Shut the Front Door! Okay, the Shed Door.

I thought I'd take a break from posting about quilts (besides, do you know how long a quilt takes to put together?  You'd only hear from me every few months or so!).

I'm always looking for fun and creative ideas for wreaths and such.  While I find wreaths made from the traditional flowers beautiful they don't really fit in with our  decor.  My friend Renee posted an idea on Facebook for a wreath using a hose, some flowers,  ribbon and a pair of garden gloves.  I thought it was a great idea and ran out that very afternoon to pick up what I needed (and raided my crafting stash - amazing what I can find on hand).  While I did buy a new hose you could certainly clean up an old hose that has a hole or two in it.  I did utilize the twist ties from the new hose to attach the flowers to the wreath and changed things up a bit from the original photo by adding a bird and garden tools.

The wreath gives a pop of color and whimsy to an otherwise plain shed door. 

Here is what you need if you'd like to make one for your door:

- 8 Foot Garden Hose
- Wire To Attach Items
- Wire Cutters (just remember to return them to the place you found them in the garage)
- A bunch of Artificial Flowers
- Ribbon (For Hanging & Bow - it also helped to attach items and hide wire)
- Decorative Items (I used garden gloves, garden tools and a bird)

Directions:

Wrap the hose to the desired size (if you purchased a new hose use the ties it came with to tie together to hold size.

Attach flowers next then add the garden tools and gloves (again, you can use one of the twist ties from the hew hose).

Trim up the wires.

Tie a bit of the ribbon around the tools and gloves in order to hide the wire.

Make a bow and attach on top of the ribbon (I used a large floral pin).

Attach the bird (or whatever you like to hose).  This helps to balance things out.

Finally, take a length of ribbon and create a loop at the top in order to hang.

There you go!