my new favorite burlap wreath

as if i haven’t gone on enough about it,  i have really come to love this late-summer/early-fall season…a special season all its own in my book.  so i wanted to make a wreath that kind of reflected that.

of course a deco-mesh wreath came to mind, but i wanted something a little more earthy.  which then made me think of burlap and so i decided to go that route.  i also wanted to incorporate some sunflowers which to me just so perfectly represent this time of year.

anyway, i just love how it turned out so i wanted to share with you how i made it.

i started with two rolls of burlap.  it’s similar to the wide rolls of deco-mesh, but at my store it was a little shorter in length.  and because i wanted it to be nice and full, i decided to go with two.  also i got one roll of a soft, textured green ribbon, some wheat stalks, and a 16 inch deco-mesh wire wreath form.  (at the last minute i also grabbed some raffia out of my craft cabinet.)

so the burlap wreath starts out just like the last deco-mesh wreath i made.  just take 10-12 inch long lengths of burlap and attach it to the wreath using the wires.  i used one roll of burlap around the outside of the wreath.

and then i used about three-fourths of the second roll around the inside.

i really loved the texture of this ribbon and i thought it would be a pretty color contrast with the burlap.

so i just weaved it in and about the wreath.

next i cut the sunflowers into individual stems and hot-glued them in a cluster near the bottom.  and i used hot glue because the burlap doesn’t hold onto the embellishments quite like the deco-mesh does.   and with the wheat stalks, i just took a small bunch (3-5 individual stalks) and hot glued those in as well.  finally as a finishing touch, i took lengths of raffia and weaved them throughout the wreath.

one other thing about the burlap i noticed is that it’s kind of floppy – doesn’t hold it’s shape quite like deco-mesh.  but what i did was {technical term here} smoosh it around a bit until it looked right.  and i think it is just cute as can be.

to me this wreath is kind of like my love letter to september.

i highly encourage you to ‘write’ one of your own. 

love, kelly