While taking down our Christmas decorations last year, I had to concede that the evergreen ( faux) garland I’d been using to decorate the railings had seen its last Christmas. I needed to come up with something to do this year and came up with this wreath idea that hangs on the railing you see when you enter the front door.
For this project you will need:
- Wreath form ( I used one from Dollar Tree)
- Fabric scraps (I used drop cloth scraps from a never ending painter’s drop cloth)
- Hot glue and glue gun
- Paper ( I used DCWV Sparkling Holiday Stack)
- Glitter cardstock
- Black Cardstock
- MERRY die ( Savvy Stamps) or letters
First, prepare your wreath:
I cut strips from my never ending painter’s dropcloth I bought at Home Depot a few years ago. Using as you would ribbon, wrap your wreath form until covered.
If you end up with an ugly spot well there’s where you’ll glue your focal!
Here’s the stack I used.
DCWV’s Sparking Holiday which I fell totally in love with and picked up at Michaels even before I knew I’d be guest designing for them. LOVE this beyond measure!
About 1/2 the papers are foiled. Pretty!
I chose a couple of papers for the medallion ( rosette, pinwheel, fan thingy) that would be the focal.
Cut into 6x6 sections and scored 1/2 inch folds using my scoring board. I found an image for the angel wings online, printed and cut a template from cardstock, and traced and cut from glittered paper in my stash.
I used four sections of the grey paper for the larger medallion and two of the gold paper for the smaller one. Layer as shown and use hot glue to assemble and adhere to wreath.
For the banner, I cut the shape from black cardstock , and die cut the MERRY letters. To make this really pop, I added these mirrored stars from DDCWV:
They twinkle so much more than this picture shows.
Where this hangs isn’t conducive to a great photo shoot ( and of course I forgot to take pics before I hung it …bad blogger) but I love seeing it twinkle as I go up and down the stairs.
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