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Garden Sanity by Pet Scribbles

How to make a Beautiful Summer Wreath from a Christmas Wreath!

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July 12, 2017 By Laura 10 Comments

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My challenge? How to make a beautiful Summer wreath from a Christmas wreath. Challenge accepted! What a great way to use your faux evergreen wreaths year-round!

How to make a Beautiful Summer Wreath from a Christmas Wreath!

I’ve worked with Tree Classics before, and absolutely love the high-quality of their wreaths and garlands.

So when they asked me to participate in this week’s Blog Hop, I jumped at the opportunity!

My challenge?

Design a traditional Christmas wreath for another season.

I chose Summertime because…it’s Summer!

How to make a Beautiful Summer Wreath from a Christmas Wreath!

FTC Disclaimer: Very special thanks to Tree Classics for sponsoring this post! Please note that my posts and product reviews are 100% honest. I wouldn’t share anything with you here on Pet Scribbles that I don’t already use myself, or have personally tried myself. I have to love it to share it, and potential sponsors know this at the start of our agreement!

Just so you know too!

Traditional Evergreen Wreath

Right out of the box — literally — the Lake Forest Fir Wreath is almost perfect already…just needs a bit of fluffing up!

How to make a Beautiful Summer Wreath from a Christmas Wreath!

You’ll notice a small battery pack attached to the wreath. (below left) Each wreath comes with several extra lightbulbs and instructions. (below right) I keep these in their wreath storage bags, so I always know where the extra bulbs are. (More on the storage bags in a bit.)

How to make a Beautiful Summer Wreath from a Christmas Wreath!

The wreath is pre-strung with clear LED lights, which run on 3 AA batteries. Simply use a small screwdriver to loosen up the four screws holding the battery pack lid, add the batteries, and screw the lid back on. There’s a bit of cord attached to the battery pack which makes it easy to put it where you want it, and where it won’t be visible.

The Lake Forest Fir Wreath is safe for indoor use and for use in covered outdoor locations.

These wreaths are put together so well, and are so durable, that I know I’ll enjoy these for years and years to come!

How to make a Beautiful Summer Wreath from a Christmas Wreath!

This Tree Classics wreath has such a realistic look to it.

Here it is all fluffed up!

How to make a Beautiful Summer Wreath from a Christmas Wreath!

I love the look of fresh evergreens in the Winter, and these wreaths really do look like fresh evergreens!

But don’t forget: our Summer gardens have evergreens in them too!

So decorating with evergreens for Summer makes sense to me.

Decorating a wreath for the Summer months should be a no-stress project.

In other words: don’t stress, just make something pretty!

I’m an avid gardener, so when I spotted these artificial Dusty Miller and Lamb’s Ear bunches in Michaels I might have gasped out loud.

How to make a Beautiful Summer Wreath from a Christmas Wreath!

What a perfect addition to the realistic-looking evergreen wreath: realistic-looking Summer garden plants!

Win-win!

Even if you just stick with greenery, there are so many variations to choose from. The muted blue-gray of these faux plants will look so pretty among the evergreen color in the wreath.

If you are familiar with Dusty Miller plants or Lamb’s Ears, their leaves are adorably fuzzy. Michaels captured this quality so well:

How to make a Beautiful Summer Wreath from a Christmas Wreath!

I used pliers to cut the bunches into various stems to stick into the wreath.

How to make a Beautiful Summer Wreath from a Christmas Wreath!

I also purchased an artificial floral bouquet from Michael’s and used pliers to cut it apart as well.

How to make a Beautiful Summer Wreath from a Christmas Wreath!

I save everything. And these leftover ugly stems will be put to good use at some point, in some craft or DIY project!

How to make a Beautiful Summer Wreath from a Christmas Wreath!

After sticking and arranging and moving and positioning, here is my Summer wreath!

How to make a Beautiful Summer Wreath from a Christmas Wreath!

Isn’t it pretty?

Doesn’t look like a Christmas wreath at all!

How to make a Beautiful Summer Wreath from a Christmas Wreath!

The faux flowers and greenery — well, the blue-gray-greenery — is so striking against the evergreen branches!

How to make a Beautiful Summer Wreath from a Christmas Wreath!

And don’t forget the lights!

Such a pretty effect, especially when dusk falls!

How to make a Beautiful Summer Wreath from a Christmas Wreath!

Here’s a shot so you can better see the top of the wreath . . .

