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  • Decorate a Boxwood Wreath for Easter
    January 4, 2022 Jeannie Pence

    Decorate a Boxwood Wreath for Easter

      I love a boxwood wreath! They are so versatile and you can change them up so many ways.  One reason I love them, is that you can quickly remove decorations and add a new bow, or bouquet and get...

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  • Outdoor Velvet Ribbon Wreath Bow Tutorial
    November 9, 2021 Jeannie Pence

    Outdoor Velvet Ribbon Wreath Bow Tutorial

    *Original post made 2019, updated Nov 2021 Wreath Bow Tutorial Making a wreath bow using outdoor velvet ribbon was a first for me. Oh, I have tried in the past using cheap plastic ribbon but had pretty pitiful looking bows....

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  • Twas the Night Before Christmas Wreath Tutorial
    November 3, 2021 Jeannie Pence

    Twas the Night Before Christmas Wreath Tutorial

      You asked for it! Here's another wreath collab with Nick Sanders, 39 County Home and Trendy Tree! Twas the Night Before Christmas Wreath A limited number of kits will be available and some of the individual products are also...

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  • 9 Bows from 3 Rolls of Ribbon!
    October 22, 2021 Jeannie Pence

    9 Bows from 3 Rolls of Ribbon!

      A couple of weeks ago we created a couple or ribbon bundles for Julie Oxendine of Julie's Wreath Boutique. These bundles are available on the website. Julie has a creative YouTube channel with many video tutorials showing how to...

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  • Nick's Merry Christmas Wreath Tutorial
    October 11, 2021 Jeannie Pence

    Nick's Merry Christmas Wreath Tutorial

    Nick Sanders of 39 County Home, did a great wreath tutorial on the Trendy Tree Facebook page yesterday. Thank you Nick! The wreath turned out great. Beautiful classic colors of natural, red, green and gold. Plaid ribbons and holly with...

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  • Retro Bus Wreath Tutorial
    May 5, 2021 Jeannie Pence

    Retro Bus Wreath Tutorial

      The Retro Bus wreath tutorial was a collaboration between 39 County Home and Trendy Tree. Turned out to be a great idea! Nick Sanders, 39 County Home, did a Facebook live on the Trendy Tree page on 5/4/21. We...

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  • Hand Tied Wreath Bow Using the Pro Bow
    November 15, 2019 Jeannie Pence

    Hand Tied Wreath Bow Using the Pro Bow

    Hand Tied Wreath Bow Do you have difficulty making pretty bows? Well here's a fix for that! Watch this video to see how we made this hand tied wreath bow. It's made with Halloween ribbon, but of course you could...

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  • Mounting a Bowdabra Bowmaker to a Board
    November 2, 2018 Jeannie Pence

    Mounting a Bowdabra Bowmaker to a Board

    The Bowdabra is an inexpensive tool for making bows. It's very helpful and really a very simple device. The image below shows my Bowdabra mounted to a board that my husband made for me.   I've had many questions about...

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  • Patriotic Bow using a Bowdabra
    June 3, 2017 Jeannie Pence

    Patriotic Bow using a Bowdabra

    Bow making isn't always the easiest thing to do, but there are tools that help))) One of them is a Bowdabra. This is an item that we used to sell on Trendy Tree, but since it is widely available at...

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  • Make an Easy Bow with Bowdabra
    July 1, 2015 Jeannie Pence

    Make an Easy Bow with Bowdabra

    Easy Bow Make this easy bow using the Bowdabra. We no longer sell these on Trendy Tree, but here's an Amazon link: Bowdabra We do have the Probow and EZ bowmakers. We use both and sometimes the Bowdabra for quick simple...

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