Two wreaths for spring !

You know how much I love wreaths and I often find  a good excuse to make yet another one! Spring and Easter sound like a good excuse to me! What do you think? Well, I’m sure you agree!

Today I’ll share with you two wreaths, inspired by the beauty of the natural world at spring!

I bought this polystyrene wreath some weeks ago and I was waiting for the right time   to get creative with it! The right time was yesterday.

 I used   the patterns from three different paper napkins .I loved these red hens , the beige and white stripes , the little hearts and birds. For this wreath , I I used one of my favourite craft techniques  : decoupage. I finished it off with two coats of varnish to make it look more shiny and time resistant! 

The glue and varnish I use are special products ,  used for decoupage and you can find them at all art   and crafts shops . This is an easy technique that gives you ideal results at almost no time and with just  a little effort.     

The second wreath , I’m sharing with you today was made two years ago. This wreath is the ‘house’ of a cute , little  bird I made using some favourite pieces of fabric I had at home .

I quite like this  critter. It is sweet and seems happy  J!

I  hang the bird from the wreath using some ‘ribbons’ made from the same fabric as the bird and added a small bunch of fresh lavender  to give some colour and its delicate smell to my wreath. The lavender has dried out but it still has some smell and I adore its colour and presence. I love lavender! 

I hope I’ve inspired you to make your own spring wreaths and enjoy them  not only in spring time , but all year round!

To those of us who celebrate Easter this Sunday, Happy Easter ! The weather today was wintry but they say Easter Sunday will be sunny and  quite warm.

Till next time, my love to you all,

Tina   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx