Wreaths?

[Nicos]

Anyone making their own?
I'm hoping to make a couple....any tips please?

Any piccies of ones you have made?

[Snadger]

I paid £6.00 last year for a wreath that was made by a work accomplice.. It was carp! I thought "I can do better than THAT"
I've just never got around to it! Hampers this year and maybe wreaths next year!

[Scarlet]

I make a few! My first one this year turned out to be a disaster with the spray can episode but I salvaged it in the end. Will make some more this weekend.
There are different types, some a solid ring of greenery, others a circles of twigs and some greenery as a focal point.
Some photos of last weeks I'm not a blogger but I like a diary of photos.

I started with a ring of wire. The wire from a coat hanger or you can buy pre made cheaply. The foam rings I used or indoor table use as the are quite expensive. I wrapped the ring tightly with hay/straw using wire to give a solid shape.

Use any mix of greenery or just one type. I've used taxus, ivy with berries and some euynonimous(sp!)


Make several short bunches and tie together with wire. Attach to the ring again either with reel wire or attach each on separate in aanti clockwise direction. Lay each one slight ontop of the previous one. Make sure the bunches aren't too long or you'll end up with bit sticking out at angles along the circle.
Once it's greened up wire some cones (anything interesting) and wire into the wreath.
Last bit! Add a splash colour and a little interest by adding in small groups of cinnamon sticks tied with ribbon, some more sprayed cones, chillies, quince(Japanese), flowers, holly berries etc. I often stick these at 10, 2 and 6. To make it look even. Tie a wire hook in and add a bow.

[Nicos]

Bunches of greenery eh????

That maybe one of the places where I go wrong.
Like the idea of straw too!

[Scarlet]

You can be really professional and cover the straw with a strip of black plastic and attach with little "staples" formed with wire. Fold it as you go around. The straw gives a great shape to start.
I often make a garland to hang across one of my beans in the living room. Same method using a strong wire but I don't use straw, just thicker bunches of greenery. It looks lovely.

[Nicos]

I quite fancy having a go at a garland like that! ...time allowing!


I have a green moss type algae which grows in my tree- and fancy stringing that on fishing wire - small but effective.

[scarey55]

I have made one similar to Scarlet (although no where near as lovely) I used old, dried grass that I fixed to a wire coathanger with wire. On that I put pine leaves, holly and ivy and I made some holly berries out of polymer clay. I sprayed a couple of fir cones gold and added them too. I don't have any pictures, I'm afraid.

[Scarlet]

I was trying to spray my cones with a "touch" of silver I won't buy a cheap can of spray paint again :Eek:

[Alison]

I cover the metal frame with damp moss and then tie on liars of evergreenery. Add some holly with berries, wire in some chestnuts, dried orange slices and always include some woody herbs as the smell is so nice. You can always include some lights too, a friend has put some battery operated ones in which looks great.

Also, include ribbon but personally I like to keep it natural looking with respect to colours so mainly greens and browns with the berry hints of red

[rary]

We have bought a cheap one from lidels which we (wife) will decorate with holly and evergreen we (me) will go over the fields to collect. I will post photos when complete (if I remember)