1wx23XwAuw1ZihSPbXdsz90y52i2QOmmxYKqsdFWshKOJ9i8m1kiiLd2dX3sKFrHY/s1600/spring+wreath+7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOf2XAWa2XzoQtUNZQXIqeck7qCr2i3W5UqwvNZCi2BnQ3TOc0OcCKUCTsFbPJEMsyWXzjbsIVrW1wx23XwAuw1ZihSPbXdsz90y52i2QOmmxYKqsdFWshKOJ9i8m1kiiLd2dX3sKFrHY/s1600/spring+wreath+7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And it's 0 degrees F. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm so sick of winter, I could run screaming into the snowbank. In fact, I considered it. Then I realized that action might land me in a rubber cell ~ so I thought I'd forgo the snowbank, and move forward like a sane person, as if Spring has Sprung. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I talked myself down off the proverbial snowbank... <i>"The clocks are moving ahead, it's MARCH, Easter is right around the corner... Things aren't too bad!"</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So as cooler heads prevailed, in my first effort to Spring Forward with the clocks, I grabbed a chocolate chip cookie and a cup of coffee, and made this easy wreath using:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><ul><li>Grapevine wreath</li><li>Strand of silk flowers </li><li>Burlap Flowers (hand made) </li><li>Burlap</li><li>Hot Glue</li><li>Pizza Box Lid</li><li>Twine</li><li>Acrylic Craft Paint</li></ul>First, I attached the flowers to one side of the wreath, using a little hot glue. My favorite color is yellow, so that's the only reason I chose these flowers. In other words, I don't know if they're particularly Spring-like flowers, but you could use any flower you like.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqP0MCMlXp4bpQu9rXm0S7TIzsxSKdYxbqI7FqGczHM4o25g2mBXm1vmwffkLHSyAC6U1itouqmmshXyp-NTSyZww_GVFWk44vjEUuvebfJwZ9IESNxEfdWQuPT3opoeuHKXO5J1W_KQ/s1600/spring+wreath+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Spring wreath, DIY wreath, Burlap Crafts, Burlap wreath, DIY burlap wreath" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqP0MCMlXp4bpQu9rXm0S7TIzsxSKdYxbqI7FqGczHM4o25g2mBXm1vmwffkLHSyAC6U1itouqmmshXyp-NTSyZww_GVFWk44vjEUuvebfJwZ9IESNxEfdWQuPT3opoeuHKXO5J1W_KQ/s1600/spring+wreath+4.jpg" title="" width="193" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi4-vFTIMnVeWG_uMBDvBvqjFDLB3ccV7OmZBiOkBHFS0ymi0f8JCxY4sgGJx9h2ZqYAf_qvAPstkjFic06kIt0XTHRQSciZ3sTBDcuuxg-ZRigbn1YfOQDX2H2CCedm0hjGl0Ol8g-cw/s1600/spring+wreath+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Spring wreath, DIY wreath, Burlap Crafts, Burlap wreath, DIY burlap wreath" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi4-vFTIMnVeWG_uMBDvBvqjFDLB3ccV7OmZBiOkBHFS0ymi0f8JCxY4sgGJx9h2ZqYAf_qvAPstkjFic06kIt0XTHRQSciZ3sTBDcuuxg-ZRigbn1YfOQDX2H2CCedm0hjGl0Ol8g-cw/s1600/spring+wreath+2.jpg" title="" width="238" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Next, I wrapped a little burlap around the grapevine, on the opposite side of the yellow flowers. I did this because I wanted to make a letter to attach to that side, and wanted to make sure it would stay secure.