Alternate title: How I Got Poison Ivy at Craft Night

Last Wednesday night was craft night. We made boxwood wreaths. They are super easy to make. Like we all finished our wreaths before leaving for the night easy. (That says a lot.)

Most of us in our craft night group had previously been eyeing boxwood wreaths but their high price tags kept us away. Kim did a little Pinteresting (a verb) and found a tutorial from Liz Marie Blog for us to base our project off of.

Here’s what you’ll need:

Grapevine wreath

I had one hoarded in the basement. You can get them at Hobby Lobby (bring a coupon!) You can often find them at Salvation Army, Goodwill, etc.

A poor, unsuspecting boxwood bush

I have a few growing in front of our house but they weren’t quite ready for mutilation yet. Luckily Nici had a few that wanted murdered, I mean trimmed.

Optional: burlap ribbon for a bow

Start by butchering the boxwood. We mainly cut long pieces. We ended up trimming some down as we went along.

Shove the cut pieces into the grapevine wreath until it looks pretty. This should take approximately 5 minutes.

Fluff/prune for the next 15 minutes to make yourself feel like this project was actually a challenge.

Make Kim tie a burlap bow for you beings she embarrassed you by wearing the same shirt.

Hang it up the next day!

And then itch your feet off. I somehow managed to get into poison ivy. This summer is the first time I have gotten it. Not cool. Beware. Craft night is dangerous.

Check out previous wreaths from the Decor and the Dog vault: Quirky Owl Wreath, Candy Corn Wreath, Whispy Ornament Wreath, Yarn Wreath

Have you had your eye on boxwood wreaths? Any great ideas for our next craft night? Preferably something inside. ;)