If you've been following the Pinterest Party posts you'll know that my friends and I got together and made fall and winter wreaths. I did a fairly long, wordy, loads of pictures
post about what we did, but I did not go into how I made my own personal wreath. And of course, we have to see if it was budget friendly!
My original idea was to do a fall wreath that centered around sunflowers. I absolutely
love sunflowers and I loved all the examples I had found on Pinterest.
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I absolutely loved the reds, yellows, and oranges of all the wreaths, but what I really liked was the letter! I knew I was going to incorporate that into my own wreath somehow... |
I decided to go to Michael's and see what I could find that would live up to my expectations. The first time I went by myself and bought a vase of fake flowers that were on sale and thought that was all I needed. But when I went back to help another friend find what she wanted for her wreath, I realized that I wasn't completely happy with the supplies I bought.
Originally I had bought a small wreath from Target for $2.50 and thought that would be sufficient. I soon realized that such a tiny wreath would look ridiculous on my outside door and I needed something a little bit bigger.
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As you can see, the wreath I ended up using could be the little one's mother! I knew I needed to go bigger. As they say, bigger is always better. And while I don't always believe that is true, in this case it was! |
I also needed a few smaller flowers to balance out the larger ones as well as a letter. I also decided that I wanted cranberries wrapped around the wreath because that is something I've always loved.
I used wire to hold my flowers, cranberries, and letter in place. Some people used hot glue for theirs but I felt like the wire held everything better for me. I'm very happy with how it turned out!
Okay...let's see the cost breakdown:
Grapevine Wreath: $3.00 (originally $5 but I used a 40% off coupon)
Cranberries: $3.00 (Originally $5 but it was on sale for 40% off. I bought two)
Flowers in vase: $2.60 (original price was $12.99 but I got it at 80% off!)
Other flowers: $5.00
Wire: $0.99
Letter: $1.99
TOTAL: $19.58
I wanted to try to stay under $20 and I definitely accomplished that! It is so rewarding knowing that I got a great deal on a lot of the items I used and that I am going to be able to use the wreath for (hopefully) years to come!
Next up, a Christmas wreath! I'm already planning it out in my head and hope that it turns out just as good as my fall wreath. Maybe even better!