Valentine Wreath

I took a spin around Pinterest in January, looking for inspiration and to fill up my creativity bucket. I found a photo of a wreath made with chenille stems (pipe cleaners). That looked fun and easy and fast.

I checked my stash supplies. I had an 8 inch wire wreath form. 

I had the tools to cut the stems down to 4 inches. 

I checked what colors of chenille stems I on hand: red, purple, white, a few medium pink, also silver and red metallic stems. So I purchased a pack of 5 shades of pink and a pack of clear metallic stems from an online store. When they arrived, I got to work cutting these colors to size.

Simply bend the 4 inch pieces in half and twist them around the wire rings on the wreath form.

The wire can get a little pokey and my fingers hurt after the first two rounds.

I finished up the next day, and hung it in our entryway

to greet our guests at they come in the door.

The most difficult part of the craft was deciding what colors to use and if I wanted to attach the stems to the wreath form in a particular order or randomly. Needless to say, I chose an order of colors and textures since I don't do random very well.