My Aunt Mary Ellen always has the best decorations for the outside of her home. She is able to pull together things that I would never imagine – for any holiday. I have to say, with her latest creation, a winter theme, she has really outdone herself. And luckily, she’s going to be nice enough to share her secret for pulling this look together. For those of you searching for the perfect in-between Christmas and spring door wreath/ outdoor decoration ideas, look no further!

The wreath!

Last year, when Mel was looking to decorate for Christmas, she stumbled across a wreath with a similar theme at a local florist. The wreaths (because the idea was genius!) flew off the shelves before she could purchase one for her home. This year she decided to recreate the idea herself. Here’s how she did it and how you can to:

1. I purchased wreath locally at Keene’s Outlet. (You can likely find something similar at K-Mart, Wal-Mart, Michael’s, AC Moore, etc.) A real wreath could be used also.
2. The skates, hat, scarf and mittens can be found in a sporting store (such as Dicks, or try TJ Maxx or Wal-Mart).
3. I tied the skates on to the foundation and/or center wire of the wreath w/ the shoe laces.
4. The hat, scarf, mittens, & socks I attached to the wreath using wooden clothes pin holders (any kind of small clips that could easily be hidden). I just attached them to various wreath branches. Remember you could also use small green decorating wire, (very popular!). You would string it through the clothes and then attach it to the wreath branches. Both are durable enough to stand up against the winter weather elements.

Here’s how it looks on her house – Beautiful!