Thriftism

Today we turn a handful of fake flowers and a heart shaped Styrofoam blank into a welcoming heart shaped flower wreath. Assembly only takes about half an hour and the total cost is under 10 bucks.(3.97 for the wreath & 4 sets of flowers @ 0.97 each) Follow along below for an how to! Start by acquiring a Styrofoam wreath blank, we selected a heart shape for the season but a circular wreath will work too. These can be purchased at any craft store or the craft section of most big box stores. The second part you will need are some fake flowers preferably with plastic coated metal stems. The metal stems will allow the flowers to be pushed into the Styrofoam wreath with relative ease. For our wreath we selected three different colors of roses but any flower type will work a great Spring Season wreath. Begin the assembly process by cutting the flower buds off of the stems leaving about an inch of stem behind to stick the wreath with. I would s...