I picked up some fantastic, glittery midnight blue plastic leaves that were $0.49 a piece! For that price I was able to purchase a handful of different leave shapes.
Other supplies that I used were scissors, wire cutter, floral tape and a glue gun. I thought that I would be able to wrap it only with floral tape and then cover that with ribbon, but I ran into problems keeping it circular in shape because it wasn't strong enough. Therefore, I resorted to the glue gun. I also struggled with that, I think the glue is rather old. I started by laying the pieces for layer one face down and glued the end of the stem to the top leave of the next. Although I bought a variety, I ended up using only the fern like stems and the broad leaf stems.
After the first layer was put together and glued securely, I layered on the fern pieces to give it some body and structure.
The minute I held up the wreath, the glue started to give way and my circle became more oblong. I reinforced about half of it with a wire hanger to help hold it's shape. I hot glued it to the back of the wreath and taped it in few places with the floral tape. I used left over stems and snipped the leaves so I could hot glue them around the wreath to cover the not so good looking parts.
I used a similar colored ribbon to hang the wreath from and perched it on our door. As you can see there are few parts that could use a little more body and it's shame isn't 100% circular, but I think it looks great! It's simple, festive and unique!
Happy Holidays to All!
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