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIJwYGfVTj_aE-3UK9kJK_5YvY5439xBu7eIf6Oxm4uPlsIRDuK5Aiy6wcyWtbu3Z0kDMbWGo9_eT3WhSDVw7HXnES4wChtxU1vtVLl3dResSZUWvvpdZ_xkchmU15D-SLWOgSJtEAHsM/s1600/spring+wreath+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Spring wreath, DIY wreath, Burlap Crafts, Burlap wreath, DIY burlap wreath" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIJwYGfVTj_aE-3UK9kJK_5YvY5439xBu7eIf6Oxm4uPlsIRDuK5Aiy6wcyWtbu3Z0kDMbWGo9_eT3WhSDVw7HXnES4wChtxU1vtVLl3dResSZUWvvpdZ_xkchmU15D-SLWOgSJtEAHsM/s1600/spring+wreath+5.jpg" title="" width="164" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I attempted to make some burlap "flowers" following the tutorial from Craftaholics Anonymous (Tutorial </span><a href="http://www.craftaholicsanonymous.net/burlap-roses-tutorial" style="text-align: left;">HERE</a><span style="text-align: left;">). Yes, hers look waaaay better than mine! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTeg9hrVBlR-NVtzFrkltfYZ7AWxF-px_XXj5A6WYfIukG4iz0fGN8JcP3CIidz6GXS2y7kgiYv0ipn0Z-vsBF3Ol3sIkwEXVxqNxe7bSxHtm9vpeB84wN2-L7JI6AvgDoHsJZbVN2zF0/s1600/spring+wreath+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Spring wreath, DIY wreath, Burlap Crafts, Burlap wreath, DIY burlap wreath" border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTeg9hrVBlR-NVtzFrkltfYZ7AWxF-px_XXj5A6WYfIukG4iz0fGN8JcP3CIidz6GXS2y7kgiYv0ipn0Z-vsBF3Ol3sIkwEXVxqNxe7bSxHtm9vpeB84wN2-L7JI6AvgDoHsJZbVN2zF0/s1600/spring+wreath+3.jpg" title="" width="320" /></a></div><br />To make the letter "K" (which stands for <b><i>Kick </i></b>winter the <i>H. E. double toothpicks </i>out of here), I used the cardboard from the lid of a pizza box. Oh yuh, <i>classy as usual!</i><br /><br />I painted the "K" black with craft paint and outlined it with a little twine. Of course, to save yourself this time, you could just buy a letter from a craft store for 99 cents!<br /><br />Once I attached the K ~ voila! Spring!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidaCpGCDi4ZtvmanA-8v0Z7wPpm2Ym80rYEb5wSrwo4qq44_21MpygXo1u8mPiqptqT2l0tK_r-K2Inie7P7GfvZcUMkXcOsrSdgLzrvsY87z8BuhaTPz7iO-Kf4UQipKqWNFf4zC-RZg/s1600/spring+wreath+8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Spring wreath, DIY wreath, Burlap Crafts, Burlap wreath, DIY burlap wreath" border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidaCpGCDi4ZtvmanA-8v0Z7wPpm2Ym80rYEb5wSrwo4qq44_21MpygXo1u8mPiqptqT2l0tK_r-K2Inie7P7GfvZcUMkXcOsrSdgLzrvsY87z8BuhaTPz7iO-Kf4UQipKqWNFf4zC-RZg/s1600/spring+wreath+8.jpg" title="" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>I hung this on my front door, which is covered by the front porch, so I don't have to worry about rain (or snow) ruining the "K". <br /><br />Now that it's up, I feel better already!<br /><br />In the words of Phil Roberston:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Happy</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Happy</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Happy</b></div><br />Oh, and just in case you don't use this method, or haven't thought about it... this is how I hang a wreath. Of course, you can see the little bit of twine on the inside of the door, but it looks Really Good from the outside!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtOLwbFPifp5BCGuVJ1MY8WkG-SGXn7bHgHuxsqt_lLaW7NradT172uq73vnI403CqunhZMWbivKo6J0Scaz9zq7Mgptw5qrpoL_PmYDQtUA6gkEAACC6NkB7XnCsvVr8NOSxXeSapQ-A/s1600/spring+wreath+10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Spring wreath, DIY wreath, Burlap Crafts, Burlap wreath, DIY burlap wreath" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtOLwbFPifp5BCGuVJ1MY8WkG-SGXn7bHgHuxsqt_lLaW7NradT172uq73vnI403CqunhZMWbivKo6J0Scaz9zq7Mgptw5qrpoL_PmYDQtUA6gkEAACC6NkB7XnCsvVr8NOSxXeSapQ-A/s1600/spring+wreath+10.jpg" title="" width="288" /></a></div><br />So tell me what you're doing to <b><i>Springify</i></b> at your house? 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