We had so much fun at the Flower Clvb wreath-making gathering but if you missed it, below are the materials and instructions for how to make a dried flower wreath:
Materials
Sourced from Unique Gardens, a local Pennsylvania flower farm about 45 minutes away from the city. You can purchase the eucalyptus and dried materials from them at the Clark Park Farmer’s market every Saturday.
16-18” grapevine wreath
3 bunches of dried flowers (1 bunch = 10 stems)
1-2 bunches of fresh or dried eucalyptus
24 gage wire
scissors
Hot glue
Instructions
Cut about 30 stems of eucalyptus into about 6” pieces. Strip-off the bottom third of their leaves. Set them aside into a pile.
Next, take dried flowers and cut 30-50 stems to the length of 6.” Strip-off any foliage.
Then, take three stems of dried flowers and place them over three stems of eucalyptus and pinch them together in your hand just below the bottom leaf of your eucalyptus stems. Use the thumb and index finger of your dominant hand to pinch while using your less dominant hand to place each stem in the pinched fingers.
Take a piece of wire and slide it under your thumb where it is pinched. Then wrap the wire around the eucalyptus and dried flower stems five or six times, leaving excess wire to wrap around the wreath.
Repeat the above step 10 times so that you have 10-15 little bunches.
Once your bunches have been made, place the first piece along the curve of your wreath and attach it with the wire either by wrapping it around the entire arm of the wreath or a few vine branches so that the wreath remains secure.
Take the next bunch and place it over the stems of the first one so both the wire and exposed stems are covered. Attach it with the wire.
Continue to attach bunches to the wreath until your wreath
Find a place to hang your wreath. Take a step back and examine where there might be holes.
Using a a hot glue gun or by simply weaving the dried elements into the vine, add your remaining pieces until your wreath feels balanced.
Note: Depending on the look you are going for, you do not have to cover the entire wreath. The grapevine is beautiful in and of itself.
