When I had Easter Eggs still hanging on my front door in July, I figured it was time to make a new wreath. I thought up this colorful, french-braid that would be simple and inexpensive to make (and wouldn’t only work in one season!) Didn’t it turn out cute? Not only do I love it on my front door, but I thought it would be the perfect housewarming gift for friends and family settling in to new homes. Nothing says “Welcome Home” like a cheerful wreath. I share the step-by-step tutorial and free printable gift tag today over at Design Mom. Check it out!
*funny story: After I finished this tutorial, I thought it would be so cool to take a bunch of photos of this wreath hanging on different doors. I couldn’t quite figure out how to do it, but one day I just packed it into the car, strapped the boys into their car seats, and headed into Old Town where the houses are cute…and really close together. I scouted out a door that had a wreath already hanging, so I knew there was a nail. Leaving the car running on the curb, A/C blasting and windows wide open to be able to hear the boys chatter, I knocked at the first house. Waited. No answer. I quickly took the wreath from the door, put mine on, ran back a few feet, snapped a photo, then replaced the original wreath and hopped back into the car. Whew! Next door, same scenario. I guess everyone living in Old Town works on weekday afternoons. After two non-answers, I stopped knocking and just whipped through the switcharoo, photo, and left everything as before. In about 20 minutes I had all the photos I wanted, still-happy kids, and a funny story to boot. Sometimes, you have to just make it work!
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Hahahaha random wreath switching is so innovative… and hilarious!! Old Town is adorable. Georgetown area would have also been a good place for wreath switching (if you ever need new door photo-ops
) I’ve been following your blog since the start of the summer, and I love all your tutorials. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Kate! It was pretty funny…I’m sure some neighbors were a little confused! Thank you for your nice compliment! I’m happy to have you reading along! xo
LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!! Almost as much as I love your new about me picture!
Love this, Miranda! I’m excited to look through your old blog posts when Emma goes down for a nap. I’ll have to make popcorn; it might take a couple hours
Thanks so much Kim! I hope you enjoy browsing the archives:)
This is great–definitely up my alley, and I’m pretty picky when it comes to wreaths. The things we do in the name of a good picture!
Right?! It was hilarious.
So lovely. Please share the paint color of your blue door. Is that your door? Wanting to paint my front door a pretty blue. And that’s it!!! Thanks in advance.
Thank you Val! That photo of the pretty blue door is actually my good friend’s home. I’ll ask the color for you!
I live in a small apartment, and though I have been fearless about painting the interior walls, I think the front door might be a bit more than the management would overlook!
I love it! I haven’t crafted in a while and wasn’t able to quite follow what I needed to do. I couldn’t make it pretty like yours.
Can I ask you some advice in the hopes I can make it happen?
Are the strips sewn together end to end, or are they loose? It looks like the edges have little threads sticking out; on yours it looks pretty, but on mine it looks messy! Maybe my fabric was too thin, because at some parts, especially with really light fabric, you can see through to the wreath underneath or other fabrics that are under it. Is there something between the fabric and the wreath itself? Mine looked sort of flat and yours looks puffier. I printed the instructions in black and white and it was hard to tell which fabric was which in the tutorial. I do love it and will keep trying; any advice would be appreciated!