I love it that spring has officially arrived here on the North Coast ~ today it was in the 80′s! To celebrate the arrival of spring and April showers & May flowers, here’s a colorful arrangement for your spring front door. It’s easy to make and so colorful. If you make your own version, let us know so we can see your twist on this project.
Supplies
Stick umbrella with curved handle (I got mine at Target for $12.99)
Floral wire
Tissue paper/plastic bags
Colorful wired ribbon
Spring flowers
Craft store bird nest
Maidenhair fern
Green moss
Colored eggs
Small white flowers
Tie a length of wired spring-colored ribbon to the middle of the umbrella. Then select three 
pockets to create your arrangements. Stuff each of the three pockets with either tissue paper or plastic grocery bags (which is what I used).
In one of the end pockets, hot glue a craft store bird’s nest to thetissue/bags. Then hot glue a colored eggshell in the nest. (I colored my eggs and once they dried, I pricked holes at both ends and blew the contents out. I then held them under water to fill them up and clean them out. The color got a bit lighter, which I think look great but keep this in mind when coloring your eggs.) Tuck green moss and a few strands of maidenhair fern around the nest.
In the middle pocket, hot glue some green moss to cover the paper. In half an egg shell, hot glue some green moss and a few small white flowers. Put some hot glue on the bottom of a colored half eggshell and nestle it into the front of the pocket. Hot glue a bit of fern in this pocket to cover up the umbrella metal ribs, etc.
In the last side pocket, tuck in a bush of colorful spring flowers (tulips, daffodils, forsythia, etc.), moss and ferns. The flowers are supported by the tissue/bags.
I think this arrangement is such a fun way to make it thru the rainy month of April and celebrate the flowers of May.
I first saw an arrangement like this on the front door of a friend’s house. When I complimented her on the adorable idea, she said she saw it in the latest issue of Midwest Living.
I’m linking this idea with Melissa’s Inspired Friday~ make sure to check out other inspired ideas for spring!
About Diana
I’m a busy working designer & home stager who gets a lot of joy & happiness helping clients transform their houses into homes they love. I blog as part of that creative process. In our “spare” time my hubby & I are updating our Cottage in the Woods that we share with our cats. I’m a Christian & look forward to someday working for my Heavenly Father, the Greatest Designer of all, decorating mansions in Heaven!
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