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Equipment

  • Pliers
  • Glue Gun/Glue pot

Materials

Instructions

  • Take your grapevine bases and attach the 4- 6” grapevines to the top of the 14” grapevine and make it look like a paw using covered wire.
  • Get your wreath sign and attach a zip tie mount on each side and secure with your glue gun. Let dry.
  • Once the back of the sign is dry, add a pipe cleaner to each zip tie mount. Twist twice on each side and then attach to the center of the 14” grapevine base.
  • Cut the excess pipe cleaners, fold in and tuck into the grapevine base so that it does not show and you can not feel it.
  • Make your bow:
  • Measure a 10” tail with a 1- 6” loop on each side with the 4” ribbon.
  • Scrunch and give a twist so all the pretty side is facing the same direction.
  • Make another loop on the opposite side, pinch it, and then cut the tail.
  • This results in 1 loop on each side.
  • Add pipe cleaner to the center and twist tight.
  • Measure a 10” tail with 2- 5.5” loops on each side with the 2.5” ribbon.
  • Scrunch and give a twist so all the pretty side is facing the same direction.
  • Make another loop on the opposite side, pinch it, and make another loop and then another loop back on the other side then cut the tail.
  • This results in 2 loops on each side.
  • Add pipe cleaner to the center and twist tight.
  • Measure a 10” tail with 2- 5” loops on each side with the 1.5” ribbon.
  • Scrunch and give a twist so all the pretty side is facing the same direction.
  • Make another loop on the opposite side, pinch it, and make another loop and then another loop back on the other side then cut the tail.
  • This results in 2 loops on each side.
  • Add pipe cleaner to the center and twist tight.
  • Measure a 10” tail with 1- 4.5” loop on each side with the 1.5” ribbon.
  • Scrunch and give a twist so all the pretty side is facing the same direction.
  • Make another loop on the opposite side, pinch it, and then cut the tail.
  • This results in 1 loop on each side.
  • Add together with the previous 1.5” ribbon.
  • Add all the layers of bows together.
  • 4” at the bottom, 2.5” ribbon, then the 2- 1.5” ribbons at the top.
  • Wrap the pipe cleaners together and add a long pipe cleaner at the center.
  • Trim and tuck the excess pipe cleaners into the grapevine.
  • With the long pipe cleaner, thread through the bottom of the grapevine base and twist nice and tight.
  • Bring all the tails to the bottom and trim into dovetails at different lengths.
  • Fluff out the bow!
  • Trim greenery and florals with pliers.
  • Take your grapevine wreath base and greenery.
  • Start building out the greenery on each side of the bow.
  • Dip greenery stems in a glue pot or use a glue gun and stick into grapevine wreath base.
  • Build out the florals on each side of the bow in a triangular pattern and attach using your glue gun or glue pot.
  • Do the same process using the other florals adding it around the bow.
  • Make a small bow for the top of the wreath:
  • Measure a 4” tail with 2- 4” loops on each side with the 1.5” ribbon.
  • Scrunch and give a twist so all the pretty side is facing the same direction.
  • Make another loop on the opposite side, pinch it, and make another loop and then another loop back on the other side then cut the tail.
  • This results in 2 loops on each side.
  • Add pipe cleaner to the center and twist tight.
  • Measure a 4” tail with 1- 4” loop on each side with the 1.5” ribbon.
  • Scrunch and give a twist so all the pretty side is facing the same direction.
  • Make another loop on the opposite side, pinch it, and then cut the tail.
  • This results in 1 loop on each side.
  • Add together with the previous 1.5” ribbon.
  • Trim ends into dovetails and fluff out the bow.
  • Add the small bow to the top of the grapevine and tie the pipe cleaner nice and tight.
  • Add greenery on each side of the small bow.

Notes

When looking at your design, be sure that the colors of the florals flow and are not clustered together.
Make sure all your leaves are facing the same direction.
Curve your stems before inserting into the wreath base to create a raised texture.
The most important thing about whenever you do your designs is that whenever you look at it from the side and you can actually see how all of my stems come away from the project. We want to build it up and out.
Get creative in keeping your design looking natural.
Make sure to cut the excess stems.