I had been wanting a simple berry wreath for my old vintage window but I couldn't find anything for less than 30$. Even supplies to make one was more than I wanted to spend. Until I stumbled across the floral section at the Dollar Tree. They had the perfect little berry stems for 1$ each in red, white, green, lavender, or orange. They only had 4 white and 1 green so I took what I could. I also purchased a 1$ ivy vine and used it to make the form and used the leaves as a base.
First I pulled the leaves off the vine and glued them on the wreath form. Because I used the ivy as my wreath form it was a bit smaller than most wreaths but perfect for my project. You could use any wreath you want.
I randomly glued the ivy leaves down then glued down the leaves that came on the berry stems. Eli loved "picking" the leaves off for me.
At this point I got hooked and didn't stop for a picture. Basically I did a big blob of glue and glued down one little individual berry stem. I did one at a time around jn a circle tucking in extra ones where it was sparse. I trimmed off the little plastic stem end and it was ready to hang!!
Sorry again for the terrible phone pictures!!
did you say you got your camera fixed for 10 bucks or something amazing? have they held it as ransom until you pay the bill or what? how about using it once in a while?! seriously it was astounding to me of how you used $6 worth off stuff and made a very cool wreath. that vintage window and shelf are such a versatile thing to have in your entry and this wreath will transition right into spring... nice work crafty lady (and good glue gun work and thanks to your berry picking little helper too)
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