Let's make a wreath

Spring is here and many of us want to celebrate by adding some type of ornament to our front door or on our porch.  I'm going to make a wreath out of mostly recycled materials today.  I invite you to join me.

The problem with most wreaths is you have to buy a wreath base.

However, if you have an old embroidery hoop, whether plastic or wood, you have your base.

If you are anal like me, you can wrap your hoop in green floral tape.  The tape is one item you cannot recycle.  Here's a tip: be sure to stretch the tape as you roll it around the item.

However, you CAN recycle your old and deconstructed flower arrangements.  Several of these have lived on graves for several weeks at a time over several years, so they are nicely weather worn.  Others have been used over the years in outdoor floral arrangements and are now ready for deconstruction.  You might want to wrap the chosen stems in floral tape, too.

I have these silk and faux flowers everywhere, so I always have lots of colors and styles to choose from.

I chose these flowers because they reminded me of spring.  I glued them to the hoop using E-6000 after I decided I didn't want to deal with my hot glue gun.

It's fairly obvious, I will need to straighten them a bit, because several of these flowers have seen better days.  However, the only new things I used were floral tape and E-6000.   And I didn't even begin to make a dent in my used flowers.

After fidgeting with these flowers a bit, I hung them on my very dirty front porch.

I'm quite pleased with how this recycled and repurposed wreath turned out.

Before I went back inside, I noticed my hyacinths have finally bloomed.

I got close for a better look.

I see the flower on the far left in the photo has already bloomed and died back for the year.

It was then I noticed my tulips!

Maybe they are making up for doing so poorly last year.

I was almost giddy with joy when I saw there were actually buds and not just leaves this year!

I admit I got a bit carried away documenting these beauties.

I even walked around the yard snapping photos

of buds that will soon turn into gorgeous blooms.

Thanks so very much for joining me today.  This is Day 4 of 22 and I made a wreath for my front porch from a repurposed embroidery hoop and deconstructed silk and faux flowers.  I also showed the real flowers growing in my "Flower Bed."