I am all about flowers this spring! It’s one of the things I love the most about this season… It makes me so happy to look at all the bright colors, beautiful bouquets and gorgeous scenery. Living in Texas has spoiled me, because there are wildflowers everywhere and when you get out of the city, there is field after field peppered with flowers. It makes me sad to know that the flowers will die soon with the temperatures rising (yesterday it got up to 92!), so I need to enjoy them while I can!
My sweet brother-in-law gave me a $50 Michael’s gift card for my birthday, and as I walked around the store the other day, I racked my brain for what I wanted to get with the gift card. I knew I wanted to make something for my apartment, and as I passed the floral section, inspiration struck! Since I’ve been in a spring-y mood lately, I decided to make a fun floral wreath for my front door. I bought four bunches of flowers* (which were all 60% off) and an 18″ grapevine wreath as my base (which was only $4.99). I love how it turned out and it was so so easy to make! Best of all, the whole project only cost me $18, so I have plenty of money left over for another fun project… What will I make now?
*I also used some flowers I already had to help fill in the wreath. See? It pays off to be a crafting hoarder.
DIY Spring Floral Wreath
Materials:
4-5 bunches of fake flowers (try to get a mixture of small, large and filler flowers/greenery)
18″ grapevine wreath
Hot glue gun and glue
Scissors/wire cutters
1. Cut the flowers you want to use off their main stem using the scissors or wire cutter (I recommend a wire cutter because you’ll ruin the scissors. I already had some that were messed up, so I used those!). Leave about 3-4 inches of the individual flower’s stem- makes building the wreath easier.
2. Stick in the wispy, long pieces along the part of the wreath that you want the flowers. These will be the “frame” of the wreath.
3. Place your larger flowers where you want them. I tried to keep things balanced so it wouldn’t look weird. To place them in the wreath, I just stick the flower’s stem into the grapevine wreath as far as I can to make sure it stays firm and in place.
4. Fill in with smaller flowers and a few other longer, wispier pieces.
5. Rearrange and add/remove until you get what you like!
6. Hot glue the flowers to the grapevine wreath. I tried to glue the base of the actual flower to the wreath, but I also glued down some of the stems. Make sure you get some glue in around the backside of the wreath too! This is to make sure you don’t have flowers flying off when the winds pick up.
7. Hang it up, step back and enjoy!
Here are some Pinterest pins I found that helped me design my wreath.
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May 11th, 2016 at 5:42 am
It turned out so great! Love it! And now I am totally inspired to make a new wreath for my front door as well!
May 12th, 2016 at 7:35 am
Aww thanks Chrissy!! They are so easy to make. I don’t know why I don’t do it more often!
May 11th, 2016 at 10:06 am
I love this! So pretty! We’re *hopefully moving soon so it would be fun to make this for the new house!
May 12th, 2016 at 7:36 am
Thank you Karin!! I want to make like 10 more wreaths, but have to remind myself that I don’t have anywhere to put them if I did haha!
May 11th, 2016 at 6:08 pm
This is wonderful and sooooo pretty.
May 12th, 2016 at 7:36 am
Thank you Sandy!! You’re so kind!
May 12th, 2016 at 5:32 am
That wreath looks like Spring! It’s gorgeous.
May 12th, 2016 at 7:37 am
Thanks so much Penny! I love all things flowers and spring.
May 12th, 2016 at 9:11 am
Hey — I’m hosting a link up today (http://pennyspassion.blogspot.com). Would love for you to link your post!
Have a great day!
Penny
Penny’s Passion
http://pennyspassion.blogspot.com/
May 12th, 2016 at 12:11 pm
I’d love to link up! What do I need to do? :)
May 12th, 2016 at 1:42 pm
It’s easy — just go to my blog and at the bottom there’s a button to link your post. Have you linked to someone before?
Penny
Penny’s Passion
http://pennyspassion.blogspot.com/
May 12th, 2016 at 7:17 am
This makes me want to go make a wreath for summer now! Thanks for the inspiration!
Ashley
https://ashleylauren.co/
May 12th, 2016 at 7:37 am
You should Ashley!! I’m on a wreath kick now… They are so fun and easy to make!
May 12th, 2016 at 8:08 am
This is so beautiful! Definitely pinning so I can try this project soon! :)
May 12th, 2016 at 12:09 pm
Thanks Lecy! Let me know how it turns out :)
May 12th, 2016 at 9:01 am
This is gorgeous and pretty simple for us crafty-challenged folk. ;) Keep up the fab.
blessings,
The How to Guru {shan walker}
May 12th, 2016 at 12:10 pm
Thank you Shan! I love simple crafts, mostly because I’m too impatient to work on something for days at a time haha! Glad you stopped by!
May 12th, 2016 at 8:27 pm
beautiful!! Can you make one for me?! :)
May 13th, 2016 at 10:10 pm
If only!! I’d love to make these all the time. Thanks for stopping by JeeYoung!
May 13th, 2016 at 8:19 am
So cute! And simple to make!! I wish my husband wasn’t so anti-wreath or I would make one for myself. Great gift idea though!!
May 13th, 2016 at 10:04 pm
Ahh you can still change him! ;) And yes. I’m planning on making some for some friends and family members! They’re easy, quick and turn out amazing!