Easy DIY Winter Berry Wreath

With a man­tel to dec­o­rate this year for Christ­mas, we made some changes and new addi­tions to our Christ­mas decor. I decided to put our Wil­low Tree nativ­ity on the man­tel, so I wanted to keep the decor around it a bit more nat­ural look­ing. So, the grapevine wreath I got from Con­sumer Crafts was per­fect! I found the berry stems at Lowe’s and loved them. So, I put them together and made a sim­ple win­ter berry wreath!

The process really could not have been more sim­ple. Basi­cally, I just ripped apart the berry stems and attached lit­tle sprigs (and some leaves) on the grapevine wreath. In any places where things weren’t hold­ing as well as I wanted, I just wrapped it with some thin craft wire.  SUPER easy! No hot glue, no extra sup­plies — this project didn’t take long at all. I’m a lit­tle late to the whole crafty “put a bird on it” craze. But, I thought the lit­tle red bird was per­fect for a lit­tle pop of Christ­mas color. He was really easy to add as well– his wire feet just wrapped right on to the grapevine.

Over­all, I’m so pleased with how this turned out, espe­cially for how quick & inex­pen­sive it was to make. And, I love the more nat­ural look to our man­tel. The only the I would change is to use a burlap rib­bon instead of the Christ­mas rib­bon. A more neu­tral rib­bon would not only work with the nat­ural man­tel look, but I think then I could eas­ily leave the wreath up through the winter.

What sim­ple DIY decor projects have you been up to?