You may note the color of our grass means we were doing this in a bout of spring fever but far before time we could actually plant. The Spring Fever had hit hard and I was ready for spring. As I was throwing the grapevines onto the bonfire pile, my mom suggested instead I make some grapevine wreaths. This would be a good way to bring in a little spring even though I couldn't start planting yet. I again, searched YouTube since I had no idea how to do this. The videos were helpful but it was still not one size fits all. I pulled in my mess of vines into the house.
After you have the thicker piece in your basic shape, you go back and grab thinner pieces and just start wrapping them around. It worked best to wrap it from around the outside, through the inside of the wreath and then back through the outside to inside. Wrap it through the gaps when you can. Again, wire helps pull some of the vines in to get them closer to where you needed it to be. final wreaths certainly were not very "full" compared to pinterested grapevine wreaths, but honestly, with doing too I just got bored of working the vines and was ready to move on. I also kind of liked the simplicity of the fewer vines. At this point I grabbed them and headed to the craft room. Here I started decorating them with my plastic flowers from the Dollar Tree. They have tons of options and it's all $1! I also broke out some ribbon from the collection my Grandma has been making for me over the years and some old twine and mini clothespin leftovers from my wedding. With a little pinspiration, we made to spring-worthy welcome wreaths for my doors! ![]() I played with wrapping the ribbon around, but felt that limited it to looking like an Easter Egg and wanted my wreaths to last long past Easter. The best part is, you can't really mess it up! You can try something, and if you don't like it, just rearrange! I used only wire and twisting it through the vines to attach so I can change it for the seasons but you could use hot glue for a more permanent attachment. After posting, I had people asking if there were any available for them to purchase which was an amazing feeling! Also knowing how little it cost me, could be quite profitable. Perhaps you are sitting at the end of this thinking: "that's great for you and other people with grapes growing in their yard, but I don't exactly have grapes growing out my back door" do I have news for you! Another response on Instagram was from a friend who is a vineyard keeper for a winery. He told me if I was interested in more vines, he would be able to give me, literally, tons. So if you are interested in giving it a try, ask a nearby winery when they will be doing their pruning and if you can snag a few vines for this fun DIY project. If you do give it a try, or have already done one, comment with your wreath to share some ideas with me for next spring or any season! Summer Update: Best Part of these wreaths is updating them for the season! Although it is still cold and rainy here, I'm one week away from summer vacation and that's summer enough for me! Because of that I'm updating my wreaths to move on from spring to summer. Here are my summer versions Sunflowers to welcome the sunshine (hopefully, we see it soon) and red, white and blue since summer is sandwiched between Memorial and Labor Day with the 4th wedged in the middle. To me they both scream summer. All pieces were acquired at Walmart or the Dollar Tree making them affordable. Plus, all of these will be reusable each year! The sunflowers were made with two "babies breath" that are Styrofoam beads from Dollar Tree and one bigger $3 sunflower and a smaller $1 Sunflowers from Walmart. The Red, White, and Blue Wreath toppings came from Walmart (flag was $0.97 and two red, white and blue geraniums for $3 each). Making the grand total for both (off of the reusable base) $13 or $6.50 a piece.
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