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12.17.21 Valentines Wreath with attachment - Tammy

Instructions

Prep.

  • Start with a wire wreath form base.
  • Fluff out your twist ties.
  • Take 2 different colors of mesh and cut 9 x ”25 strips of mesh for each.
  • Take another color mesh and cut 9 x 10” pieces.
  • Take a piece of your 25” cut mesh and pinch the middle to make a ruffle.
  • Add them into a twist tie on the outer ring.
  • Repeat the same process alternating colors as you go.
  • Do the same for the inner ring.

Your sign and mesh curls.

  • Secure your sign to the middle of your wreath using floral wire.
  • Take your 10”pieces of mesh and make curls.
  • Add in your curls to every other twist tie.

Ribbon.

  • Take a ribbon and add in a few tails.
  • Take a different ribbon and cut 4 x 24” pieces.
  • Take the 24” pieces and make funky bows, add the funky bows into your wreath.

How to make a heart decoration.

  • Cut a big piece of foam.
  • Put your heart on the foam and outline 1” bigger around it with a pencil.
  • Cut the heart out with an exacto knife over a cutting board.
  • Make two holes in the foam and add a pipe cleaner through it.
  • Cover your foam heart with material, making sure to thread your pipe cleaners through it as well.
  • Stick your red heart onto your foam heart with hot glue.

Final touches.

  • Add a few candy picks into the wreath.
  • Put your heart on the foam
  • Take a different ribbon and make simple 4 loop bows and add them in.