Its Fall Y'all!!
If you've been into any of your local craft stores you have probably seen or drooled over some of the beautiful fall wreaths hanging in the stores. I know I have at least...but at $80+ its a bit much for me to spend. And I'm always eyeballing things to see if its something I can easily make. Sometimes its not worth the trouble and products you have to buy but I at least give it a thought.
And I knew I could make a fall wreath easily...I made this wreath in under 40 mins for under $15 on my kitchen counter with some new supplies and some that I already had on hand. I used an old wreath that I had that was falling apart and I snipped out some pieces and blooms that I liked.
Wreath Recycling I like to call it!
And this is what I came up with...it will hang over my sink on my triple windows.
The grapevine wreath frame I already had as part of a "great buy" I got a year ago at JoAnns but you can buy them in different sizes and styles for under $12 with a coupon maybe even cheaper. Check around your stores and see what you can get.
I like to work in my kitchen...I have lots of counters and I can spread out...I like to be messy and lay everything out so I can see it. Plus my studio was kinda in a mess...I was working on a papercraft
project that you can see HERE...so there was no room LOL.
New Supplies I Bought: 2 Hydrangea Stems & 2 Sunflower Stems at 50% off plus a 25% coupon so it was a great price for both. Price was $12 for all 4.
What I Had On Hand: floral wire, grapevine wreath, twine, 1 fall leaf garland, flowers from old wreath, and ribbon
RECYCLE TIP: take apart old wreathes, bouquets or candle rings and take the parts that you want out of it..I save all these things in a large rubbermaid bin because I KNOW I will eventually use the bits & pieces..I KNOW IT :) It saves you when you want to do projects like this big time and its RECYCLING which we all know is a good thing! Even thrift stores or yard sales are a good source for faux florals for cheap...I saw a huge candle ring floral arrangement at my thrift store for only $8 and it probably had $50 worth of flowers in it. Or use dried flowers from your garden...I dry my hydrangeas every year in my garage and use them around the house but the ones I had clipped weren't quite ready so I resorted to these faux blooms this time.
I cut all my stems and garland into usable pieces and start tucking them into the wreath.
I like to move things around till I get them where they look best including the ribbon.
Then I flip the wreath over...very carefully...and start securing each of the stems to the back of the wreath. (pic is from phone sorry)
I wrap my floral wire around the stems very tightly and then secure them to the wreath frame the best that I can including my ribbon bow that I made myself with the
Large Bow Easy.
I use wired ribbon for wreathes as its easy to ripple it and put it where you need it in a wreath...keeps its shape nicely too.
Once you have secured everything flip it back over and adjust as needed.
Then I use twine to add a hanger to the back that I can easily slip into my window seal to hang.
I find it extremely hard to take pics of things on windows...but I got a new Canon Rebel T51 from my hubby (thanks hubby) and I will be learning in my classes how to do this better.
But for now this is what I have for you...bear with me :)
The wreath hangs over my sink for fall...I don't like too much on my windows because it looks into the backyard and woods and I hate to spoil the view with lots of clutter.
And that's how easy it is....don't spend a ton of money on supplies...sniff around your supplies and garden and craft stuffs and pull it all together. RECYCLE something!
