Burlap Wreath with Rosettes

So the other day I was thinkin' to myself,

"Self, why don't you have a wreath up for Fall?".

And I came to the conclusion

that there was absolutely no good reason

for it whatsoever.

So, I decided to make a wreath from

what I had available.

 

 

Burlap: check.

Hot glue: check.

Styrofoam Wreath: no check.

I was just about to round up the troops

and take them to the Dollar Tree to get a wreath,

when I decided to give myself a little
challenge.

I decided to look through my craft supplies

to see if I had anything else that I could

use to shape my wreath.

Turns out I had a bunch of

wire that I had completely forgotten about.

and you KNOW this girl has
plenty of burlap hanging around!

So, I decided to give it a shot.
Got nothin' to lose, right?
Worst case scenario I would end up with
a piece of junk and find myself at the
store buying a $1.00 wreath.
I think I can handle that.

So, I took my wire and shaped it
in a circle the size I wanted my wreath to be.
Then I just started polking holes in the
burlap with the wire and started loading it on.

I didn't know what I was going for at first,
but then I realized that the more
irregular
it looked, the better.

So then I started zig-zaging the burlap,
placing the wire in from
side to side.

...and then I thought,
"hmmmmm...this just might work!"

I kept zig-zaging until I felt like it
was dense enough.
Then I used my needle nose pliers to
secure the wire.


 

...and then bunched the burlap
over the wire.

But my wreath needed something else.


 

So I made some rosettes to go on it.

Not bad for $0, right?

Think about the endless possibilities!

After Thanksgiving, I'll replace with neutral rosettes

with colorful fun Christmas tones!

Until next time,

Happy Decorating!

Posted in: Decorating the Lazy Mom Way