Each year I attempt to add to my seasonal decor by crafting for a new holiday. Last year I snagged a few awesome deals on July 4th decor so I decided to make it my "new" holiday this year. Well, no holiday is good without a wreath to commemorate its coming.
Pretty simple, but I love the colors.
Materials needed:
- 2 grapevine wreaths
- 1 roll of 3" burlap ribbon
- 1 roll of 3" blue wire ribbon (I chose blue chevron)
- 1 roll of 1" red ribbon
- floral wire
- scissors
Step One:
Begin with about a 5" piece of wire and wrap it around the burlap and then through a few branches of the wreath. Twist the wire tightly so the burlap is snug against the wreath.
Continue this process around the entire wreath until you have come to the point where you began. You will want to give each section quite a bit of slack so it "puffs."
Step Two:
Now begin a second trip around your wreath. This time you will weave the burlap back and forth in a zig-zag pattern over the first strip of burlap. Cut the first strip of burlap where you ended so you begin at a new starting point for the second strip. I tucked the second strip of burlap under the first at each connecting point so you couldn't tell where each ended and each began.
This is what the wreath looks like after the second strip of burlap is added. You may have to adjust things here and there but remember it doesn't need to look perfect.
Step Three:
Here comes the color! My favorite part. Layer the narrow ribbon over the wide ribbon.
Push the floral wire through both layers of ribbon and then attach it to the wreath. Once again, tuck the connecting points beneath the burlap.
Step Four:
Making the bows. I only had a little bit of ribbon left over, so I couldn't do anything elaborate with the bows here. I folded a piece into thirds, overlapping the ends.
Then I secured it by wrapping floral wire around it.
I then took a shorter piece of ribbon and tied it around the center, knotting it behind. I attached it to the wreath with wire.
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