Making It! - Spring/Summer Wreath

I have discovered that I am obsessed. With wreaths. I never knew this about myself. My husband probably could have told you that I harbored an obsession based on the 752 wreaths in my basement and the compulsion to always buy grapevine wreaths at yard sales. I've always enjoyed making wreaths and when I started my Random Craftiness book, I knew that wreaths needed their own section, because I already had a lot of ideas ready to go.

Then, I joined Pinterest. (You may have heard.) In any case, I started out throwing wreath ideas in my "For the Home" Board and quickly realized they needed their own board. Now I have so many ideas that I am sad to only have two doors. I wonder if would look crazy to start sticking wreaths on the basement doors.

Anyway, before the Pinterest obsession, I whipped up this little number for Spring and Summer. I started with this inspiration from The Lettered Cottage. I wanted something that would be inviting for Spring and Summer so I wouldn't have to change it after a few days. (For those unacquainted with Kentucky weather, Spring typically lasts 2.3 days.)

Welcome Spring! and Summer, since it's August already.

I loved the idea of wrapping the wreath with scrap yarn and thought that wrapping a little twig was a great addition. However, I wanted mine to be a bit more minimalist than theirs. What I was going for was sweet and simple. Not too much going on.

I started with a purchased foam wreath from the floral department of my local-ish craft store. Then I added the yarn by dabbing on a bit of craft glue and then wrapping into the craft glue - working about 1-2 inches at a time. I used plain craft yarn that I had left over from a Haloween costume, but you could use anything you've got around, and, in fact, the heavier - the better.

Afterward, I used some yellow baby yarn to wrap the branch and glued it to the wreath (covering the worst of the overlapping). A happy pink silk flower later and we were good to go. I wanted to add a birds' nest, but never found one that I liked. So I went with this. Rocket surgery it isn't. But I like it. This could be done with just about any colors you like. The total cost of the project was around $3 for the wreath form, since everything else I used was scrap. And the total time spent on the project was about 4 hours. (That yarn takes longer to wrap than you think it's going to - give yourself plenty of time.)

I'm already excited about fall and have about a million ideas for great fall wreaths. I can't wait! Tell me what hangs on your front door? Anything? The same thing year round? Or are you wreath obsessed too?