DIY Rustic Wood Mini Signs, How to Attract Bees to Your Garden, Pretty Organization in the Laundry Room, Spring Lemon Tablescape for Mother's Day, and Flipping Thrift Store Items are this week's featured posts!
I Spy Photo Challange 15, A cereal box made into a Fabric Covered Gift Bag, The 20 Best Gardening Books for Kids, and Cake Fruit and Yogurt Parfaits are this week's featured posts!
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How to Make a Barbed Wire Wreath, both large and small!
We are new to our home here in Montana, and with so much that needed to be done, we are just now getting to do a few things we wanted to do! Fun projects like decorating the entryways and the yard. So you might be asking yourself why we would be using our time to use a nest of tangled barbed wire and turn it into a wreath?
This Barbed Wire Wreath is part of decorations along the pathway to our little home, along with a chalkboard Welcome sign, some Shasta Daisies, Rosemary, and a little pot of Chives.
What interesting or off-beat material would you make a wreath out of? As it turns out here lately, wreath-making has exploded with creativity and a fearless attitude! Resulting in some incredible decor to hang in your home or on the front door. True barbed wire might not be your chosen material for a wreath, but come see how it turned out...and why we used it!
Many years ago when my children were young, we lived in the Yakima Valley in the little community of Ahtanum. My kids attended the Ahtanum Grade School, where they learned, made friends, and if I remember correctly we even had one broken bone! Life with kids in the country is always open to new adventures, including a broken bone, or more correctly a greenstick fracture!
We lived out in the country for the freedom to roam and the peace and quiet. We had a couple of rows of concord grapes on our property, and one very lean Christmas I went outside to the grapevines and began making wreaths for Christmas gifts.
Now keep in mind, I had never drawn a perfect circle, much less tried to weave stiff grapevines into circles...
Laying there in a twisted pile, it caught my eye. Quickly my mind went back to Ahtanum and the grapevines that went towards making a happy holiday that year and I knew I needed to give this a try!
But I must tell you, barbed wire is willful! The barbs have a purpose they snag the animal when too close to the fence line and remind them to back up! And they will catch and snag on anything around you, including you!
To assemble:
Cut wire into 3 to 5-foot sections. You want the wire to be long enough to make a circle the circumference you want for size, and have enough additional wire to weave into the circle to secure it firmly.
From there, you simply pick up another piece of wire, and weave it in, stopping between pieces to adjust the shape and decide where to start the next piece of wire.
Choose a good spot to work! As I continued to weave wire pieces in, I realized that I was scratching the picnic table and moved to the tailgate of our truck...at this point I felt the shape, size, and amount of wire are good. Time to decorate it, and there were a couple of changes but finally settled on the one below.
I decided to go with a simple finish on the wreath by our front door...
This simply decorated wreath greets you at our door until we do!
Then with so much wire left, I decided to make another wreath, a large one! Originally I thought about hanging it, but in the end, I stopped weaving when I could not lift it to turn it. And honestly, it became my favorite!
This large Standing Wire Wreath greets you at the beginning of the walkway to our little apartment and was quite the labor of love. I stopped adding to it when it reached the weight I could no longer manage to lift and turn to add another strand of wire...this wreath is approximately 4 feet in diameter.
Materials used:
old fencing wire, both barbed and non-barbed
old tin roofing
old rusty plumbing parts
Tools needed:
leather gloves
tin snips
bolt cutter - trust me, you want a pair of bolt cutters NOT wire cutters!
patience, the wire is strong-willed!
Make it your own, there are no rules, except have some fun!
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Thursday, April 22, 2021
Funtastic Friday #329
A DIY Candlestick Holders tutorial, a Simple Gift Update, a Display Idea for your creations, How to Reupholster a Foot Stool, How to make a Jarcuterie Snack, Air Fryer Crispy Pickles, and a DIY Dollar Tree Easy Spring Time Wreath are this week's featured posts.
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A visit to Tim Hortons, A DIY tutorial on How to Make Tassels, Cookie Crumb Peach Cobbler, and A C2C Window Pane Throw Pillow (with free pattern!) are this week's featured posts!
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Funtastic Friday #328
BLOOM from Coastal Bohemian, Tips for Printing Graphics at Home from Comfort Spring, Easy Sonic Slushies from Mommy Hates Cooking, Maple Ricotta Flan from Confessions of an Overworked Mom, French Onion Meatball Sub from Homemade on a Weeknight, DIY Faux Brick Wall from Makable Crafts, and Quick and Easy 5 Minute Topiary from The Crowned Goat are this week's featured posts!
30 To-Do List Items to Keep Your Home in Order, DIY Dog Bone Neck Pillow, 5 Homemade Salad Dressing Recipes to Make Tonight, and a Quick and Easy Bright Floral Wreath are this week's featured posts!
Monday, April 12, 2021
Alabama Style Split Pea Soup, soup the whole family will enjoy.
Alabama Style Split Pea Soup is the easiest soup ever! Dump the ingredients into a pan, bring it to a boil, reduce to simmer, and let cook, while you do other things, like relax! You are going to want to make this soup...
Sunday, April 11, 2021
How to make A Bird Habitat from recycled/repurposed items.
This Bird Habitat has been made completely from recycled materials, free used materials, and repurposing free items posted on our local free-for-the-taking community board on social media. With the exception of bird food and suet blocks, which we always keep on hand, and a bucket of deck screws nothing was purchased for this project. From the DIY Homemade Household side of the blog!
Thursday, April 8, 2021
Funtastic Friday #327
Homemade Ranch Dressing, DIY Pin Cushion, Copycat Chick-Fil-A Frosted Lemonade, Small Yarn Balls Storage Options, How to Paint a Flowerpot to Coordinate with Your Dinnerware, and DIY Easter Carrot Banner are this week's featured posts!
Spring Cleaning for the Heart, the Best 15 Sewing YouTube Channels, Orange Pound Cake with Strawberries, and Why and How to Sift Your Compost are this week's featured posts!
Friday, April 2, 2021
Easter Celebration Menu Suggestions!
Ham is the big seller this week at the marketplace! And my guess is deviled eggs will be offered at most gatherings as well. It is not just springtime, Easter and family gatherings are in the air! We have a delicious list of suggestions to go with that ham that you will put in the oven...
Thursday, April 1, 2021
Funtastic Friday #326
Easter Bread Wreaths with Quail Eggs, Marshmallow Bunny Peeps Pudding Cups, 10 Fabulous Uses for Dandelions, Delicious Easter Puppy Chow, How to Make an Easter Village using Yard Sale Ceramic Houses, and DIY Bunny Slippers are this week's featured posts!
Vanilla Easter Egg Cupcakes, Butternut Squash Ravioli, Air Fryer Asparagus, and Homemade Plant Food, 7 Easy Fertilizer Recipes are this week's featured posts!
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