Winter Wreath Made From Clearance Garland

This simple winter wreath is made from clearance garland!

I don’t know about you, but I prefer to buy all of my Christmas decorations on clearance after Christmas if at all possible. Luckily, our JoAnn fabric store marked all of their decor items down to 70% off prior to Christmas. I loaded up on garland, ribbon, and more. I then stumbled upon this tutorial from The Wood Grain Cottage and knew I had to create my own winter wreath made from clearance garland.

• Foam craft wreath
• Garland of your choosing
• Hot glue gun
• Glue sticks

Winter Wreath Tutorial

Since Shayna was the brains and inspiration behind this wreath, I’ll refer you to her blog for the full tutorial. But in case you’re curious, here is the garland/swag from Hobby Lobby that I used – I chose it simply based upon which pine needles I liked best. I had to use tin snips to cut the greenery off the garland because the wire attaching it was so thick. I ended up using about one and a half swags and a 16″ foam wreath. Other than that, I followed her directions explicitly.

I decided to keep mine as simple as possible so that I could use my wreath throughout January as well. But, I can’t wait to use it next year with one of my Christmas chalkboards {seen here and here}. I love that the greens look fresh, natural and that it is so much fuller than those you can purchase in the stores.

Happy crafting! And, in case you missed my earlier announcement about 2014’s Fabric Fridays, be sure to check it out here!

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