10/28

Flower Grapevine Wreath

Crafts, D.I.Y. Project, Entryway, Home Decor, Outdoor Spaces, Renter Friendly
By Rubyellen Bratcher

OpeningI love a pretty fall wreath hanging on my front door. The only problem is that in California it’s still over 100° outside. So having a wreath on my front door when the weather screams summer feels kind of funny to me. Even still, I didn’t let that stop me from creating a wreath for display, but instead of the front door, I hung it in front of one of our mirrors inside our home. It instantly gave that room a more cozy vibe. So while it feels like summer outside, it looks like fall inside. 

I’ve been into dried flowers lately and initially wanted to make a wreath with dried flowers. Instead, I chose flowers that would dry nicely and made a wreath with mostly fresh flowers (the hydrangeas were slightly dry), and then I allowed them to dry on the wreath. 

OpeningOpeningSupplies:
–18″ grapevine wreath
-fresh flowers that would dry nicely (I used one bunch of each of these: hydrangeas, craspedia, seeded eucalyptus, marigolds, caspia, button poms, and pyracantha.)
-floral wire
-wire cutter

OpeningOpeningStep One: Cut the stems of the flowers to about 5″ – 7″ in length. Decide on the placement of your flowers on the wreath, and insert the flowers that are individually stemmed into the wreath first. The marigolds, craspedia, and caspia inserted into the form of the grapevine wreath nicely. I wanted to clump all the same flowers together instead of mixing them with each other. 

OpeningOpeningStep Two: Continue to add the remaining flowers and wrap the stems to the wreath with a floral wire until your entire wreath is covered. You can also wrap the stems of the flowers that were already inserted to secure them in even more. Tip: to keep the direction of the flowers continuous, have the stems of the flowers all going the same direction as you work your way around, layering the heads of the flowers on the previous flowers’ stems.

Also, when working with hydrangeas, you want them be somewhat dry when you put them on the wreath, otherwise the petals will clump together and fall flat. A few days before making the wreath, place the hydrangeas in a vase with fresh water covering half the length of the stems. After a few days, when the water has evaporated, the hydrangeas will be dried, and that is the optimal time to use them in a dried wreath or dried flower arrangement. 

OpeningOpeningDSC_0474 copyThe last photo above is what the wreath looks like dried two weeks later. The marigolds aren’t as full, and all the colors have dried to a muted tone with a little hint of brown in it, but it still looks perfectly autumn. Maybe once the weather feels more like fall here, I’ll make another one for the front door. –Rubyellen

Credit // Author and Photography: Rubyellen Bratcher. Photos edited with Imogen from the Folk Collection. 

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