It's Hip to be Square

Today I buried an old friend.

A friend that has endured sunny days and rough storms.

It was with great sadness that I had to say goodbye....

to my old wreath.

She was a faithful wreath form..

sitting all alone on the clearance aisle at Michael's

I brought her home and made her mind.

She was hardworking and never complained.

She endured whatever came with grace

and then one day....

She started to fall apart.

I don't know why.

Perhaps it was the stress from the demands of her job...

greeting people and standing at the entrance of my humble abode.

Maybe she was just starting to feel her age

as her joints and limbs started to give way.

Mr. M laughed at her...and at me

as I bandaged her up on many occasions.

Alas, the day came when she could no longer be repaired

and I was forced to say "adieu."

I decided to pay homage to my dear wreath form

and create another sqaure in her memory.

I used natural vine garland,

vine wrapped wire,

dowel rods,

and thin green floral wire.

I shoved my dowel rods into the garland and secured them

with the vine wire so it could all blend.

I don't advise cutting your garland until you tie in the dowel rods

or you might come up short.

This is a close up of the back of the wreathform that I made.

It's not very pretty but it won't be seen anyway.

Once I had my form made, I started adding the boxwood

from the first wreath by tying it on with the thin

floral wire.

I preferred the single  wire stems as I didn't feel like cutting wire every few feet.

In little over an hour, I had a new square wreath

for my door.

As you can see I wanted a very full wreath

so I just kept going around the form with my boxwood

until I had a thickness that I was happy with.

The lushness of the wreath against my horse bit

wreath hanger that I purchased from Margo

is simply stunning on my door.

I hope that my old friend can rest in peace now

as I have a great love in my heart for all things

square because of her.