This is part II of “Items that I should have just bought on Etsy but thought they were outrageously expensive until we spent literally double on the supplies plus a full month of occasional labor waiting for a miniature snowy owl to arrive from Arizona lost in the great USPS holiday shipping zoo of 2020, spray painting, snow flocking, gluing, sealing, and drying a wreath.”
In the spirit of transparency (and justification), the end result of our wreath is 6” larger than the one that inspired me on Etsy, and we added an owl and the small stack of tree stumps that were not on the Etsy wreath. These alone add a lot of dimension, visual interest, and elevate it to a more unique winter landscape look. Also, the snow on the inspiration wreath was just implied with a blanket of white glittery fabric draped around the bottom and sides of the wreath, whereas we chose to go the flocked snow route for a little more realistic look. I also like that this was yet another project that we built together during this pandemic era. It’s been neat to have the bandwidth to fill out our home with projects we’ve designed and built together that are one-of-a-kind and uniquely “us.” I’m also pleased to have a seasonal wreath I can keep up December-March that isn’t Christmas or holiday specific, as most winter wreaths tend to fall in the overtly Christmasy category and look a little misplaced after December 25th (I say this as every single one of our interior Christmas decorations is still up on January 28th and won’t be going anywhere until this weekend).
With the near constant blustery wind, snowfall, and bitter temperatures we’ve been having for the past week or so, this winterscape wreath has been timely and adds a welcome dash of winter warmth to our porch.
