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DIY SPRING WREATH

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Are you looking for a creative wreath?

I’m sharing a DIY wreath for spring using a vintage oval picture frame.

It may be February but I’m ready for spring and I needed something fresh for my front door.

I’ve had these vintage wooden frames for years. I found them at a thrift store and they held portraits of children.

The names are still on the back written in pencil. One was Peter and the other Charlotte. If they had last names I could have done research on them.

I have one intact still, minus a few holes.

NAME IN PENCIL AND PRICE
CHARLOTTE

I loved everything about them, especially the price but they didn’t fit into my decor so they’ve been in a box in the attic.

The shape is lovely so I thought I’d create a spring wreath with it.

Moss, birds nests and buds are the things I wanted to incorporate into my wreath.

Not a huge fan of faux flowers but sometimes you just have to go with the flow.

I found these adorable buds at JoAnn’s on sale for less than $5.

DIY SPRING WREATH

I already had a small birds nest that would be perfect.

MAKING THE WREATH

I started by painting the frame. The frame did not have glass so I would be attaching my items to the bottom of the frame.

DRY BRUSHING THE FRAME FOR THE SPRING WREATH

I chose an off white paint and dry brushed it onto the frame. I used Dixie Belle Chalk Mineral Paint in Drop Cloth.

After it was painted, I used a sanding block to distress it just a little bit so the dark wood showed through.

DISTRESSING THE FRAME

Next I gathered my moss, birds nest and flowers. Pussy willows for the win. I never see them anymore but we had a tree in our backyard growing up and they always were a sign of spring to me.

Spanish moss filled out the bottom of the frame and I attached it with hot glue. Gorilla glue sticks, are my go to, they work the best.

Then I added my sprigs of pussy willow across the frame and secured them with glue as well.

ADDING PUSSY WILLOW BRANCHES TO WREATH

Next I attached my birds nest on top of the Spanish moss and covering the base of the pussy willow.

ADDING THE BIRD’S NEST

Lastly I attached twine to the back of the wooden frame with a heavy duty staple gun.

This is an easy and quick DIY Wreath, perfect for spring and easily changed up for other seasons.

DISPLAYING MY DIY SPRING WREATH

This looks so cute in many different spaces, the front door, my vintage shutter, and on my vintage armoire.

FRONT DOOR
VINTAGE SHUTTER
vintage frame wreath
ARMOIRE

Next time you are thrifting, hunt for a thick frame, even square would work, I’ve seen some cute wreaths on Pinterest in square frames.

OLD AND NEW

I think this would look really pretty in a green or grey color also, I might try the second picture in that color and mix up the flowers a bit.

MORE OPTIONS

For more spring wreath inspiration, click here.

If you wanted to add items to a frame but not hide the bottom, I would staple on a piece of cardboard to the back and use that to glue my items on. That way you could cover the cardboard up with moss or your birds nest and branches but you could see the entire frame.

If you had glass in the frame, you could glue your items to that. I did not have glass so I glued my items to the bottom of the frame.

To see what I did with second frame, click here.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR STOPPING BY! ARE YOU BEGINNING TO DECORATE FOR SPRING?

XO, REGINA

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  1. Leslie Watkins says

    Oh, how I love this!! Bird nests are always my favorite. I love how you have designed it on the frame. Gorgeous!

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  6. Kerryanne says

    Regina, this really is such a sweet wreath for spring.
    Thanks you for sharing it at Create, Bake, Grow & Gather this week. I’m delighted to be featuring your DIY spring wreath at Friday’s party and pinning too.
    Hugs,
    Kerryanne

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  7. Renae says

    I love these Ideas! You are incredibly talented. I would love it if you would share this on The Fabulous Friday Link Party. You can find the link on my website. Hugs to you.

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  8. Aria says

    This is cute! Elegant and pretty, I like that it can be shown off in different places. The Salmon door color is gorgeous too

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  11. Jean | Delightful Repast says

    Regina, I love this–it had to be my first visit on the link party! I still have a wreath I made back in the day, despite never having been much of a crafter. It looks a bit “dated,” as they say. This gorgeous wreath looks so current, and the “faux flowers” you are not a huge fan of look fabulous.

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  15. Cecilia says

    Hi Regina, just dropping by to let you know I’ll be featuring your pretty wreath tomorrow for Feature Friday! Blessings, Cecilia @My Thrift Store Addiction

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  16. Sue Sanders says

    Not crazy about the project’s result, but as it happens I have a couple of frames almost identical to those. Over the years, I’ve collected digital prints numbering around 500 and will find two that go well together. About the finish on the frames themselves, I don’t know yet. Hubby gave me a palette of colors in spray paint and I have some craft paint for accent. Before the summer is over, maybe I’ll have another creation from the same basic material. Cheers, m’dear. Sue

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  18. Nancy says

    Those pictures were mass produced back in the day. When I was a kid everyone had them. So much better now. Very pretty.

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