How To Make Your Own Lovely Golden Thumbtack Wreath

How to Make Your Own Golden Thumbtack Wreath

August 8, 2016

Golden Thumbtack Wreath

   A beautiful little golden thumbtack wreath was featured on Pinterest and it called my name.  It had an understated elegance to it.   I could just imagine this golden wreath hanging in my home.  This post will give you tips on How To Make Your Own Lovely Golden Thumbtack Wreath!

   Although it did look so elegant, it was made up of humble thumbtacks!  How easy would that be?  From a project a few years ago, I had three boxes of 300 thumbtacks leftover.  Unfortunately, the thumbtacks did not hold well enough for that project, and I ended up having to buy thumbtacks with a little bit of a ‘thread’ to them.  

   So, I had 900 thumbtacks leftover.  I was thinking that I could use up those thumbtacks that had been sitting in the cabinet for several years!  900 thumbtacks would go pretty far in covering a wreath, or so I thought!   I ran out to the fabric store to purchase a wreath form.

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Wreath Form and Gold Spray Paint
Wreath form and Gold Spray Paint

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The fabric store had green high-density Styrofoam wreaths, which worked nicely.  Not wanting to take the chance of the green wreath showing through, I spray painted it gold first with Design Master 24 Kt Pure Gold paint.

 

  Golden Thumbtack Wreath – Applying The Thumbtacks

     As I started applying the thumbtacks to the wreath, it was increasingly apparent that 900 thumbtacks might not be enough.  Going back to the pin on Pinterest, I went to the blog, found Shannon’s post, and read the instructions. (Seriously!  Who couldn’t stick thumbtacks in Styrofoam without instructions?)

    Well, she had used a 6-inch wreath form!   I purchased a 12-inch wreath form!  At the time that I snapped this picture, there are 1800 thumbtacks pushed into the form!  I pushed the original three boxes of thumbtacks into the center of the wreath because I couldn’t find an exact match of thumbtacks.  The ones I purchased were a little larger and the gold was slightly off, too.  After applying them, it was not really apparent, but I didn’t want to take a chance. 

Thumbtacks For The Golden Thumbtack Wreath

   No, I couldn’t even find any boxes of 300 thumbtacks. (I bought the packs of 300 thumbtacks about five years ago at a local pharmacy.)  The office supply store only had silver thumbtacks.  Although a silver wreath would be pretty, too, remember I was trying to be frugal and use my leftovers!   

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Kroger, the local grocery, had packs of 100 gold thumbtacks for $1.49 and that is where I ended up buying them.  You can find packs of 600 gold thumbtacks here at Amazon.

    The end result is beautiful, but approximately 2500 thumbtacks went into this little project.   It is solid and heavier than you might imagine.  

Add Wired Ribbon Bow To The Golden Thumbtack Wreath

    Fortunately, I had some rusty colored wired ribbon leftover from Christmas a few years ago, which complemented the wreath, and added to the autumnal feeling.  My frugality was not lost completely. 

    The perfect spot for it seemed to be hanging in front of the black jacquard Roman shade covering a window in our home.  It looks pretty rich there, don’t you think?

    Maybe you have the perfect spot for a little gold or silver wreath like this, or maybe the smaller version.  Anyway, now you know How To Make Your Own Lovely Golden Thumbtack Wreath for this fall.   Click here► for more fall ideas.

 

How to Make Your Own Golden Thumbtack Wreath
 Golden Thumbtack Wreath

 

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  1. Very pretty but I don’t think I’d be able to make it, way too many for me to push into the wreath form with my arthritic fingers. WOW! Thanks so much for linking up at the #UnlimitedMonthlyLinkParty 5. Shared.

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