So a few weeks ago I saw this picture on Polka Dot Market’s Facebook page.
This wreath is so cute and really caught my eye and the woman who made it did an excellent tutorial on how she did it. So I decided to give it a shot and make my own. If you haven’t noticed lately, I’m totally getting into crafts, cooking, baking, etc. a bit more. If only I was better at it! With time, hopefully I can be as creative as some of these women! So here’s what I did.
You need the following:
- Ribbon (I bought seven different styles of ribbon from Michael’s). It was wired, but I pulled the wires out of the ribbon while cutting (not as hard as it sounds). Each spool of ribbon was 10 yards long, which was plenty. I ended up having to buy two 10 yard rolls of a solid color ribbon to wrap my wreath with…so you may want to buy eight spools, but it’s up to you. I used golds, pinks, creams, and greens for my wreath.
- One 18″ straw wreath (straw is cheaper and works just as well)
- Seamstress pins (I bought a box of 300 and that was plenty)
- Glue gun/glue sticks
- Thimble!! (I did not purchase and my fingers hurt for DAYS)
- Extra decorations for your wreath.
Ok, so I took the ribbon and cut out 40 4″ pieces of each type of ribbon. When I was done, I pulled the wire out of the wired ribbon…it was falling out anyways. From there, with the help of my mom, we glued together each ribbon in a loop.
I then took a solid white ribbon that I was already using and wrapped/pinned/glued it all the way around the wreath so that none of the straw was showing anymore. I made a “hook” of ribbon at the top to hang the wreath with, as well. After all the ribbon was cut and glued and the wreath was wrapped, I took my pins and I started randomly pinning them on my wreath. After I pinned a few, I’d follow up and glue them down with my glue gun. It took a while and it’s very tedious, but the end result was gorgeous. During the time I was doing this, I was keeping a lookout as to where I could place some of my other little steals from Michael’s. I used the gold flower (above) for the top of the wreath and I used a gold leaf with some little “ball like” decorations for the bottom/middle. I glued these on really well and tried to place the ribbon closely to it.
Here’s the end result:
Very cute! I love the sparkly ribbon you used!!
xox
Jen