I have done my fair share of Dollar Tree tulip wreaths... But I'd have to say this is my best one yet!
Wwwaaaayyy back in the day, when I first started blogging, I created this little beauty in 2013.
Then back in the spring of 2020, I made this white tulip wreath.
And would you believe, I still have them...
The grapevine form is from a wreath that was falling apart. I ripped out threw away all of the stems from it.
So, I was thinking... maybe I could layer 2 of the wreaths?
That actually worked better than I thought! So, I flipped it over and wired the two together. The second photo is a close up of wiring. I just used thin floral wire.
Now it was time to fill in the grapevine wreath. I tore off the white tulips from the little wreath. I had a few other tulips in my flower bin, but I definitely needed more. I want this wreath to be very full and full of tulips!
I went to the Dollar Tree to pick up some more tulips. This wreath is going to get beat down with sun, so I don't want to spend a ton of $$ on it. I purchased 7 more bunches. Each bunch has 5 tulips. I didn't end up using every single one, but it I only had a few left.
Of course, by now we all know that the Dollar Tree isn't a dollar any more. Each bunch was $1.75, but I felt that was still pretty cheap for this project.
Here are the tulips before.... They need some steaming.
I just used my clothes steamer and dragged the flowers across. Then held them for a few seconds in the shape I wanted them as they cooled.
Here are the tulips after. They are so much better!!
I definitely noticed the quality of the tulips I purchased in 2013 vs. today.
They are much more flimsy and cheap now, but they'll work. If the tulip
wouldn't hold the shape well, I used my glue gun to "help" the petals stay
together.
The colors weren't all the same either. A simple solution... I switched out some of the tulips heads from the original wreath. It was super easy. You just pull the flower off and stick a new one back on the stem. That blended all the flowers.
I just LOVE how this came out. It looks full and looks like I spent way more $$ on it than I did. It's so colorful and springy!
This is what you see from the back. Not fantastic, but it doesn't bother me. 😊
Blessings,
Lori













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