Rustic Spring Wreath

I am one of the lucky few who has a husband who loves to browse the aisles at craft stores. He particularly likes the seasonal decoration aisle, and he knows how to drag that out long enough to give me time to grab that “one thing” we came in for (plus the other 5 things that I didn’t realize I couldn’t live without.)

After a recent outing, we came home to work in the yard. As we fought the long viney weeds that every year threaten to choke out the back fence bushes, Mr. SuzerSpace joked that they looked like the base of the pre-assembled and decorated  wreaths that people were actually paying money for in the store.

As he threw the bundle of cut vines into the compost bag, I realized not only was he right, but he had an excellent point. And suddenly yard work took a back seat to crafterday afternoon.

I don’t know what these weeds are, but they are all over my back fence:

Once they are stripped of their leaves, they look a lot like those gravevine wreath material you see this time of year in the seasonal aisle.

I cut them into even-ish piles, and then wired the corners to create a squared off shape.

I used twine to cover the green wire, and made oversize knots for decorative and structural reasons.

Did you know that the Silhouette Design store features a free design each week? Free is my favorite flavor, and I just about always go and download it, even if I’m not sure I’m going to use it. I can always throw it away later, right?

A few weeks back, this design was the free design of the week. I didn’t want to create it as a print and cut for this project, so I ungrouped it and duplicated the pieces a few times to cut on some light yellow paper I had.

Once cut, I folded and pinched the pieces to give them a more 3D look.

With a hot glue gun, I fixed those to the corner of my wreath. And in my paper scraps bag, I had a little dragonfly I had cut last year for a different project, so I added him on for balance.

A loop of twine at the top lets this hang in my kitchen, where the yellow matches my walls.

Pin this for later so you can make it instead of pulling weeds at your house too!

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