Check out how Coach Fancy takes supplies from our spring subscription box and adds a few of her own along with a new pouf technique to create a unique whimsical design.
Cut (9) 22” strips out of the purple mesh and the green mesh.
Take a mesh strip, curl the edges under, then squish it into the middle to create a ruffle. Insert it into a pipe cleaner on the outside of the wreath. Repeat this around the outside of the frame and then again around the inside of the frame, alternating colors as you work.
Now we’re adding some poufs.Take the tan deco mesh and insert the end into one of the pipe cleaners on the outside row of the wreath frame.Measure out a length of mesh equivalent to the distance of two pipe cleaners, then pouf up the mesh as you go back and insert it only one pipe cleaner away. Continue this process all the way around the outside edge of the frame.
Prepare the sign.Position a pipe cleaner near one of the corners on the back of the sign, staple it in place, then twist it over the staple so that it won't pull out as you're working.Repeat the process for each corner of the sign. Then use the pipe cleaners to attach the sign to the wreath frame.
Make the bow.Take the 4” ribbon, and make two long 18-inch tails and two 6.5-inch loops.Next, take the 2.5” ribbon and make two 18-inch tails with four 5.5-inch loops. Offset the loops so that you can clearly see the loops in the previous layer. Grab the 1.5” ribbon and make two 18-inch tails with two 4-inch loops. Wrap a zip tie around the center and pull it tightly. Trim off the excess. Use another zip tie to attach the bow to the top left part of the wreath frame.
Now, take those long ribbon tails from the 4" ribbon and the 2.5" ribbon and billow them over the wreath design. Tie them into a pipe cleaner at the bottom left part of the wreath.Do the same thing with the ribbon tails from the 4” ribbon and the 2.5” ribbon on the right side.Dovetail the ribbon tails and use your fingers to curl the tails of the 1.5” ribbon and let them hang.
Cut 28” lengths of the 4" and 1.5" ribbons to create a loop for the bottom of the wreath. Stack the 1.5” ribbon on top of the 4” ribbon. Make a 5-inch loop with two 9-inch tails. Insert the ribbons into a pipe cleaner at the bottom of the wreath.Note: Twist the ribbon tails as needed so that the pretty side of all the ribbons face forward.
Let's add florals here.Using bolt cutters, cut the lavender floral stems off of the large stems.Then, take a sprig, add a dab of hot glue to the end, and insert it into the wreath. Repeat the process as you add sprigs throughout the design.
Next, take various lavender flowers and repeat the same process as you add them to the design.