DIY: Easy Christmas Wreath

I've kind of finally got myself together, I'll post more on that next week because it's awesome and I want everyone to feel the piece of mind that I do, and I've actually got a wreath on my door, for the first time ever.  I have to say that I personally love it.  It makes me so happy to have a greeting for anyone who comes over.  I made this one so that everything can be easily removed and I can reuse the wreath.  Everything I used I already had on hand but you could make this for under $15 including the wreath.  I'm cheap like that!

The wreath is a basic wood one from Hobby Lobby (I used a 40% off coupon so it was around $4).  I had two packages of no break bulbs that I had got from Wal-mart on clearance last year, they only started out $1 each so I'm guessing I picked them up for $.50 each.  I also had clearance ribbon that started out $4.  I glued together the two pine cones (from my backyard) and glued the love birds to them (maybe $3 or $4 full price at Hobby Lobby.)

I wrapped the ribbon around it and used craft wire to attach the bulbs and pine cones.  Simple but pretty.  The pine cones and birds are also used in my kitchen window which kind of ties the house together.  It took me about 20 minutes to assemble.  Also I put the wreath on the door holder and hung it from the back of a kitchen chair.  Then I just sat in the floor with my "helpers" and attached everything.  It made it easy to access the back when I pushed the craft wire through.  So go and whip up a wreath!