This tutorial will show you how to make a beautiful Spring wreath using no hot glue, as well as a great tip to get 3-4 wreath forms from a single grapevine wreath! 

Welcome to the March installment of Thrifty Style Team, when a group of thrifty-loving blogging buddies share our ideas with you! We always come up with different, inventive ideas and you can find all the links at the end of my easy Spring wreath tutorial!


A Spring wreath is always a fun way to add some color and a breath of new life to your Spring decor! But, as I'm sure you know, they can be very pricey! So I'm here to show you how to make your own beautiful Spring wreath FOR LESS using gorgeous, beautiful blooms in that swoon-worthy blush that is all the rage this year!  You're actually going to get TWO WREATHS in this tutorial!

Before I get too excited, here are the supplies that you'll need to make one (or both) of these Spring wreaths.

Supplies:

• grapevine wreath base
• 3-5 large blush peonies(I bought these ones and these ones)
• 4 stems of small blush peonies(I bought these ones)
• 1 stem of hanging white berries, separated
• 1 eucalyptus garland from Hobby Lobby (bought at 50% off)
• 1 white rose bunch from Dollar Tree
• 1 cotton stem, separated (optional)
• 1 pkg wood rounds like these
• paddle wire
• wire snips

* these flowers can be very pricey; but they DO go on sale, especially around holidays and long weekends! Keep an eye on them (I purchased mine online, with 60% off and free in-store pickup!) And yes, I know there's a nest pick in the image below, but I didn't end up adding it to either of my wreaths 😉

How to Make a Spring Wreath

I added a single eucalyptus garland to the larger wreath, but didn't do the same on the smaller of my wreaths. You can see in the picture above that I lightly sprayed the grapevine white. Totally personal preference. Now that both wreaths are done, I do prefer the garland!

Tip: when wiring items to your wreath, try to do it in an inconspicuous area (like behind a leaf) so it's not really seen at all!


Experiment with Flower Placement
Before I started attaching florals to my wreath form, I laid them out to see how I liked them best. Normally I would recommend 3 large flowers for the center focal point, but because these dahlias are so big, I can get away with just 2.


Trim Stems
The florals I purchased are beautiful quality with long stems that needed to be shortened to work on a wreath! Once I knew where I wanted the flowers, I knew how much of the stem to cut off with the wire snips. I pulled off the large leaves from the big dahlias because I knew I wanted to use them somewhere on the wreath.


Start with Main Florals
The large dahlias are the main flowers in this wreath so I added them first. You can see how short I cut the stems. To attach them to the wreath without any glue or wire, I poked the stem down through the grapevine, and then bent the stem at the back and tucked it into the grapevine. The stems are thick enough that they held well without anything else (plus they have a thick wire center)!


Here's what it looks like from the front....so pretty already, right? In fact, you could stop right here and have a beautiful minimal Spring wreath for only about $10!! But let's keep going...


Add Complementary Florals
Next, I figured out where I wanted the small peony stems by holding them up next to the wreath. Once I decided where it look good, I did the same thing by tucking the end of the stem into the wreath, on an angle this time, rather than straight down. You can see in the middle image below how the flowers poked out from the wreath form once the stem was attached. A small piece of wire wrapped around the stem and grapevine took care of that!


I followed the same formula to tuck in the hanging white berries, although I separated each spring of berries from the main stem, and instead of hanging down, they're tucked in amongst the other flowers. I also added the leaves from the large dahlias to areas that looked a little bare.


Glue Wood Rounds
Okay, I lied! I did have to use some hot glue on this wreath! The wood rounds needed glue to stay put, but I didn't use ANY glue on the other wreath. I'll share both finishes wreaths below. Here is the finished wreath with the wood rounds. I like the little bit of rustic it adds to this Spring wreath. This one is going on my Spring decorated mantle, which I'll be sharing very soon!



And here is the larger wreath. This one also has white roses and some cotton (that I already had), and I think it feels much more shabby cottage, which is perfect because that's how I'm decorating my dining room for Spring (more to come on that!)


I'd love to know which of my DIY Spring wreaths you prefer...the larger, garland wrapped one...or the smaller one with wood rounds...please let me know in the comments below!

Be aware that while items are attached securely for indoor use, if you are going to use this wreath outside, even on your front door, you should use a more permanent and secure way to attach the elements so you don't lose anything on a windy day!! 😉

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Let's see what my fellow Thrifty Style Teams members came up with this month!




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