It’s close enough to spring to begin thinking of warm, sunny days, blooming flowers and vibrant colors! Even though we’re still in the midst of chilly February days, I’m ready to dress my front door in spring time colors. With St. Patrick’s Day only a few weeks away, it’s a great time to brighten up my decor.
When I decided to make a St Patrick’s Day wreath, I thought I would use the traditional shamrock decor pieces for it. I bought several wooden shamrocks to use. But, when I started putting the wreath together, something just wasn’t working. I also bought some jeweled flower stems that I wanted to use. Those combined with the shamrocks just made the wreath look too cluttered. I put the shamrocks aside and decided to let the green ribbon and the jewel stems give the wreath a St Patrick’s Day feel.
After that decision was made, I ran into a problem. Clearly, I didn’t plan ahead well enough before I started making this wreath. I wrapped the ribbon around a straw wreath and then this happened.
Yeah, I ran out of ribbon before I ran out of wreath! Now, I could have put the project on hold until I made a trip back to JoAnns to get more ribbon, but that would have been too easy! Plus, I wanted to finish the wreath this morning. I pulled the flowers from their stems and began placing them over the empty spot on the wreath. I didn’t want to make it look too crowded, but I thought I could cover the spot well.
I continued to place the flowers onto the wreath using pins to attach them to see how it would look. Once I had the empty space filled, I used hot glue to secure the flowers in place.
I added the jewel stems with hot glue. I used a piece of burlap with gold specks to make a loop for hanging. For the bow, I reused the same one I made for my Valentine’s Day Wreath. I just replaced the red button with this green one. The bow is pinned onto the wreath with pearl head pins.
While there are no shamrocks or witty Irish quotes, I’m loving how bright and cheery my St. Patrick’s Day Wreath turned out.
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Now, my front door is ready for early spring!
Materials Used:
Straw Wreath Form
Flower Stems
Green Plaid Wired Ribbon
Jeweled Flower Stems
Burlap Ribbon
Button
Pearl Head Pins
Hot Glue
Do you do much decorating for St Patrick’s Day?
We’ll be sharing at lots of these great parties.
Beverly, Your wreath is gorgeous! Love the touch of spring flowers combined with the St. Patrick’s Day Colors. I truly think this wreath will go beyond St. Patrick’s Day! I really love it. Shared all over 🙂
Thank you, Laurie!I’m thinking if I get lazy and don’t make a new spring wreath timely, this one can stay up! Thanks so much for the shares!
This is just as sweet as it can be. Found you over on Butterscoth.
Thank you, Joy!
this was really cute and I loved the little coloured “4 leaf clovers” to brighten it up! I hope you enjoy your St Pats day. Thanks for sharing at our #OTM link up ~ Leanne 🙂
Thank you, Leanne. I liked those, too. Thanks for hosting a great party.
Really lovely, I love the jewelled stems to add a little pizazz.
Thank you, Kathleen. I think those jeweled stems really make the wreath pop, too.
beautiful wreath – perfect for spring and St. Paddy’s day! I love green and I am Irish, so I might leave it up all year 🙂
Thank you! I think I’m going to leave it up for a while after St Patrick’s Day until I make a new one for spring this year.
Thanks for linking your post up at Family Joy Blog Link Up Parties. Have a wonderful week.
Thanks for hosting and for stopping by. Hope you have a great week, too.
This is a super cool wreath. I love the color scheme and the flowers!
Thanks, Sherry! I enjoyed putting this one together.
Love this wreath! Thanks for linking up at Merry Monday!
Thank you, Sara. I always enjoy Merry Monday.
I love this pretty St. Patricks Day wreath you made Beverly.
TFS this at Cooking and Crafting with J & J.
Thanks so much, Julie and thanks for the party!
I would call that a happy mistake! Your wreath is darling! Thanks for sharing with us on Throwback Thursday!!
Mollie
Thanks, Mollie, it did turn out ok in the end. Thanks for the great party each week!
Oh this is so pretty! 🙂
Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!
Thanks, Jess! Thanks for the party each week!
What an adorable wreath! I love how all these different elements came together. Thanks for linking up for Friday Favorites. I’m featuring you this week.
Thank you, Jeri! I appreciate the feature and the great party each week!
I love the way you filled in the missing ribbon with the flowers! I would never have thought to do that, and the incomplete project would still be waiting for me to go back to Joanne’s for more ribbon! This is such a cheery wreath!
I knew if I didn’t finish it, I’d probably do that same thing! Thank you!
This is so festive and pretty, I love the sparkly butterflies! Thanks for sharing at What’d You Do This Weekend?
Thanks, Joy! Thanks for the party!
Hi Beverly, I love this pretty wreath and I featured it at our Monday Cooking and Crafting with J & J. Thanks and we hope to see you again. Enjoy the week.
Julie
Thank you, Julie and thanks so much for the feature! I’ll be sure to pop over today for the party. Hope you have a lovely day!
Love your spring wreath. The colors and the flowers are so perfect for the season. We are still experiencing spring-like weather here in Atlanta but it is supposed to be down to freezing tonight.
Thank you, Sharon. I love those colors, too. We are breaking records in Charleston. No freezing in our forecast. Hope you’re having a lovely weekend.
Gorgeous wreath Beverly. Great idea to add the flowers when you ran out of ribbon. Isn’t is just so irritating when that happens, grrrr. Hope you have a lovely St Paddy’s day and that Spring comes soon
Thank you, Michelle! Adding the flowers was an easy way to improvise! Hope you’re having a great weekend.