Wreath for Mom!

National Crafting Month: Creation #1! 

I saw this wreath for sale on Etsy and immediately fell in love with it. I loved coral and white flowers and the light blue/aqua color combination. Since I had seen the branch wreath forms at Hobby Lobby/Michael's before and since I also had experience working with fake flowers, I thought that this cold be a fun and beautiful craft to make! I made this wreath for my mom- hence the "S" for out last name. 

Personalized Floral Wreath

Supplies

branch wreath form 

decorative flowers 

burlap ribbon

Letter 

paint

glue gun and sticks

scissors

Crafting the wreath:

The first thing that I did was paint the letter for the wreath. 

It's a lovely mint color, but looks bright green here.

Then I laid out my wreath and decided where I wanted to place the leaves, flowers, bow and letter.
I was most worried about the flower arrangement. I had a general idea of where I wanted to place the bow and letter. 

Tucker was doing a taste test of the burlap ribbon.
He also tried chewing the wreath. Goofy dog!

This is the general arrangement of leaves and flowers that I decided on. 

Bow time... so, I googled some ways to make bows for wreaths. Honestly, I've always been bad at bows. When I have to wrap Christmas presents, they always turn out a mess. After reading about how to make a few and briefly attempting, I took the easy way out and made a makeshift bow that's actually three loops glued together with two tails glued to the back.

Next, I started gluing the leaves to the wreath.

I used this handy-dandy miniature, low-heat glue gun. It doesn't get very hot, which is good because I always manage to burn myself with the heavy duty glue guns.

Below is what my wreath looked like when I finished gluing leaves onto it.

Then come the flowers. I was a little nervous about gluing them on.

What if I put them in the wrong spot and they're permanently attached?!

I said 'screw it' and just glued the first three on. And they looked great!

I finished gluing the rest of the flowers on, including a wimpy looking one that

I placed specifically so the bow would be on top of it.

Then I glued on the bow and the letter.

Ta-da! 

I absolutely love how it turned out!

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Update:

I wasn't 100% happy with what the initial letter looked like. I love the mint color, but it needed a little bit extra besides just a solid color. I searched the house and found some white acrylic paint and painted small polka dots all over the "S." It looks even better now! Check out the painted letter-