How to Make a Simple Fresh Wreath

The beauty of a wreath is that they’re not just for the holidays. With the right kind of foliage and adornments they can be a beautiful, all year round way to decorate your front door, walls and mantels.  You can use all kinds of materials that can make your wreath go beyond its traditional holiday look.  Today, I wanted to show you how simple it is to make a wreath. I hope this inspires you to create a wreath of your own.

 

Materials Needed:

• 10″ grapevine wreath
• Florist wire
• Fresh evergreen 3 different types if possible
• Pruning shears
• Fairy lights
• Holiday ornaments
• Ribbon and possibly thumbtacks for hanging or self-adhesive hooks

Making a wreath is pretty simple and straight forward.

 

 

Here’s how it’s done:

1. Lay out your greens, group them by types
2. Place them around your grapevine wreath
3. Cut your greens to 6-8 inch pieces
4. Cluster them into bunches and attach to base with wire
5. Add your decoration secure with floral wire
6. Wrap fairy lights around wreath

 

To Hang

To avoid holes in your walls or door, you can suspend wreath from the top of door with a sturdy ribbon.

To hang, cut a piece of ribbon (at least 3 inches wide) long enough so the ribbon is doubled when hanging the wreath at the desired height. Loop ribbon around back of wreath. Join the ends, and fold top over about 1/2 inches. Sure it to the top of the door with thumbtacks.

 

Spread your joy by displaying your wreath on your front door for all to see.