About six weeks ago, I was in Michael’s and spotted some silk hydrangeas in the most gorgeous fall colors. They were MY colors, which doesn’t happen often. Beautiful deep teal, apple green, and a pretty fall reddish orange. I wanted to snatch them up immediately, but at $6 per stem, and only about $50 left in my DIY account for that month, I decided to wait.
So yesterday when I was there, I happened to notice that all of the fall stems were marked 60% off. They didn’t have many left, but I decided to grab what they had. As it turns out, they all rang up at $1.79 each! I was so excited! And I knew exactly what I wanted to do with them…a VERY simple fall wreath. Seriously, even if you’ve never picked up a glue gun in your life, or if you’ve never made any kind of craft ever, you can do this.
In fact, it’s so simple that I didn’t even bother taking steps of the process. All you do is…
- Cut strips of burlap and wrap around the wreath form. Secure with hot glue.
- Pluck the individual flowers off of silk hydrangeas and glue them to the wreath form with hot glue.
- Cut a long strip of burlap for the hanger, and another long strip of burlap to tie a big fat bow (if you like big fat bows).
- Hang, and enjoy.
I have a tendency to take on projects that are really time consuming (like the pistachio shell succulent garden), so sometimes it’s nice just to do a very simple project.
I do wish there had been enough flowers to cover the whole wreath form, but I guess that’s what I get for waiting. And fortunately, wreaths are the one item where I actually prefer asymmetry! And I also love all of the subtle color variations in these hydrangeas.
Have you made a super simple wreath? If so, and if you’ve blogged about it, leave a link in the comments. I’d love to see it!
Psstt…Did you see my fall wreath from last year? It’s made out of cheap cardstock scrapbook paper!
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Your wreath is so beautiful Kristi! I love the colors. It is perfect.
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SOOO pretty!
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What a pretty wreath! I guess I need to make a trip to Michael’s tomorrow afternoon and see if I can round up some of those hydrangeas. The colors are perfect for autumn and will look great through Thanksgiving. Thanks for sharing Kristi!
I love it!!! Great job. And I think it’s better that there weren’t more flowers. Sometimes less IS more!!
Happy last day of fall!
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Love it! How can you go wrong with burlap AND hydrangeas!
I LOVE this wreath! I also happen to love big fat bows. This ereath would go perfect on my door, it is the light blue shade in the hydrandas!
I LOVE this wreath! I also happen to love big fat bows. This wreath would go perfect on my door, it is the light blue shade in the hydrandas!
I LOVE this wreath! I also happen to love big fat bows. This wreath would go perfect on my door, it is the light blue shade in the hydrangas!
Me encanto la idea y ademas porque se puede adaptar a la zona donde vivo(URUGUAY)eligiendo la flor del momento. GRACIAS.
Really awesome! Nice pics
This does sound easy! And it’s incredibly lovely! I love the colors you chose because I think they could actually go up late summer and last until the very last moments of fall. (You can do this with an all orange selection, at least, I don’t think so.) It’s really pretty, and I do love the simple look it has. Thanks for sharing!
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Kristi- I love the new look of your blog. Very nice!