My Something from Nothing Project

I've been wanting a wreath for the wall in my living room for a few weeks now.   I went to places like Hobby Lobby, craft stores and thrift shops looking for some kind of pretty wreath.  The stores wanted as much as $60-90 for pre-made wreaths!  No way!   So I decided to try my hand at making something from what I could find around here.   This afternoon I took a walk in the woods and cut some little branches off young trees by the pond, and also some pussy willow branches.   It took several tries to get things to stay together and my husband helped me hold the branches and also found some nice thin wire I could use.  I had tried with some thicker wire and just ended up giving my finger a nice metal cut.  Ouch!   Then I remembered that I had a length of paper twist in my craft room.  Not the right color exactly, but close enough.  And years ago my sister gave me some clip-on butterflies and I used them for additional decorations on the wreath.  So, here's the final result - not exactly nice and round, sort of wonky on one end, but I think it turned out pretty nice.  And best of all, the price was right - free!  It's about 20 inches in diameter and the green and white check paper twist actually blends in to look almost light blue against the blue wall. It took me 3 hours to make and I was ready to give up, but hubby told me to hang in there.  Glad I listened to him...........