Our 2020 Christmas Wreath
A new season calls for a new wreath! This time, I'm trying something very different for my Christmas wreath: sunflowers and plaid!
This year, I really wanted to try incorporating more color into my Christmas decor scheme and gravitated towards this Scottish plaid design. I have the red background ribbon outside, and am using the white background version inside with various pieces. As for the flowers, I've never felt particularly drawn to sunflowers, but managed to snag these from Joann's a couple months back during their Fall clearance sale and wanted to utilize some of them for this project. If you don't have access to white sunflowers, any large white flower will do.
What You'll Need
- 18" Grapevine wreath (exact)
- Premade ribbon bow (similar ribbon)
- 3 large white Sunflowers (exact)
- 1 3-flower stem of Ranunculus (exact)
- 1 bundle of gold dried Stardust Gypsum (exact)
- 1 stem of denim blue Hydrangeas (exact)
- 1 bundle of gold Poinsettias (similar)
- 1 or 2 stems of red Rose Sprays (exact)
- Hot glue gun
- Hot glue sticks
Here What To Do
I always recommend placing your wreath on your wreath hook before beginning anything. No two grapevines are made the same and the weight can change the balance. If you're using an over-the-door wreath hook, you won't experience as many weight imbalance issues as someone using a 3M hook (like I do).
Once you know your top from your bottom, start by placing down your bow. You'll be building the rest of your wreath around it.
I placed my ranunculus bloom on one side, and the half bloom and bud on the other side. Next, I placed my sunflowers at the west, east and south points of the wreath. Since stardust gypsums are filler flowers, I took the most dense stems and tucked them sporadically around the wreath.
Next, I placed my gold poinsettias around in various places. I really wanted the grapevine to show through the flowers, so I didn't attempt this with any strategy. Go with your creative eye and place them how you feel looks best!
Fill in some of the gaps with groupings of hydrangeas. Take the stem and cut them at the base. This will give you 6 little flower bundles to work with. If you decide to, you can use the center grouping which will give you another 3 flower bundles to use. I like to use these flowers to hide stems of the other flowers or hide really unique imperfections in the wreath. Again, go with your gut. There is no wrong answer!
Lastly, I took a ruby rose spray that I had leftover from another project and placed the buds with the hydrangeas and poinsettias to add a pop of red and tie in the ribbon colors. They accent very wonderfully without drawing too much attention away from the ribbon, which I wanted to have as the star!
And that's it! Hang your wreath up in it's intended location and enjoy! Wreaths bring me so much joy and really feel like they are the perfect front door accessory!
What kind of flowers are you using on your Christmas wreath? Let me know in the comments below! I'd love to see your take on my wreath tutorial, so be sure to tag me on Instagram (@withlovejoey)!
