I am so glad the temperature has finally decided to cool down. Tomorrow is the first day of school!! Woot! And the summer is almost gone for good~ So today I broke out the fall decor. Now as most of you know I have two front doors, which I love, but it makes for an expensive decorating experience since you have to always make two instead of one. I bought these two wispy wreaths at Michaels, on separate trips of course, these beauties can be expensive without using two coupons. I wanted something simple but dramatic. I fell in love with the look of these fabulous wreaths on Pinterest. But I was going for something with a little less bling. So here’s how I made them~
Materials: 2 wispy wreaths, 2 bunches of brown long fall bushes, 1 large orange berry bush, 2 med sized pumpkins (all from Michaels), plant wire, 2 wood picks, pliers, heavy duty scissors, hot glue & gun.
Hang your wreaths up and determine what will be the top and bottom. Making sure they are both somewhat equal. When doing a floral piece you must cut all the silk branches away from the bushes in order to be able to work with them. That way you have individual small branches to work into your arrangement instead of trying to shove the whole bush into the wreath. I added all the branches in both wreaths near bottom spray area. Use plant wire to stabilize and secure the silk stem to the vines. Add your berries next on the bottom of wreath, secure with plant wire as well.
Next, take the pumpkin and your wood pick, remove the wire then push the square end of the pick into the bottom of the pumpkin at an angle. Seal with hot glue to make the pick strong and stable. Add pumpkin to wreath and secure pick with plant wire and then hot glue. Secure your pumpkin to vines with hot glue. That’s it! Pretty simple stuff. Love it! Now bring on the cool air!
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dropping by from DIY showoff. Love your wreaths. I made mine this week too!
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Your wreaths turned out great, very elegant:@)
The wreaths look stunning on the double doors! Thank you for sharing them in our Countdown to Fall Party! I’ll be featuring you tomorrow!
So simple & so lovely! I will have to make this wreath! Thanks for the idea!
Hi, Kim, Would love to have you link up these gorgeous fall wreaths at my Pumpkin Linky Party. Hope to see you there. Linda
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Kim…the wreaths look great…love how they look against the black door…I recently painted my doors black but wasnt sure how a grapevine wreath would look…now I know ! thank you so much for sharing…xo
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Linked up to your party too!! I’d love to have you stop by, we par-tay on Thursdays at Live Laugh Rowe. Hope to get a little better acquainted. HUGS!! xo, Kelly
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They are perfect! I might just have to make this. Thanks for sharing. Visiting from Gluesticks. Would love it if you would share this at my Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. Hope to see you at the bash! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
LOVE those wreaths!!
Your wreaths are beautiful! We’d love for you to link this up at our party!
I love this wreath and your easy tips … I’ll be featuring you a little later today! Thanks for sharing this at the {what’s shakin’ link party}!!
Just beautiful! Your wreaths are gorgeous!
I love it! Thank you so much for posting on Saturday Show and Tell. I hope you’ll be back this week to link up some more great ideas! Have a great rest of the week!
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The wreaths are so pretty, they make your front doors so welcoming!
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This is so awesome! I haven’t made a fall wreath yet but now I’m motivated. Thanks for sharing.
Lori : )
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This is just gorgeous! thank you for linking it up I hope you will link up a new post to this week’s linkup! ~~Katie
Such a beautiful wreath
Congratulations! You’ve been featured on Handy Man, Crafty Woman’s Wicked Awesome Wednesday! This door wreath is so delicate! Just beautiful, thank you for sharing! Please feel free to stop by the website and pick up your button!
This is beautiful! I can’t wait to make my fall wreath! Thanks for sharing at Fabulous Friday! I’m sharing this on my FB page!
Very elegant, Kim. gorgeous. Thank you for linking it up at our linky party
What a darling wreath! I love it! And I am pinning it!
Ashley
Great job. Does this mean it’s time for me to get out my fall decorations? I’d better get to it! Thanks so much for linking up at I hope to see you back on Friday.
They look great! I can’t wait for fall!
The wreath is beautiful! Thank you for sharing your project at Potpourri Friday!
Beautiful wreaths! I am in denial that fall is almost here.
Thanks for sharing on Tout It Tuesday. Hope to see you tomorrow!
Those are so beautiful! I love how simple they are and yet they make a grand statement on your doors.
Thanks so much for sharing them at Inspiration Friday!
Vanessa
Pretty! I’m thinking about making this year’s autumn wreaths for my doors and this is inspiring some ideas!
The double wreaths are so pretty and just the right amount of foliage and the pumpkin for that wispy look. I like the corn in the hurricane, too.
THis wreath looks great. I may need to make something like this to put on my front door. I will be featuring this on my blog today. Thanks so much for sharing on Marvelous Mondays!
Julie
love it. It’s still incredibly hot here and far to difficult for me to imagine Autumn decor., giggle. Thank you for sharing your lovely post at the Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop Linky Party xo
Oh my goodness, these are incredibly beautiful!! You have such talent! I just love how these look; I can’t wait to try this! Thanks so much for the inspiration!! And love what you did with the corn. So simple, yet beautiful!
Kim this is so beautiful! You have a great eye for balance and style.
Gorgeous! I just love wreaths! I can’t wait to make mine, I’m getting so much inspiration from the bloggy world! Found you via One Arsty Mama’s hop
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I love your wreaths, Kim. So quick and easy too! I’ve got to revamp mine fall wreath this week. Thanks for the inspiration. Visiting from Feathered Nest Friday #228.
SCORE!!! You have two wreaths… which means you can give me one!! YAHOO!!!
Thanks so much for sharing this at The DIY Dreamer.. From Dream To Reality!
Kim, You are way ahead of me! I love your double wreaths! I have made a couple of double wreaths. and I think they are so hard to get just right!!! I love the wispy sweeping twigs and how they wrap half way around your festive wreath!
Your project would be perfect to share at TUTORIALS TIPS AND TIDBITS, my weekly linky party going on now! Come on over and join in!
These are really cute. They get me so excited for fall, even if it is still 105 where I am!
How gorgeous! They turned out soo nice! I love how the two of them look on your doors.
Very pretty! I love the “wispiness” of the wreaths! I think it makes them very unique.
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Wow I love these, I wish I could make something as pretty as these
Simple and lovely.
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They are beautiful! I love fall too! I can’t wait!
Pretty! I’m so excited for fall! I definitely need a fall wreath on my door! I’d love for you to link this up to my link party;
Thanks!
Kathryn
This is a gorgeous wreath!! Popping over from Anything Goes At Eye Heart Mondays. It would be great if you you visit and follow back Thanks!
Gorgeous! Well done! We’d love if you’d link up to our Countdown to Fall link party! Hope to see you there! Have a great week!
Beautiful wreaths! I love the indian corn too! I would be thrilled for you to share this at my Gettin’ Krafty party on Tuesday!
Kim we love that wreath! The indian corn decor idea is awesome, too!
If you have time, we’d love for you to stop in and link it up to our crafty showcase!!
Susie @Bowdabra
Great Job Kim!
Looks fabulous!!
Love it! We are still rockin 102 temp. here so it’s still hard for me to even think of fall yet.