A few weeks ago we went plant shopping and dressed up our front porch with some potted plants. My planting project then led to this wreath project because all of the new beautiful flowers on the steps left our door looking plain. So then it was time to get crafty!
So here is how I made it...
Flowers and wreath were purchased at Michael's.
Numbers were purchased at AC Moore.
These flowers are fake hydrangeas. There is one colored and four neutral.
I also wanted to dress up the door hanger and make it look a little more rustic so I glued burlap ribbon to it.
First I painted the numbers. A few coats of paint were needed to completely cover the numbers.
Then I cut the stems off the flowers and green wire was used to hold the flowers to the wreath. Simply string the wire up through the wreath around the flower and then back through.
The numbers were a little bit more of a challenge because the wreath surface was not flat. Some of the numbers I just hot glued directly to the wreath. Some of the numbers were a little temperamental so I created the method below to secure them. I took three medium sized strands of wire and folded them in half. Then I put a dab of hot glue and held the wire until the hot glue set. One the glue was try I weaved the wires through the vines in the wreath and then secured the wires in the back.
and ta-da...here was the final produce!
I used the green color to complement our purple door but you could also use a pale yellow or rustic orange color to complement dark purple. I might have to make an orange one for the fall :)
