DIY Acorn & Rosette Wreath

Today was such a good day! It started off with a wonderful breakfast with my friend Elise and her son, Jordan at Panera. Bagels and good "catch-up" conversation. :) After that, I headed over to Caitlin's for crafting! We had a lot of fun making stuff and catching up as well. Her housemate, Esther, joined us after lunch. Unfortunately, I got caught up in talking and forgot to take step-by-step photos of the wreath I made. I will do my best to explain in detail what I did. Don't worry... It wasn't that difficult!

I started off with a green floral foam wreath. I wrapped it in strips of fabric, periodically hot gluing it to keep it in place. I then attached little green acorns in place with hot glue, gluing in small sections at a time. I got the acorns on Christmas clearance from Michaels... but I am sure you can find something similar to use in the floral/crafting section. I have also seen wreaths made with split peas, lima beans and even popcorn kernels! All of those would work as well. 

I wanted the fabric base to show so I glued most of the acorns down just on the front. On the outside, I glued the acorns in a triangle pattern. I was going for the look of a star or bunting but it kinda looks more like creepy fingers to me. :)

The wreath was looking pretty good at this point... but nothing special. I decided it needed a little something else. I looked up how to make fabric rosette flowers on Google and found a great tutorial  here. Before I wrapped my flowers, I "hemmed" my strips of fabric with hot glue. 

To add a little more contrast with color, I took some brown ribbon with green polka dots and folded them into triangles... kind of like how you fold a flag. I used my handy hot glue gun to keep the "leaves" in place.

I used the same brown ribbon as my hanger. I used a straight sewing pin with a little dab of hot glue to keep it in place on the back.

And voila! I noticed several stings of hot glue so to remedy that problem, I took my hair dryer to it.

A perfect green wreath for upcoming St. Patty's day, the coming of spring (and later on, fall)... or the perfect welcome to the Man Cave. :)

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