How to make a Beautiful Summer Wreath from a Christmas Wreath!

This Summer wreath was easy to put together, and easy to match with our decor!

How to make a Beautiful Summer Wreath from a Christmas Wreath!

I decorated another wreath — and this one I purposely did in a super-easy way to show you that it takes little time to transform a Christmas wreath!

For this next Summer wreath, I purchased five feather picks.

Each pick is an interesting mix of pheasant feathers, peacock feathers, and other bird feathers.

How to make a Beautiful Summer Wreath from a Christmas Wreath!

Here’s a close-up so that you can see all of the different colors when the light hits them. I love the browns, as well as the dark teal shades.

How to make a Beautiful Summer Wreath from a Christmas Wreath!

This wreath is even simpler to create, as I placed the feather picks in the wreath so they were evenly spaced apart.

That’s it!

How to make a Beautiful Summer Wreath from a Christmas Wreath!

I love the fun mix of textures with the soft feathers among the evergreen needles!

How to make a Beautiful Summer Wreath from a Christmas Wreath!

I plan on using this wreath in August and early September as an easy transition between the seasons!

How to make a Beautiful Summer Wreath from a Christmas Wreath!

Storage Bags made just for wreaths!

I love the Tree Classics Wreath Bags, which make storing your wreaths truly a no-brainer!

I wrote a detailed post about these wreath bags back in January, which you can click here to read.

Tree Classics Wreath Bag

These bags are 36″ in diameter, nice and roomy!

The best feature is the hanger, which has two heavy-duty hooks (see the arrows, below).

These hooks can attach to the back of your wreath. Then just hang it up to store!

Tree Classics Wreath Bag

No more smashed wreaths!

And these bags are on sale right now too. Worth every penny, as you’ll use these sturdy, padded bags forever!

Giveaway Time!

Tree Classic Summer 2017 Giveaway

Tree Classics is having a fun giveaway through July 16th!

Share your year-round wreath and garland decorating ideas by commenting on the Tree Classics Facebook page.

Your wreath doesn’t have to be for Summer, like I created. It can be for any other holiday, celebration or season of the year!

Make sure to use the hashtag #HolidayGreeneryforAllSeasons.

So think outside the box — or rather outside the Christmas season — and create something fun!

You can do this!

How to make a Beautiful Summer Wreath from a Christmas Wreath!

I love how my wreaths turned out!

And you’d never know they started out as Christmas wreaths!

Check out Tree Classics!

Click over to Tree Classics to see their full line of evergreen wreaths!

And visit the Tree Classics Blog for decorating inspiration year-round — including this week’s blog hop!

How to make a Beautiful Summer Wreath from a Christmas Wreath!

Happy crafting!

~Laura

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  1. Angelina @ Peonies & Orange Blossoms

    July 12, 2017 at 1:25 pm

    Laura, your wreaths look great!! I love both of them – the feather one would also work so well for the Fall! So happy to join you with the blog hop! Angelina @ Peonies & Orange Blossoms

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    • Laura

      July 13, 2017 at 12:59 pm

      Thanks SO much Angelina! Yes, I might end up keeping the feather wreath up longer than just mid-September! Can’t wait to see what you create this week!

      Reply
  2. Susie @The Chelsea project

    July 13, 2017 at 6:55 am

    Hi Laura,
    I’m loving your wreaths for this challenge. I will be copying the one with the feathers for Fall. It’s simply fabulous! So honored to share this challenge with you and your awesome ideas! Susie @ The Chelsea Project

    Reply
    • Laura

      July 13, 2017 at 1:00 pm

      Awwww, thanks Susie! And I’m going to copy your garland-in-a-basket! So pretty!

      Reply
  3. linda smith

    July 13, 2017 at 4:28 pm

    This is amazing! LOVE the wreath transformation!

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    • Laura

      August 2, 2017 at 10:43 am

      Thanks so much Linda!

      Reply
  4. Wendy R.

    July 14, 2017 at 2:29 am

    So very classy!!

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    • Laura

      August 2, 2017 at 10:45 am

      Why thank you Wendy! 🙂

      Reply
  5. Mary Beth

    July 16, 2017 at 10:56 pm

    Your wreath turned out beautifully, Laura!

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  6. Jennifer Essad

    July 16, 2017 at 11:11 pm

    having a wonderfully crafted Wreath from Tree Classics offers us the best “base” to start our decorating. I have to say the battery operated and timing of the lights is really the only way to go

    Reply

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