One of the hottest trends in home decor is primitive country. This past Christmas I joined the crowd with a primitive country design, when I made my mother-in-law a Christmas wreath. I found an old tin truck to put on her wreath. The red trucks style was from the 1940s. I handpainted a logo on the driver side door of the red truck. Of course the logo would say The Wreath Shoppe, Old school from back when many farmers would have a hand painted logo put on their farming fleet. I hand painted my signature underneath the logo as they did years ago, I also hand painted my signature underneath the logo as they did years ago
I haven’t stopped by my mother-in-law‘s to pick up this Christmas wreath yet but I need to do so soon so that I can drop off a new spring wreath. I’m not exactly sure what the design will be for her this spring, but I try to ask for her input sometimes whether it’s just a color choice or maybe just the type of flower. I’m not always a fan of asking for input, not because I’m mean spirited simply because it can be a lot harder to keep the cost of the wreaths down when there’s a specific request.
After all I might’ve told you my wreath shop is more of a ministry, where I hope to buy mostly bargain flowers, secondhand flowers, or clarence flowers, so that I can give my wreaths away for free. So many times when I ask for input a friend might want something particular that I don’t have and I have to purchase it at full price. Other times a friend is commissioning a wreath for a gift and they have a specific idea in mind, or they want one that is a duplicate of one of mine that they’ve already seen. Again the problem lies in having a stock of flowers that are second hand. That’s where hitting up friends with shipping boxes full of old things like faux flowers comes in handy.
No matter what I do, it’s important that I keep in mind exactly what I need to do to stay on track with creating wreaths for my family and those other friends I consider really close to me. Whether I’m digging through shipping boxes full of old decor or buying new wreath adornments, keeping my focus is what matters most.
