Yesterday morning I got the creative itch. One of those days when you have so much to do, but you keep thinking about a project. I realized I had everything to make a fall wreath in my house!!!  How often does that happen? I mean really?!

I gathered the remnants of a partially finished wreath, garland that I have used around the house in the past and began to get busy.

1. The pieces — I found a 12 ” wire wreath, burlap ribbon, bittersweet garland, a fall garland, and two fall planter sticks. I had florists’ wire and wire cutters. A glue gun was within reach, but I like using wire. You can easily rearrange and re-use pieces whenever you want. I started the burlap ribbon wreath earlier and realized that I did not have enough of the burlap, so I stopped. I decided to use it in this wreath.
2. Next, I folded each piece of bittersweet garland in half and wired them to the remaining open areas of the wire wreath. You can see the first one on the wreath in photo 1, below.
3. After securing the bittersweet garland, I took the autumn floral sticks and bent them to flow with the wire wreath. I secured those to my wire wreath also. You need to “fluff” this till it looks full.
4. I used the rest of the burlap to create a ribbon for my wreath. I tied it directly onto the burlap section of the wreath. This makes a nice accent.  I finished the back with a loop made of wire to hang it from my hook on my door.
5. My wreath looked a little lopsided. So, I took the other garland that I had and added some texture to the area that was bare. Yep, I wired those in place. Since this is for me, I can just play with it until I am happy. You can see the finished product for today in photo 3.

The take-away from this is that you can do it yourself! Look around your home  Do you have old arrangements that you do not put out anymore? Do you have decorations shoved on the top shelf? Get them out! Deconstruct and remake something today!

Let me know what you think!  Tell me what decorations you have made from items you already had around your home!

2. The Wreath is Almost Done!

3. Finished!