OK, So I found a really cool paper flower on, no other than Pintrest, (of  course) Loved the look, and the the springyness (new word for ya.)  And thought to myself, it’d be a cool wreath for the front door, which was feel way under loved. I made lots… and lots of them. Could not for the life of me figure out how to string (glue) them together to form a wreath, boo hiss. So I put them up… Then once again on Pintrest.. inspiration struck. How about a Changeable Wreath, (Light dawns) Off to my handily placed Joann’s (right around the corner, less than a mile) where I got the rest of what I thought I needed which was a floral wreath form, 14 inches and 2 rolls of burlap ribbon, 2 1/2 inches wide. This is the first time I ever gotten out of Joann’s for under 20.00, (I’m not counting the fabric I also got, Sorry Honey!)

The squares I cut out are 6 x 6 inches, Lots bigger than the original tutorial But as I had envisioned a whole wreath, I just went with it.

Fold into a triangle

Fold each corner up, to meet the center

Looks kind of like a bird

Fold the flap in half, so it points outward, both sides

More bird like

Fold the top part of the fold down even with the main part

See

This is the part that I found somewhat confusing, Open the folded in half part, and fold down the tip, on the fold mark you just did.

Hopefully you can see what I did

Pull together, to meet in the middle, spot of glue on the inmost petals… There is your first petal. Make tons more…

Glue 5 petals together, I just a line of glue down each side, I glued 3 together then the last 2, and stuck it all together. See Easy Peasy. 🙂

Spot of glue in the center, add a bead (or not)… rhinestone would be pretty and add some sparkle.

I used newspaper (obviously) but you can use any kind paper you’d like. The first one took a bit of time, but the more I made the faster they went. I could do it while watching T.V so not a brain drain project. Once you get the hang of it. On to the second part of the project.

Wrap you wreath from with burlap, you could use strips you cut, or the ribbon I got.

I used regular old straight pins to hold the burlap in place. I’m gonna guess that T pins would have been helpful but I didn’t have any.

All wrapped

This part I just kind of winged. I made a loop, then pined down at the bottom of the loop.

Twist the ribbon make another loop, pin. I do you a couple 3 pins, just to help keep it secure. Pin close to the bottom, the rest of the loops hid the pins

See the pins at the bottom of the loop

Keep pinning and looping all the way around.

Here’s the way I grabbed the ribbon to loop it.

All done!

To add the flowers I glued one flower to a strip of burlap, (lots of glue… stuck the flower in the center of the glue, then crossed my fingers)  When it all dried, (yay, it worked) I nestled the flowers in where I thought it looked good, wrapped the burlap strip around to the back and used a few pins to hold it all together. Then when I get bored of that look I can change it out.  Now off with you… It’s a beautiful day, Go Create!  Till next time, XOXO