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Materials Needed For The DIY Burlap & Floral Fall Wreath

Wreath form wrapped in burlap (I got mine at a basket warehouse sale already wrapped, but you could buy a wreath form and wrap it with burlap yourself)
Faux flowers (blooms, filler, leaves, berry pods)
Floral pins
Floral shears
Scissors
Ribbon

Steps To Make The DIY Burlap & Floral Fall Wreath

Pin another (different shape) leaf on top of the first leaf, pointing it down and to the right.


Pin a filler-type flower arrangement on top of and in between the leaves. I used this pale red filler I bought at Michaels when the fall florals were 60 percent off. I'm not sure what the proper name of this flower is.


Pin your "showstopper" flower bloom (I used a big sunflower) to the bottom left of the filler branch.


Pin another (smaller) flower above the sunflower. I used an orange faux ranunculus bloom from Afloral. It's the same type I used to decorate my newly renovated powder room for this spring home tour.


Pin another large leaf to the burlap wreath form on the left of the sunflower, pointing up and left.


Pin berry pods to the wreath form to the left of the sunflower and ranunculus blooms, kind of tucked in between them.

And voila, your fall burlap and floral wreath is done! Unless you don't have a hook big enough to hang it on. And then...

How To Hang Your Burlap & Floral Fall Wreath

Obviously there are different ways to hang a wreath, depending on where you're hanging it. I have a steel front door and I use a magnetic hook to hold wreaths (one on the inside and one on the outside). They don't damage the door or paint in any way. You can see the ones I bought (at Canadian Tire) in this post. My magnetic hangers have a very small hook - it's not big enough that I can just sit the burlap wreath on top of it.


So, for decorative purposes, I first cut a length of ribbon big enough to wrap around the top of the wreath form, above. I pinned it to the back of the burlap wreath with two floral pins.


I then cut another length of ribbon, longer than the first. I wrapped it around the burlap wreath like the first ribbon but then tied a knot in the top. I will simply hang it over my magnetic hook...as you will see in the complete fall home tour next week!

Questions For You

How about you? Do you use different wreaths for different seasons? DIY or store-bought? What kind of flowers would you pin on your fall wreath?

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