I had made the burgundy poinsettia wreath a few years ago, and this year I was inspired to make and embellish other Christmas wreaths.  The feather Believe wreath was just a bit of an embellishment.  I bought the white feather wreath at the after-Christmas sale at Target last year.  I had intentions of using it on our front door for winter, but it looked too stark on the brown door, and Bob vetoed it (I do give him that power 😉 ) So, it sat in my stash of décor items and this year for Christmas I really wanted to use it, but thought it needed something extra.  On Black Friday, I bought these wooden Believe letters at Michael’s.  I don’t even remember what they cost, but it wasn’t much, and they were exactly what I had pictured in my mind.

All I did to the letters was apply a coat of Blizzard White chalk paint and allowed it to dry. Then, I wanted the letters to sparkle a bit, but didn’t want it to be too much.  So, I applied a coat of sparkle Mod Podge.  It worked perfectly.  The letters sparkle without being overwhelming.  To get the letters on the wreath, I just forced them into the form, no glue, nothing.  It was so simple, and I’ll be able to remove it anytime I want.  The pretty wreath is hanging in my craft room so that I get to enjoy it regularly.

The real DIY Christmas Wreath this year was the one with the white poinsettias.  I had the white grapevine wreath from one of my thrifting adventures.  Then, I just bought some supplies at Michael’s while all of the Christmas flowers and picks were 50% off.

When, I started I thought I was going to use the red and white poinsettias, but I didn’t in the end.  However, it is still subject to change.  For now, it is just the white ones. I started with the berry greenery.  I used the wire cutters to cut all the stems from the group and then each stem I cut into 3 or 4 pieces as shown below – full stem on the left with the equivalent pieces on the right.

I took the stems and just started stuffing them into the grapevine wreath.

Then, I just kept adding to fill the whole way around the wreath.

After the berry greenery branches, I added the white poinsettias.

Next was the pine pieces, but first I detached them from the stem.  These, I just pulled off the stem, no wire cutters needed.

Then, I stuffed the pine pieces into the wreath.

I just tried to fill in the gaps to make it look more full.

At this point, I called it done and hung it on the front door.

The nice part about the white poinsettia is that it stands out on our brown door.  But, like I  said, I’m still debating adding the red poinsettias in too.  Stay tuned…I’ll decide by the time I share our whole house decked out for Christmas.

I used the same DIY concept for the burgundy wreath, but I don’t have the step-by-step pictures since I made it before I started blogging.  This wreath started with  a pine wreath form.  Then, I added poinsettias one year and called it good for a few years.  Last year, I thought it needed more, so I stuffed in some other picks to give I a bit more color and dimension.  Bob still likes this wreath the best of the bunch, and I think I agree with him.

What do you think…which wreath is your favorite?

Today’s post is part of That’s What {Che} Said’s 25 Days of Christmas Series.  Check out the series here – there are tons of great ideas from Cheryl and the other participating bloggers.