Wednesday, December 03, 2008

December Daily: Day 3 + DIY Wreath

I have always wanted to try my hand at making a live wreath, but this was my first attempt. We had a lot of greenery left over from trimming our Christmas tree & I happened to have saved my wreath form from last year's wreath. So... I decided that I was going to try to make one. Seriously - it was SO easy that I thought you might enjoy seeing pictures of the process. Maybe you'll decide to try one yourself & then post pictures on your blog! If you do, I'd love to see them, so be sure to leave me a comment.

Step 1: Gather your materials. I used some floral wire, wire cutters, a wreath form (you probably could even make your own out of wire), & something to cut your greenery. I used the only thing I had on hand, which was this:


Yeah, I know, it would have been much easier to use something a little smaller, but I'm all about using what I have on hand.
Step 2: Start wrapping greenery around your wreath form & attaching with wire. (It was at this point, that I decided to do a quick search online for instructions & found out that I could have totally skipped this step. Oh well....)


Step 3: Gather small bunches of greenery & wire them together at the bottom.

Step 4: Attach each small bundle to your wreath form, layering them as you go.

Step 5: Add a bow, ribbon or whatever you want & hang it up!

3 comments:

Andrea said...

Your wreath turned out beautiful..I've always wanted to know how to do this...thanks!
Nice to see pics of Jon and his girlfriend too!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful!!!!!!!! I made some in previous house. It is very easy and so fun. Love the smell.

You did a great job!!! I LOVE coming to your blog.

You are inspiring us all,
Aunt Barb

sankey family said...

Wow - that is just beautiful! You have such creative talent.