Fall Wreath

I hope everyone is having a great week so far. With Labor Day being over and schools back into full swing, that means Fall is in the air! I love Fall, the cool crisp nights, colorful leaves falling from the trees, pumpkins getting nice and plump, and everywhere you look is pumpkin spice!

Last week I pulled our Fall decorations out started making plans for the ones that will be made, like the wreath above. I have made one similar to it before, but this year I wanted to try something new.

I will note that this wreath is actually part of a craft idea I had for a Thanksgiving wreath. I really liked how it came together, to see the Thanksgiving wreath click HERE.

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I started with a grapevine wreath and a six-foot-long crocheted scarf (I had made the scarf a while back as one of my very first crochet projects). If you wanted to recreate the look but don’t crochet, you can use a store-bought scarf, or a piece of fabric. I wrapped the scarf around the wreath and secured the ends at the same point. I then added faux flowers.

My idea for ‘something new’ was the wood bead “bow”. It’s not really a bow, but it looks like it. I started by getting 3 – 18 inch lengths of wire (I think I used 22 gauge). I string the beads on the wire in the pattern I liked and then secured the ends to make circles. I made all three that way then I took each circle and twisted them into a figure ‘8’ with the secured part in the middle, then I attached them with a little more wire to the wreath.

I played with it just a little bit till I got it just the way I wanted.