DIY SPRING WREATH
A few weeks ago Seri reached out to me to make her some wreaths for her new Florida home (be sure to check out her house tour!).
We wanted it to be a fun and colorful mix with of spring colors that also went along with the siding of the house which is a light yellow.
With Florida being so hot an humid it wouldn’t make sense to do a floral wreath using real flowers so we opted for silk ones instead! The benefit to this is that you can not only have it out longer, you can store it for next year!
Shopping for silk flowers can really be tricky because so many of them are extremely FAKE looking. So my suggestion for when you’re making this is to go in person to your local craft store so that you know what you’re getting.
Now you may be asking yourself okay but how do I know how much to buy? The answer is but too much. You always want to have more than enough because you can always return if you need to. But not enough means more trips back out to the store!
I also find it really helps to bring any tools you’ll be setting your flowers on or into to the site with you. For this project it means a wire hoop. I was able to gauge the amount of flowers to buy just by laying them on top at the store!
So without further ado, here’s my handy dandy steps on how to create a long last silk flower wreath:
Once you have all of your supplies, lay out your design on top of you wreath and take a picture you remember where to place each flower head
Begin snipping all of your heads off of their wire stems. It’s important to use wire cutters for this because normal scissors will get dull fast and it is extremely hard to cut with them! Also remember to leave a bit of room with the stem (don’t cut right at top is) so that you have room to wire it.
Next start wiring your flowers with your floral wire. This part is timeous and takes some time. Each wreath I made took me about an hour and a half to completely wire. Of course it all depends on how many flowers you’re using and how big you wreath is! Luckily the hoop I used has a netting in the front which made it super easy to attach to!
Trim up any loose petals, wires, or tags for a nice clean look.
Last step, hang! Seri used a command hook for her front door so that it would be damage free.