Making a Clover Wreath

How to Make A Beautiful Clover Wreath Like The One Pictured Above

1. Own a field that is full of alfalfa and red and white sweet clover.
2. Have a son who has a sweet girlfriend who loves to make things.

Our youngest son's girlfriend made this beautiful wreath. After dinner, my husband and I walked with our dogs through the alfalfa field to the top of the hill to our 'crop circle*.' What did we find when we got there?

C. was sitting on the grass, braiding sweet clover into a lovely wreath! What a clever girl!  I was so impressed! 

I'm not really sure how she did it, or I would present a tidy little tutorial. She said that she just 'sorta kept braiding more clover in.' I think it was kind of like doing French braids. Anyway, when she was done, she then inserted the blossoms into the braided green clover/alfalfa wreath.

Presumably, any of you who know how to French braid should be able to do this, providing you have access to something green and growing with long stems and pretty blossoms.

I absolutely love the wreath and wish it would keep forever.

And now, may I introduce our son's girlfriend. She is intelligent, sweet, cute, and we love having her around. She's here often enough now, that I think of the fourth room upstairs as C.'s room.

Yes, I asked her permission to include her photo in a blog post.

* Our 'crop circle' is made by our son when he mows my walking track. He mows the perimeter of the field (so I don't have to take the dogs out on the road) and then mows a nice circle on top of the hill where I like to stop and look at the views in all directions. Sometimes my husband and I take camp chairs to the top of the hill and just sit a while with the dogs, enjoying the weather and watching the cars go by.

You may recognize this photo, but I thought you needed a visual of our hilltop. And besides, I knew you couldn't get enough of my dogs. :-)

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