A Bunch of Bountiful Baubles

I love how this wreath turned out.  These are the colors I have spruced with for the last few years; powder pink, robin’s egg blue, soft mint… 

This wreath looks like it might be easy to make but it was truly a labor of love.

 I first strong ornaments (all the same size) on a wire clothes hanger (you know, you’ve seen this on Pinterest).  Well, let me tell you, you can’t just slide the bobbles on the hanger and expect it to look like a wreath.  The tip of all the ornaments first need to be hot glued so they don’t fall off. Then, once you have your hanger chuck-full of ornament you need to add some more so they start to bunch up.  Then hot glue all ornaments  together (in inconspicuous places) so the glue doesn’t show and the wreath is solid and doesn’t wobble all over the place.  Never again - it is really quite tedious work.  

After I did all that, I added more ornaments (not on the hanger but all around the perimeter) -- Some larger, some smaller, some tiny.  This helps fill in all the gaps and flat or empty looking places. 

Then I added a very pretty beaded ribbon I found at the big craft store and topped it off a big hand tied silver bow.

I finagled a “hanging loop” thru the glued ornaments and made sure it was around the inner clothes hanger so it would be nice and secure to hang from a door.  There had to be an easier way to do this from the beginning but I forgot to do it at the start -  I have a knack for making things more difficult than they need to be :( )

The final touch was the “Merry Christmas”, cut with my trusty Cricut and some glitter paper in coordinating colors.

I did make it for the craft fare with two other wreaths that were much easier to make. This one I priced high at $75 -- (because of the amount of work and because I secretly hopped it would sell – I want it!) Only problem is, it’s to thick to fit between the front door and the screen door.  I do have a nice floor wreath hanger I can put it on though.

 Here is other one I made.  I’ll defiantly make one like this again.  That was just wrapping silver garland around a foam wreath base and added a few clusters of ornaments with hot glue and a per-made “Merry Christmas” sign. Oh, and don't forget the bow.  Easy-Peasy!  

 And it fits behind the screen door!

 

Places I am Sharing on: 

Cut it Up - Challenge #110 Christmas Tic-Tac-Toe
Bitten by the Bug 2 - Christmas Word Challenge 
Fantabulous  Cricut -  Challenge #291

Crafty Ribbon Challenge - Christmas #178

Thanks for looking.  God bless and happy Scrappin!