Several months back, I was walking around an outlet shopping centre and I waddled into Bed Bath and Table. Yes, here in Oz, we don’t get to go beyond the Bed and Bath, just to the table. In saying that, Bed Bath and Table have some of the cutest and nicest holiday decorations, which I have shopped many times over the years. This particular outlet had some left over Easter decor which was reduced by 50% off. However, the prices had already been heavily marked down so when I saw that an Easter wreath would have originally cost me $39.95 and was reduced to $2.50 I absolutely had to grab myself two. All up, I bought two Easter door wreaths for a total of $5 and I was so happy that I skipped in the car park. These two wreaths sat dormant until Easter time when their destiny was to be merged into the greatest Easter door wreath I’ve ever made. It is time.

The wreaths in question are basic wired frame wreaths featuring small ‘sprays’ of Easter eggs, flowers and speckles. On it’s own, a single wreath is a little sparce which is why I planned to pull one wreath completely apart and then merge the two wreaths together. On the back of one of the wreaths, I located the end of a wire that was used to bind the whole wreath together. Without too much difficullty, I could fully unwind the wire and as I did so, the ‘sprays’ attached to the wreath became free and I was eventually left with sprays, some wire and a frame.

Originally I thought I could just use some hot glue to attach the extra sprays onto the main wreath. However, I quickly realised that the glue would be very messy so I had to quickly brainstorm. As the extra sprays were wired, I started to wrap the spray wire amongst the other wires the main wreath had. After a bit of fiddling, I managed to wrap all the extra sprays into the new wreath and it looked really lovely and full.

I could have left the wreath as it was from this point, but I knew I had a packet of small wooden bunnies which I wanted to add to the wreath for a little extra cuteness. I though that by painting the rabbits white, they would look lovely with the wreath but they in fact were too stark and contrasted a bit too much amongst the pastel tones. In hindsight, I should have just left the rabbits looking like wood, but I eventually painted them a soft cream colour and they matched the wreath perfectly. While they dried, I had a quick look around my sewing room to find any small ribbons which I thought would look cute on the bunnies. Alas, we had none so it was just time to attach the bunnies. So I wrapped some of the left over wire from disassembling the wreaths around the rabbits neck and used the extra length to wrap the wire around the wreath. Doing this, I think I also got to strengthen the wreath and it was really well held together.

With the rabbits attached, it was completely done and I couldn’t be happier. This wreath sat happily on my front door and I received so many compliments on it over the Easter season. My new Easter wreath was such a fun project and I’m so glad I could get such a hefty discount when I originally found the frames. For the last few years I have been wanting to make myself something cute for Easter (last years Easter dress still needs a zip!) and this project was just what I needed. Although this is not a tutorial or step by step guide, I really wanted to share ways to use what we have and can find in discount bins to make something really lovely that can be enjoyed for years. Currently in my garage, I have created myself a ‘Project Box’ which includes all sorts of broken items, parts of projects and crafts, as well as bits and pieces needed for future projects. These wreaths sat in my Projects Box for a few months before they were turned into a new door wreath so I’m hoping to keep chipping away at odd projects for the rest of the year.

Note: So I know Easter was about a fortnight ago but I have been quite ill and could only just post this, this week. My apologies for the delay!

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