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Grapevine Wreaths

January project is done…maybe

Stefani Vader
Weeds & Wildflowers
3 min readJan 4, 2025

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Photo by Mel Poole on Unsplash

One of my many goals for 2025 is to try a different art/craft project each month. I’ve had this goal for four years now, yet haven’t done a single one.

This is my year though. It’s my year to prioritize myself and choose to do things I want to do instead of focusing on what everyone else needs me to do. In the past I used this as an excuse as to why I never did any of the projects I so dreamed about doing. The truth is, I think I was scared to even try them out. What if I failed? What if they turned out horrible?

I’m facing my fears this year.

I searched through all the things I have pinned in Pinterest, trying to decide which one it was I was going to pick. I couldn’t decide until I came across a wreath. At the time I was sitting outside and I glanced up.

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photo by author

In the jungle next to our driveway are a bunch of what we call ‘trash trees’. They are everywhere around the property and are completely entangled with wild grapevines and…

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Lover of reading and writing. Hater of retail work. Small fish in a big pond, learning as I go.

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