Christmas Wreath

In September, I received an email that the  Overstocks Crafts 2000 store near my home was having a sale, 75% off the lowest ticketed price. That was absolute music to my crafty ears. I headed I've after work and started filling up a cart (literally). And as I was going up and down each aisle, I heard some of the cashiers telling customers that the store was closing and would be there until all was gone. To be honest, I was a little heart broken, anytime I needed anything craft wise, I always hit up the Overstocks Crafts 2000 store first. Anyways. I got a lot of good crafty stuff, and I saved even more, and headed on my merry way home. But when I got home, I felt like I'd missed out on some great craft-ortinities. So, I headed back and scored the perfect supplies to create a wonderfully wintery wreath.

Here is the finished wreath

So I found the wreath in with all the Christmas decor. It is a 16 wire wreath that is wrapped in grape vine, then wrapped in "snow" and sprinkled with glitter. Honestly it was the perfect find. As I continued to browse the aisles (the second time), and came across some 4 inch gold snowflake ornaments, and right next to them were 6.5 inch gold snowflake ornaments. I began thinking about the potential of the wreath, and put the snowflakes in the cart. I liked the idea of the silver contrast on the snow to the gold contrast of the snowflakes (normally I'm not a big gold person). But, I knew the wreath would need something more than just snowflakes, so I continued looking to see what I could find. I happened upon some red holly berries. I thought they would add a pop of color among the neutral tones of the wreath I was imagining in my head. Then I set out in search of some thin gold ribbon to use as a hanger for the ribbon, once I found that (and some other goodies), I headed to the check out.

So all in all, here are my supplies. 

I also used hot glue and a hot glue gun, scissors, and wire cutters. 

I started by laying out the wreath and placing the snowflakes and berries. I tried two different placements and settled on the second as it felt lighter to me. 

Try number 1. 

And the winner. 

Before I glued the snowflakes, I snipped of the strings to hang them on a tree. 

I started by gluing the snowflakes on. 

I did a large dot of hot glue in the center of the snowflake and then added glue to the wreath in spots where the snowflake touched to be sure it was secure. 

As you ca. See I used five of the 2 inch snowflakes and one large 4 inch snowflake at the top. 

I decided to use some of the leaves from the holly berries to give a little more color to the wreath. I clipped off the wire, right at the base of the leaf (and the berries too) with wire cutters and then began glueing them in.

Once all snowflakes, leaves and berries were secured, I moved onto the ribbon hanger. I threaded the ribbon around the wire frame, not the grapevine. Then I put a hefty amount of hot glue on the ribbon. 

Then glue the ribbon end to the rest of the ribbon, and I lined the edges up so it looked seamless. 

And ta- da, there you have a beautiful winter wreath!

Like I said before, I was able to get all the supplies at the Overstocks Crafts 2000 store at 75% off the lowest prices. So I was able to create this wreath for a great price, unless you have this awesome opportunity near you, I would suggest looking for these items, or similar items to make it your own after Christmas when stores are offering huge savings on Christmas items.

I scored the 16 inch snow/grapevine wreath for $2.18

A package of 5 6.5 inch Gold Glittered Snowflakes for $.35

A package of 10 4 inch Gold Glittered Snowflakes for  $.35

Two bunches of holly berries for $.24 each

And a 5 yard roll of 3/8 inch gold ribbon for $.26

So all in, for my wreath, $3.62!

Definitely sad that Overstocks Crafts 2000 is closing, but super excited to be able to do so many crafts and not feel like I broke the bank!

Thrifty, crafty and cute, that's the way I like it! :)