I love how this wreath turned out. These are the colors I have spruced with for
the last few years; powder pink, robin’s egg blue, soft mint…
This wreath looks like it might be easy to make but it was truly
a labor of love.
I first strong ornaments (all the same size) on a wire
clothes hanger (you know, you’ve seen this on Pinterest). Well, let me tell you, you can’t just slide
the bobbles on the hanger and expect it to look like a wreath. The tip of
all the ornaments first need to be hot glued so they don’t fall off. Then, once you have your hanger chuck-full of
ornament you need to add some more so they start to bunch up. Then hot glue all ornaments together (in
inconspicuous places) so the glue doesn’t show and the wreath is solid and
doesn’t wobble all over the place. Never again - it is really quite tedious work.
After I did all that, I added more ornaments (not on the
hanger but all around the perimeter) -- Some larger, some smaller, some tiny. This helps fill in all the gaps and flat or empty looking places.
Then I added a very pretty beaded ribbon I found at the big
craft store and topped it off a big hand tied silver bow.
I finagled a “hanging loop” thru the glued ornaments and made
sure it was around the inner clothes hanger so it would be nice and secure to hang from a door. There had to be an easier way to do this from the beginning but I forgot to do it at the start - I have a knack for making things more difficult than they need to be :( )
The final touch was the “Merry Christmas”, cut with my
trusty Cricut and some glitter paper in coordinating colors.
I did make it for the craft fare with two other wreaths that
were much easier to make. This one I priced high at $75 -- (because of the
amount of work and because I secretly hopped it would sell – I want it!) Only problem
is, it’s to thick to fit between the front door and the screen door. I do have a nice floor wreath hanger I can put
it on though.
Here is other one I made. I’ll defiantly make one like
this again. That was just
wrapping silver garland around a foam wreath base and added a few clusters of ornaments
with hot glue and a per-made “Merry Christmas” sign. Oh, and don't forget the bow. Easy-Peasy!
And it fits behind the screen door!
Places I am Sharing on:
Cut it Up - Challenge #110 Christmas Tic-Tac-Toe
Bitten by the Bug 2 - Christmas Word Challenge
Fantabulous Cricut - Challenge #291
Cut it Up - Challenge #110 Christmas Tic-Tac-Toe
Bitten by the Bug 2 - Christmas Word Challenge
Fantabulous Cricut - Challenge #291
Crafty Ribbon Challenge - Christmas #178
Thanks for looking. God bless and happy Scrappin!