For the last couple weeks, I have been drooling over 2 wreaths that I have pinned on Pinterest. The first one was done by my friend Dinah over at DIY Inspired and the other was over at Sweet Daisy Design. When I went to Michael’s this past week, their 18″ grapevine wreaths were on sale for $1.89 (usually $5)! I couldn’t pass up that great deal, so I grabbed 3 and hoped I could make something great!
The first thing I wanted to do was spray paint my wreath. I chose Krylon’s Ivy Leaf, which is a fantastic bright green. I laid out plastic on the ground of the garage, sprayed a good first coat & let it dry. When the coat was dry, I turned it over and did the same thing on the other side. Both sides got 2 really good coats of paint, plus some touch up on spots the next morning.
The same day that I got the wreaths from Michael’s, I also found some really great decorative ribbon for 75% off! The one ribbon I bought is like a thin piece of burlap that’s been spray painted gray. I really liked the look of it & thought it would look great with the bright green wreath.
Starting on the back of the wreath, I used my handy dandy glue gun to secure the end of the ribbon. As I wound it around the wreath, I tried to 1.) overlap the ribbon so I could glue it to the ribbon below it and 2.) make sure to glue it to the bigger vines in the wreath. When I was pleased with how the ribbon looked, I glued it securely to the back of the wreath.
When all the glue was dry, I took two fabric flowers I found at Michael’s that matched my paint really well. I glued both of those onto the ribbon.
The only problem I had was figuring out how I was going to get the wreath to hang on my front screen door. I decided to take the remaining ribbon from the roll, fold it in half & secure it with the glue gun. After it was dry, I wrapped it around the top of the wreath, glued it to the wreath itself, folded it over at the top & glued it again.
Once everything was dry and secure, I had a nice loop at the top of the wreath. I passed picture hanger wire through the ribbon and was able to secure the wreath to my front screen door.
I am completely in love with my new wreath and already have another one in the works for a friend. I also love how little it cost to make:
Wreath: $1.89
Spray Paint: $2.50 ($5 for the whole can, I don’t think I used half but we’ll go with that)
Ribbon: $2 (regularly $8, but on sale for 75% off)
Fabric flowers: $4
TOTAL: $10.39!
Have you have made anything special lately? I’d love to hear about it!
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This is super cute! A while back, I had painted a grapevine wreath green then lost interest! Time to pick it up and finish it!
Thank you, Yvonne!
I like seeing these kinds of crafts out and about, it means warm weather is on the way. At least it does up here in the north. 🙂
This came out very nice!
Thanks so much, Rosey!
How cute!! Great idea! You are very crafty! I love the colors.
Awww, thanks so much, Dawn!
This is super cute!! I wish I was crafty. Even though this seems easy to do I would so mess it up. Love that you were able to do it for so little money!
Thank you so much, Stephanie!
Nice wreath! Green is my favorite color! I like how you added the burlap and the flowers. Cute!
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Thank you!
I love it especially the burlap which gives it a rustic touch! And green is my fave colour too! Great job!
Thank you so much, Veronica!
Super cute and easy. Love how you got the great deals on the supplies! You gave me some inspiration!!!
Wow, less than 11 bucks and it’s gorgeous. You really make me want to run out and make one. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Awww, thanks so much Rhonda!
cute and very unique. very creative too 🙂
Super cute! Love it!
What a cute idea 🙂 I love it! xx
Thank you Sarah!
Very nice. You got some great deals on material too.
Nice work – awesome that you got a great deal on the wreath too!
Thank you, Julia!
What a great idea. I love it and so simple. It looks very springy on your door.
Thank you so much, Kirsten!
That looks like a nice project. I was thinking that this year I want all our Christmas decorations to be home made so I’m going to bookmark this for later.
I love this. I hate those types of wreaths, but this is super cute. you have turned a hater into a lover. Thanks for sharing.
omg this is so pretty, this is a verry pretty gift, or a verry cool acsesori for the house, im gonna try to do it, i hope i get all the things in the list. x
That’s cute and couldn’t be easier. And I’m not a crafty person.
Very cute! I am looking forward to making one for my own house!
Love it! Gives your door a fresh pop of color!
Thank you, Jesi!
Really nice.. honestly I had not ever really given any thought to painting them… GREAT idea to make the wreath just what you need. Adding this to my must try list.
Thank you so much, Sherryl!
Wow, this is really neat looking. Definitely something that I must try.
I need to stop into Michaels more often for those kinds of bargains. Good looking wreath.
Thank you so much, Sarah!
How cute and so inexpensive! I am definitely going to try this out. Thank you for sharing 🙂 I love the green color too! Great for spring time which seems to be taking its sweet time to get here!
Thank you, Melanie!
this looks like a great idea, it is so cute
I love the green! I never would have thought about spray painting a wreath, but now I will! The color really make it pop.
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Thank you so much, Karla! LOVE your site so much 🙂
Oh, I love your wreath! So creative and beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing at A Bouquet of Talent this week. So thrilled to have you share with us!! Have a wonderful weekend. 🙂
Hugs
Kathy
Just pinned, too! 🙂
Thank you so much, Kathy!
Adorable! I love the idea of painting the grapevine wreath. Thanks for sharing!
Krista @thehappyhousie
Thank you, Krista!
I make grapevine wreaths all of the time my neighbor;s hate the vines so I just go chop them down. I’m not too sure if I like the painted ones tho. But For different seasons this would be a great idea.
That’s such a cute wreath, and very simple! I think I could make this, and I’m not crafty at all!
Thanks for the great tutorial.
You’re welcome, Judith! Thank you for stopping by!
See, now I just feel a bit ridiculous…I never thought of painting them! Nice tutorial!
Not ridiculous! I didn’t know either 🙂
OK, now I need to hit Hobby Lobby! I love this and it would actually fit between my two doors! The fluffy ones don’t. Thanks!!!
You’re very welcome! Mine is still hanging on my door & I still love it!
Love this, very simple but looks so elegant.
nice , light, summery and how frugal! Thanks for this, will be trying shortly
My Grandpa has bunch of grape vines. I am totally going to hit him up for some vines now. I’ve always wanted to make my own wreath. I think this will be a good first one.
I’d love to see it if you do! Making your own would be cool 🙂
That’s a really lovely look for your door! I FINALLY took down the Christmas wreath that I made (an ornament one) and now I need to put something else up in it’s place – it looks really bare!
How cute! I really like the simplicity of it; some of the ones I’ve seen on pinterest just look way too busy. This decorates the door nicely without being overly distracting. And I love that green!
Thanks so much! I keep meaning to make something new but it still makes me happy 🙂
Wow, I love this wreath! I am definitely going to have to try this craft. I would love to make a red one for the holidays.
Thanks, Addi! A red one would be great!
I have several of these wreaths that I was not sure what to do with, so thanks for the tips!
The wreath is absolutely adorable! I always see those wreaths in craft stores and never know what people would do with them; now I know!! So cheap and cute!! Will have to remember this!
Awww, thanks so much Kristin!
Love this color green. What a good idea! I think I need to try this!
This looks simple enough, even for me!! And if you don’t use all the can of paint or ribbons, you could make extras for gifts. 🙂
I love making wreaths! This turned out really cute!