After being inspired by different images on the internet I decided my front door would benefit from a new wreath on the front door.
My goal was to do it as inexpensively as possible, using what I had and what I could find at the Dollar Tree Store.
I have said this before but I will say it again in case you're new here... Shop Your Stuff. "What does that mean", you ask? Look around your home. What are you not using? What can be refreshed or used in a different way? I do not throw stuff away often. I will cycle items in and out of use in my home. Sometimes things will sit in a closet or on a shelf for a couple years and then be used somewhere else in a different way. Sometimes, I get tired of looking at something but simply moving it to different room or into a different arrangement makes me love it all over again.
So, I did look around and found an old picture frame. I had painted it with white chalk paint a few years ago for a gallery wall that has since been dismantled and it sat in my stash.
It was a little too white for my liking now so I took some sandpaper to it and sanded back to the wood on the high points.
I spent less than $10 at the dollar store for leaf sprigs, pumpkins, flowers and wire-edged ribbon. (I did not end up using the fall sign here.)
I layed out my leaves and flowers for an idea of where I was headed and then I just jumped in. I began by cutting the excess stem and hot-gluing the leaf sprigs in place.
Using my wire cutters I clipped the flowers from their bunches.
I made a bow using Nick's method here. He does such a great job that I'll just leave it to him!
I wired and glued the bow into place and then added the flowers and pumpkin picks around the bow. This really is where you need to just feel your way. I don't want to put too many of these in place before my bow because I don't want the bow to cover them all up.
And here it is.
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