One of my most favorite times of the year is the Fall. It invigorates me and gets my creative juices flowing for all sorts of home decor projects.
Given that I've been doing this for decades now you can imagine I already have so many decorations for my home that I couldn't possible need any more.
Au contraire! There's always room for new decorations - especially for the Fall. At least that's what I keep telling hubby....
A couple years ago I made a really simple Fall door or wall wreath made out of grapevine. I can't hang it on my front door as I chose a thick grapevine wreath to use that was just too deep for the width between my front door and storm door.
So, I hang it on the wall in my family room. That's okay. It looks great on my wall.
It was so easy to do I thought you might like a simple how-to for how I made my wreath. Here's how I did it:
How To Make A Simple Fall Silk Floral Door or Wall Wreath
Supplies Needed:
19” by 19” Around Grapevine Wreath
1 1/2” Wired Copper Ribbon - 2 Yards
Hot Glue and Glue Gun - Low Temperature
Fall Sunflower Silk Floral Stems With Leaves - 2 Stems
Fall Roses Silk Floral Stems With Leaves - 4 Stems (Peach Colored)
Fall Hydrangea Silk Floral Stems With Leaves - 6 Stems (Peach & Cream Colored)
Wire Cutters - Heavy Duty For Cutting Thick Floral Stems
22 Gauge or Thicker Wire (For Hanger) - 2 Feet
Pipe Cleaner - 1
Floral Pick - 1
Instructions:
1) You are going to insert and glue the floral stems to the top of the grapevine wreath evenly spacing them around the wreath.
Cut the 12 floral stems at the junction of their stem with the wire cutters leaving 1” - 2” of the plastic stem attached to each of the 12 silk floral heads.
2) You want to use the leaves from their respective silk floral head stems as fillers around the heads so cut them with the wire cutters at the junction of where they are attached to the stems and then organize them in piles for their respective silk floral head.
3) Start with the two sunflowers heads and insert them into the grapevine wreath where shown in Diagram #1 and then glue the base of the silk floral head and petals, if need be, to the grapevine wreath with the hot glue.
4) Take the six hydrangea heads and insert them into the grapevine wreath where shown in Diagram #2 and then glue the base of the silk floral head and petals, if need be, to the grapevine wreath with the hot glue.
5) Take the four rose heads and insert them into the grapevine wreath where shown in Diagram #3 and then glue the base of the silk floral head and petals, if need be, to the grapevine wreath with the hot glue.
6) You want to fill in the area of the grapevine wreath with the respective leaves of their floral heads until the look is pleasing to the eye.
Start with the leaves of the sunflower heads, then the hydrangea, then the roses.
Cut the individual sunflower leaves and wire stems so you have 1” - 2” of the wire stem remaining below the bottom of each leaf for inserting into the grapevine wreath and then set them aside.
7) Do the same for the leaves and wire stems from the hydrangeas and then set them aside.
8) Do the same for the leaves and wire stems from the roses and then set them aside.
9) Insert the leaves and wire stems from the two sunflower silk floral into the grapevine wreath where shown in Diagram #4 so they surround the individual sunflower heads.
When they are pleasing to the eye glue the wire stems and leaves themselves, if need be, to the grapevine wreath where shown in Diagram #4 until they are secure with the hot glue.
Discard any unnecessary sunflower leaves.
10) Insert the leaves and wire stems from the six hydrangea silk floral into the grapevine wreath where shown in Diagram #5 so they surround the individual hydrangea heads.
When they are pleasing to the eye glue the wire stems and leaves themselves, if need be, to the grapevine wreath where shown in Diagram #5 until they are secure with the hot glue.
Discard any unnecessary hydrangea leaves.
11) Insert the leaves and wire stems from the four rose silk floral into the grapevine wreath where shown in Diagram #6 so they surround the individual rose heads.
When they are pleasing to the eye glue the wire stems and leaves themselves, if need be, to the grapevine wreath where shown in Diagram #6 until they are secure with the hot glue.
Discard any unnecessary rose leaves.
12) You want to form a sturdy hanger out of the 22 gauge wire for hanging your wreath.
Cut a piece of the 22 gauge wire 12” long and fasten it into a small loop in the center of the wire so that the loop is about 1” long on each side, as shown in Diagram #7.
Twist the ends around each other a few times to secure the loop where shown in Diagram #7.
13) Turn the wreath over and locate the top center of the wreath and then move down about 2”.
Insert the ends of the wire into the grapevine wreath 2” down from the top center of the back of the wreath until the bottom of the loop touches the back of the grapevine wreath and the loop is hanging tightly out the back.
Twist the ends of the wire around the grapevine pieces in the back of the wreath in several places to securely hang the wreath.
Cut the excess ends of the wire with the wire cutters and tuck them inside the grapevine wreath.
Form a multiple loop bow out of the 1 1/2” wired copper ribbon until your bow has 10 or more loops and tightly secure it in the center of the pipe cleaner twisting the ends several times.
For help creating your wired ribbon bow please use my How To Make A Two Ribbon Combination Bow Free E-Book As A Guide - https://lindawalshoriginals.blogspot.com/2012/10/to-make-two-ribbon-combination-loopy.html
15) Insert the ends of the pipe cleaner into the bottom of the top center of the grapevine wreath, where shown in Diagram #8.
16) While holding the bow in place turn the wreath over and secure the ends of the pipe cleaner to the back of the grapevine wreath until the bow is secured tightly to the back of the wreath and tucked into the front of the wreath as shown in Diagram #9.
Hide the ends of the pipe cleaner inside the grapevine wreath so they aren't shown.
Congratulations! Your simple fall wreath is done.
Hang it on your wall or front door.
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