Valentine's Mixed Wreath

Author: Melissa Morrow

Start with an Oval 14” grapevine bunch.
Take a red pipe cleaner, create a hook on the end.
Push the pipe cleaner through a small piece of the vine at the top
Twist and repeat with the remaining 9 pipe cleaners spacing them out equally.

Take your 20” mesh, curl one end over.
Flatten the curl in the center and pinch together the rest of the mesh ending with another curl.
Push it flat in the center and scrunch it together.
Place your cruffle onto the pipe cleaner horizontally and tightly twist the pipe cleaner twice.
Continue this process placing each Cruffle side to side with the curl openings touching each other.

Take Your 10” mesh and create a chunky curl.
Flatten the middle and pinch the center.
Place on top of the cruffle with the edge on the bottom, the curl openings facing side to side and not pointing out of the wreath.
Fasten with two tight twists of the pipe cleaner.
Repeat with the rest of the curls.

Place your big ribbon wrapped wire hearts on the wreath, one on the top left and one on the bottom right of the wreath.
Wrap two pipe cleaners around the heart to secure it, one on top and one on the bottom.
Push a pipe cleaner through the back of your small plush hearts using a wooden pick to guide it through and twist twice.
Place them in the center of your big hearts securing it with the pipe cleaner attached at the back as well as some glue.

Take your ribbon and make three 5.5” loops with 9” tails, by making a loop and twisting it and repeating until you have 3 loops.
Make 5 of these using different ribbons with the last one starting with a middle loop and being slightly smaller.
Layer them on top of each other making sure that you alternate the direction of the tails.
Take a long pipe cleaner made by combining two and wrap it around your bow layers in the center.
Cut your bow ends.
Fluff out your bow making sure to pull the ends down to one direction.
Repeat to make another bow.
Place your bows on your wreath opposite of your big hearts wrapping the pipe cleaner through the vine and twisting it at the back.
Make extra mini bows with 6” tails and two 5” loops to add additional decoration to your wreath, securing them with glue.
Stick a heart decoration in the middle of your mini bow with some glue to cover the pipe cleaners.
Add sequenced stems/twigs in and around your wreath for some sparkle.