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   After the accessories are duly decorated with tulle, beads, ribbons, and roses, attaching everything to the wreath begins.   The stems of the flowers are attached with floral wire in a couple of places to hold them securely to the wreath.

       The ribbon for the bow is a 2″ ribbon and I felt that it was just a bit small.  More weight needs to be added there.   

Taking two of the flower stems, I push the lower leaves up to the base of the flower spikes and cut the stems shorter.

Take Pictures Of The Wreath

   Here’s a tip.  When you are making a wreath, take pictures.  For some reason, anything that is out of place, or blank spaces, etc. seems to be magnified in pictures!  Then, they seem to be so much more obvious.

  

  The first picture above has most of the items loosely pinned or lodged on the wreath to get an idea of where to put them.  You can see what I mean about the bow lacking some weight.  The picture on the right shows the bow attached a little higher.  Notice how the weight of the extra spiked flowers adds the needed weight.

 (The ribbon tails are manipulated and attached after the other items are attached.)

If It’s Too Dark, Paint It!

    Noticing that the metal hook of the hanger was so dark it wasn’t even visible, I thought spraying it with white paint would be a quick fix.  Looking through our collection of paint, I found a can of white spray paint.  I wrestled with the stupid thing and then, threw it in the trash.  The paint must have been so old, it came out in oily drops.

    Undaunted, I pulled out the craft paint and painted the hanger white.   I painted about three coats of white acrylic paint onto it and used a piece of a brown grocery bag to lightly sand between coats. (The brown grocery bag trick works great with acrylic paints.)

   Attaching The Elements To The Spring Wreath

Then, hot gluing the elements onto the wreath began.   The first element I glue is the little box at the bottom of the wreath.   I tried to be cognizant of where the little rosebuds would be seen on the hat, the fan, and the parasol.  I also added a couple of buds on the hanger.

    

Then, it seems the bow needs some pink so a little open rose tucked into the bow adds that extra pink.  It looked perfect!  Then, I began to add more of the pink roses around the wreath.  

    Since the little shoes didn’t have pink on them, I considered adding a little rosebud to each but decided to add an open rose right in between them.  I add more rosebuds on either side of the big blue bow and another between the box lid and the parasol.  Then, the pink color helps your eye move around the wreath.

Notice that ivy leaves tucked here and there add a subtle texture and interest to the wreath.

   Oh, my gosh!  Isn’t this the cutest little wreath you have ever seen? 

 

I love the bright blue with the pink rose accents!   It definitely ended up looking like a very fresh feminine spring wreath.

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DIY Spring Wreath Ideas With Tips and How-To

DIY Spring Wreath Ideas With Tips and How-To

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