I think I’ve told this story before, but when I was a kid, there was a house on a corner on the way into town. It was a lovely brick farmhouse, and the door was fairly close to the road. The lady who lived there always had a beautiful big wreath on the door – a new one for every month.

We’d drive that route frequently, and as a kid, I dreamed of having my own door where I could hang a pretty wreath every month.

Over the years, I’ve slowly been creating my own collection. I have a Hallowe’en Monster wreath, a Christmas wreath, and the Easter wreath I made last year.

It was time to add to the collection. I had some of the things I needed to make two wreaths – one for January and one for February. But I really needed some silk flowers. So Saturday night, Dave and I made a stop at Michaels.

The January wreath was inspired by these little guys.

I picked them up from the dollar store the year we moved here, as well as the rope wreath form. Both have been sitting, waiting for the right floral accents to make it a wreath.

January is a tricky month for wreath creating… how do you make it winter… but not Christmas?

Well… I attempted it with some twigs and pussywillows. The pussywillows are frequently peeking out here in January so I think it’s appropriate. For the green, I opted for a little bit of lavender foliage. Lavender isn’t exactly an evergreen plant here, but it does keep it’s structure and leaves throughout the winter, even if they are a little dead.

I hung it on my door just to get an idea of how it would look, and I’m pleased. Now it’s safely tucked away for next January.

Next… it was on to February…

I’d picked up this wicker heart wreath while thrifting several months back. Clearly it has seen better days. Wreath forms can be really expensive, so I thought it was a good deal, and knew I could breath some new life into it.

I stripped everything but the pink ribbon off it and got to work.

I just love playing with silk flowers! It’s now hanging on the front door, and I couldn’t be happier.

March won’t get a wreath just yet. We found this guy at Dollar Tree on the weekend.

But I do have a grape vine wreath form… so ideas are percolating for May….