Spring Wreath

It’s St. Patrick’s Day, the last bits of snow are finally melting and Big Cutie left for school this morning wearing just a long sleeved shirt and a vest.  So it was with great shame that I realized the Big Mama Valentine’s Wreath was still hanging on our front door.  Clearly, it was time to do something about that nonsense.

I started with a basic curly grapevine wreath, some moss and some huge inspiration from this wreath as well as several others I’ve seen around Blogland.  I prefer “Reindeer Moss” in the 1.77L bags from Michael’s for my moss projects as I think it looks the most real.

I then began hot gluing pieces of moss all around the top of the wreath as if it were growing there.  Whenever possible, I tried to stick it under the vines and leave those awesome curly tendrils sticking up.

It didn’t take that much moss to cover the top of a large wreath {about a bag and a half}, as I wanted to leave the sides with the grapevine exposed as much as possible.  Once I finished, I took a few green and pink silk butterfly embellishment and glued them on.

Then I simply added a ribbon and big bow and hung it on the front door.  I’m actually loving that it’s finally so sunny today I had tons of shadows and glare!

And a close up!

Now I just need it to warm up a smidge more and I can plant something bright and flowery in my front urns and we’ll be ready to start some real spring clean up of the yard.

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