Wreath Fun

After my post on my entry way plant addition, I found myself motivated to do more sprucing up. I rummaged around my craft room until I found enough supplies necessary to make a fun wreath.

Luckily, I found a wreath base that was already well on its way to becomming a stunning centerpiece. It started out as a green foam form that had been set out by a dumpster. It had a few chunks missing, so I filled them in and wrapped the entire thing in basic grey yarn (pictured below). I also had a plethora of fabric scraps from some other projects. I grabbed my glue gun, paint, lace and a pearl/ribbon/chain necklace I picked up at a local consignment store. *If you live in or near Pace, FL be sure to check out All About Her Consignment… it is full of great deals!!*

My first step was to make some fabric flowers. Once you make a few, you will realize how easy it is. Start by cutting a long strip of fabric. Mine were 1 inch wide and about 12-14 inches long. Don’t worry about cutting it too long as you can always cut off the excess. Make a knot at one end and slowly start wrapping the tail of the fabric around the knot. Once you are finished, hot glue the end and you are set. If you won’t be using it right away or need to reinforce it, you can always glue it to a piece of felt.

 

I had a wooden “P” cutout from another project. I painted it with white acrylic paint. Once that was dry, I put a piece of lace on top of it and then hit it with a coat of black spray paint. It ended up having an almost snakeskin effect.

 

 

After that dried, I began assembling all of my pieces. I glued on the flowers, the letter and some additional lace. For the necklace, I wrapped the whole thing around the wreath and glued each strand individually on the back. I attached it to the wreath hanger with some lace. Viola!

 

As always, look below for the links to make your own!