Fall Wreath

In keeping with my deep, deep, deep desire for Fall weather and the holidays, my mom and I attempted a project today that turned out quite well, in my opinion! This one makes me proud because we used mostly silk flowers that we already had around the house and we used our 50% of one item at Michael's to buy our wreaths, so this project cost about $28 for two 22" wreaths!

The Final Product:

What You Will Need:

• 1 Grapevine wreath in whatever size you like
• Silk flowers
• Optional: gourds and berries
• Ribbon
• Wire
• Wire cutters
• Hot glue gun

Let's Get Started:

1.  Take your silk flowers and cut them from the base using your wire cutters. 

2. Lay all the flowers out the same direction so that you can see what you have.

3. This is the point where you would want to either make a bow out of your ribbon, or attach a pre-made bow using floral wire. I am lucky because my mom made my bow!

4. Lay wreath flat on the table and start laying your foliage out so you can get a good idea of what you want, but do not glue yet.

5. Remove all the pieces, CAREFULLY laying them approximately where they would go around the outside of the wreath.

6. Now is the artistic part. You can use your wire cutters to cut off the pieces that you want to use and just go to town. Wherever you put a piece in, make sure to use enough hot glue so that it won't fall off, especially if it is going to be outside. 

7. Keep filling in until you reach your desire level of fullness. Tip: add gourds, berries, etc. in groups of 3.

8. Optional: I added a C for my last name using hot glue and twine to secure it to the wreath.

9. Hang on your front door and enjoy!

My mom's is on the left and mine is on the right.
VOILA!

Fall Vase

It's almost fall and I AM SO READY. Please excuse the Jaguars mug, it is ALSO football season. So, I saw a picture on Pinterest, and I wanted it. But, it didn't have any directions except use hot glue and twine. Well, the hot glue didn't work out so well for me. So, here's what I did, and it turned out pretty well.

The Finished Product:

What You Will Need:

• Dollar store vase
• Jute twine (dollar store find!)
• Glue Gun
• Elmers Glue
• Foam paint brush
• Silk flowers (also, dollar store, hurray!)

Let's Get Started:
 Caviat: We started with using hot glue and it didn't work so well. So, my mom came up with an idea!

1. Paint vase with a foam brush dipped in Elmer's Glue!

2. Slowly, and extremely patiently, wrap twine around jar. We worked from the bottom of our vases up to the top, and that worked really well.

3. When you get to the part of the vase where it starts to get narrow again, use hot glue to secure it. This part is time consuming, but it's definitely worth it so you don't have to go back and fill in the holes.
4. Arrange silk flowers in your vase. I DO NOT have the patience to arrange flowers, so my mom handled this part. Looks good, don't you think?

5. OPTIONAL: Tie ribbon around vase to make it more fall-ish.

VOILA!
I LOVE how fall-ish this looks. It totally satisfied my obsessive need for fall decorations. YAY