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Large Easter Blessings Grapevine

Equipment

  • Hot glue gun
  • Pro Bow the Hand
  • Floral Wire
  • Wire Cutters

Materials

Instructions

Prepping your base

  • Start with an oval grapevine.
  • Add in a ficus leaf in the bottom right of your branch and in the top.
  • Fill in and cover the whole left side of the wreath from the top leaf to the bottom leaf, leaving the right side bare. Secure them in with hot glue.
  • Add in additional leaves with different colors and textures in between the ficus for texture.
  • Make sure to add in some long leaves at the bottom to lengthen the wreath.

Making a Terri Bow

  • Sort out what ribbons you will be using. Measure out 4 pieces of floral wire about 24-inches each. Cut the floral wire with your wire cutters.
  • Let's start with our first ribbon. Measure out about 7-inches for the tail. Take a wire and fold it in half, give it a pinch around the ribbon, and we're going to tie it off. Wrap the ribbon around your center peg. Pinch on the bottom peg, twist, and tie it off on the top.
  • Now that you have your center loop, you'll need to add your second wire. Fold the wire in half and work it through.
  • Take your 2.5" ribbon, trim into a dovetail, Measure out about 7-inches for the tail. Take a wire and fold it in half, give it a pinch around the ribbon, and we're going to tie if off. Wrap the ribbon around the next peg. Pinch on the bottom peg, twist, and loop on the other side. Cut the dovetail. Tie off with the wire.
  • Repeat the step above until all the pegs are used working your way outwards from the center peg. Once you're done, tie off, unwrap the first wire from the top and bottom from when you first started. Take off your bow from the Pro Bow.
  • Take your fluff box, place the bow in the center and wrap the wires on the side hooks to keep it in place. Fluff out your bow, start with the outside and work your way to the center.

Adding decorations

  • Attach your centerpiece onto your base on the bare spot of your vine. Secure it with hot glue and pipe cleaners.
  • Add one bow below your centerpiece and one bow on the top left of your base. Secure them on with wire.
  • Add in some colorful flowers between the greenery securing them with some hot glue.

Notes

To make a Terri Bow using an EZ Bow Maker follow these steps:
  • We're going to take our first 2.5" ribbon. We're going to measure it out eight inches. Pinch it in the center. We're going to give it a twist, slide it in. We want our pretty side up, ugly side down.
  • We’re going to measure it out to seven inches. Bringing it back through, twist it. Y’all, whenever you’re twisting your ribbons, make sure you twist them this way one time and then come back the other way when you come back across. All right?
  • So the first one, we want a tail and a loop facing the same direction. That way we have our tail and our loop both pointing towards us.
  • When we come back across, we’re going to measure our seven inches. Go straight down. It’s the tail so we want both pretty sides up. On the outside, we’re going to dovetail it. So we’re just making an X every time.
  • For the next 2.5" ribbon, we're going to have our tail pointing out the first time. Give it a twist. Tail pointing up. So if our tail's pointing up, we want our first loop going up.
     
    We're not going to measure anymore. We're just going to make each one a little bit smaller going in.
  • Now our third 2.5" ribbon is next. Since our loop was down on the last one, now our first tail is going to be down. 
  • All right. Now our last one. The first thing that we had down was a tail. So we will bring our tail up to the top this time. Bring a loop down. And you just keep following this same pattern all the way up until we get to the center.
  • With the previous ribbon, we had a loop down. That means that now we're going to start with our tail. Repeat same steps: Tail to the top. Loop on the top. Give it a little twist in the middle.
  • Finally, I like to finish mine with the center loop. So to get your center loop, you have your tails coming out on one side, a smaller loop right down the middle, and tail is coming back out.
  • Get a pipe cleaner and fold in half. Get it ready, then just hold your pipe cleaner tight in your hand and give your bow a twist.
  • Now, add it to your wreath.
  • You can add it to the base. That way it makes it easier to fluff. If you add it to your base, get it attached, then it’ll sit there while you pull your ribbons and your tails all in different directions.
  • Trim these tails up nice and pretty. You can dovetail them or you can just cut them at an angle. Whatever you like to do.