white Christmas ornament wreath tutorial

I made something pretty this weekend and I want to show to you...

(I was inspired by a tutorial in this magazine.)


Gorgeous, righ?!  And would you believe easy, too?!
Wanna make one?  I'll tell you how...

What I used:

(I bought everything at Michaels)

~ 12" Styrofoam wreath

~ Wide white ribbon

~ Floral wire and cutter

~ 17 large white glass ornaments (they come in boxes of 8 at Michaels, I originally bought 2 boxes but ended up sending Corey back to the store because I needed 1 more...he loved that.)

~ 10 small white glass ornaments (if I was to do it again would buy 20 of these)

~ A whole boat load of other round white things...pom poms, floral picks that I snipped apart, painted acorns, etc.

~ copious amounts of hot glue

How I did it:

( This was made late at night so the "in progress" photos are less than stellar)

I started by wrapping the Styrofoam wreath with the ribbon, securing it with hot glue.  I don't know if this was really necessary since I was using a white wreath and covering it with white ornaments, but it would be if your ornaments were a different color

Then I made a hook out of floral wire and attached it to the top 

The next step was to start glueing the largest ornaments around the perimeter of the wreath.

*Super good tip* - keep the wreath laying flat on a hard surface as you do this step so that it will later on lay flat against your door or wall*

Once you have the large ornaments glued to the entire perimeter, start filling in the middle with some of the medium sized things.

If I was to do this again I would definitely also add ornaments to the inside of the wreath...I regret not doing that.

Lastly I filled in any little gaps with little things and in some places layered...I think more is more with this project ;)

 And then I hung this pretty little thing above my mantel, on top of my stained glass window (using a 3M hook)...and stood back and admired it...

I just love it.

I'm going to Hook Up With Hepworths so head on over and check out the other great tutorials and ideas!