Welcome back to another Blogmas post. Today I am ticking an item off of my Christmas Bucket List and challenging myself to make a Christmas wreath. I have never made one before but I love how pretty everyone else’s looks and so I thought I would give it a try.
What you will need
I wanted to keep this really simple and worked on a small budget which reflects what materials I have used. If you buy lots of things, obviously the price you spend will also increase. Would you believe me if I told you that for this project, I bought two items. The full price came to £6.75, although I did have a voucher code which brought that price down to £5.06.
The first item I bought was a plain frosted wreath base. I chose this over the wire version because there wasn’t much of a price difference and I knew the frosted one would bulk out the wreath more. The second thing I bought was green wire to secure everything in place. To decorate my wreath, I found ribbons which I already had at home from old Glossybox subscription boxes and then turned to nature for them rest. A quick walk around a local park and I had plenty of rustic things I could add to my wreath.
How to make it
Now this is the fun bit. Before I got started on the decorating, I needed to work out how I wanted to hang it once its done. For this wreath, I used a thicker ribbon and tied it around the top. Once this had been decided, it was time to get decorating and so I laid out everything on the table so I could see exactly what decorations I had.
I placed a couple of the larger items and attached these in place before starting on the smaller items. Everything is secured with the green wire I bought so that I can remove them and change it for something else if I need to. To add a bit of sparkle, I tied some of the ribbons I had found into little bows and placed them in amongst the other decorations.
My final thoughts
I had so much fun making this Christmas wreath and I think I will definitely do some more themed ones next year. I quite like the idea of doing an Easter one, with little eggs and bunnies. This would make such a great festive task that all the family could get involved in. If you do make one, tag me on Instagram or Twitter because I’d love to see them.
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If I say I can’t believe you made this yourself I don’t mean it rudely at all, but wow, it looks like something you’d buy in a shop! It looks amazing, Kelly, so professional. Love the idea of making this a festive tradition – I might have to try it next year now too 🙂
Thank you so much. That is such a big compliment. Wreath making is so much fun, I definitely want to do another one.
I’ve actually never made a wreath before either. My neighbour has one on their door and my poor door looks so plain beside it. You’ve made it sound so easy and it looks fantastic! I should really give it a try 🙂
It was so much easier than I thought too. I’d definitely recommend giving it a go.
Love this! I had planned on making an Autumn wreath but didn’t manage to do it in time so since I have the basic part, I’m going to try and make a Christmas one. Will be referring back to this <3 x
Aw these are some lovely ways to make a wreath- but under a certain budget! Gorgeous images, making and hanging a wreath is one of my favourite traditions x
It turned out beautifully!!
Thank you
This is so fun! I love wreaths (I have about 4 throughout my house) and this would certainly fit nicely on my front door.
Well done on completing such a lovely wreath economically!
Thank you 🙂
Such a nice wreath. I had a lot of fun making wreaths with a bunch of friends once but I spent significantly more money than you did. Nice job!
Your wreaths are gorgeous!!
Thank you 🙂
Your wreath turned out great! Thanks for sharing how you made it.
I love the idea of an Easter wreath with bunnies and eggs. So cute!
I just recently made a new wreath for our front door using vines that had grown along our back fence and needed to be cut back. I loved that I had the opportunity to reuse them in that way and the end result was SO pretty!
That is such a great idea. I think its all about using what you have around you.
Oh wow, this came out so cute and for only £7? I will totally need to try to make one next year!
It looks wonderful! I love cheap it is to make and how you can reuse old stuff for it! Thank you for sharing this post!
Taking some inspiration from this! 💕
This wreath you made is amazing Kelly! This is so inexpensive to make and so easy to do x
Lucy | http://www.lucymary.co.uk
Thank you 🙂
I have to agree, these are stunning. What a lovely, festive post.
Thank you 🙂
Wow this looks great! I can’t believe how nice it looks with such a small budget – you did a great job!
Thank you 🙂
This looks fantastic! I can’t believe you managed to put it together on such a small budget – you did a great job!
Em
http://www.emsworldblog.com
Thank you. It was a lot of fun.
It looks great – I made one recently x
This is something I wanted to do this year but as yet, I’ve been so busy I haven’t got round to it x
You did a great job! x
Beautylymin
Thank you 🙂
That’s an amazing homemade wreath Kelly! You should be so happy with that! Sounds like such a fun activity too! x
Thank you. It was so fun to make and I keep smiling every time I walk past it.
Ah it’s beautiful! I have some bits to make one but I haven’t done it yet xx
Thank you 🙂
Thanks for sharing, this looks a lovely decoration and easy to make 🙂
Ahh it’s so pretty! I’d love to make my own wreath but not sure how good it would be haha xx
Tiffany x http://www.foodandotherloves.co.uk
I’d say just go for it because it is so easy to tailor it to your personal taste.