D.I.Y Eclectic Fall Wreath

Okay, let’s just be honest. I’m weird. Okay, well not like weird – weird, so maybe I should be nicer to myself and say that I’m “different”. Different in the sense that I don’t like things the way everyone else usually does when it comes to decor. So I have one word that best describes me…

Eclectic

Eclectic – a person who derives ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.

So that’s me. I like things out of the norm. I love mixing random patterns together (that some would say doesn’t match), I like having you go from one room in my house to another and there being no common flow whatsoever because each room has it’s own identity and style. And quite frankly, I don’t care if it all flows together or not. I just love different. End of story. Related: Check out my Fall Farmhouse Kitchen Decor!

So let’s talk wreaths.

I knew I wanted to create a fall wreath for my front door because well, it’s practically the fall season. Cue the hysterical crying because I don’t do well with the changing seasons to colder, darker and rainier weather. But back to the wreath… I didn’t have an exact color scheme in mind because I knew I just wanted to go with whatever I found that was cute, cheap-ish and fun. I perused the aisles of the Dollar Tree and Hobby Lobby and came home with some goodies that I hoped would work. ** This post contains affiliate links. Read my full disclosure policy here. **

Here’s what I found for my D.I.Y eclectic fall wreath:

1. Velvet Pumpkins… from the Dollar Tree! SAY WHAT?!

Okay so I was pretty excited what I spotted these beauties (Fall 2019, btw), and they had many colors to choose from in their velvet pumpkin collection. I chose this nice dark teal color. What can I say, blues always have my heart.

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2. Metal Wreath thingy … again from the Dollar Tree

It’s not a huge one, but it’s the perfect size for your average front door.

3. Ribbons galore… from the Dollar Tree and Hobby Lobby

Once again, I wasn’t really sure the exact direction I was going in for my D.I.Y eclectic fall wreath, so I just grabbed some ribbons I liked. I figured if I didn’t use them for this project, I’d use them for something else eventually. The Dollar Tree is really stepping up their game each time I visit the store, and they never cease to amaze me with the amount of cuteness they put out all the time. These are the three things that I came away with —  Velvet pumpkins, metal wreath thingy, and some ribbons. But that wasn’t enough so I decided to head over to Hobby Lobby. Okay, so at Hobby Lobby I purchased a few more things for the wreath.

4. Burlap-ish Deco Mesh Ribbon

I knew I wanted the wreath to be at least 1/2 of the gathered burlap deco mesh stuff. (Now, I’m kicking myself for being so cheap and not buying the larger amount of it. Instead, I went the cheap “Cherelle route” and got the littlest amount of it possible, which means my wreath didn’t turn out as full as I’d like). So make sure you buy at a minimum of 1 for a smaller wreath or two for a larger wreath? Did I mention that making wreaths aren’t cheap?

Oh, I didn’t?

Yeah, making wreaths really aren’t cheap guys. So just a fair warning.

5. White Pumpkin Picks and Gold Pumpkin Picks at 40% off

These are just for filler, texture, and color contrast.

6. Two Fall Leaves Picks

More filler and texture…

7. Gold Ball Sprig Picks

Phew okay, so here’s what I was working with and hoped it would come together.

Here is how I made D.I.Y Eclectic Fall Wreath

1. Start scrunching the deco mesh through the wreath’s wireframe.

Um, okay, not really sure how to explain this really well, but I just pulled a loop through one of the gaps between the wires, and then pulled another loop through another gap, and kept doing that until I pulled loops through each of the three gaps. No need to do much perfecting right now, but just keep pulling loops through the gaps. I did this 3-4x between each gapped section so that the deco mesh would be full and tight and the wire would be hidden.

2. Floof

Okay, once you have as much of your wreath done in the deco mesh, it’s time to “floof” it. Fluff+ Poof= Floof! Is that a word? If not, I just made it a word. Floof, Floof! So, scrunch it, “floof” it out, make it the way you want.

3. Make your bow.

Back to me being weird, I guess… I don’t like overly perfect wreath bows sometimes. They just remind me of cheerleader’s hair bows or wrapped Christmas gifts. I like things to be more natural and have an organic flow to the design, so I don’t create or make perfect bows for things… usually. Now if you want to make a perfect bow for your fall wreath, this tutorial should help you! I made a 5-loop bow with one of the larger ribbons, And then flattened the loops out so I could add more ribbon bows. The other ribbon I made a 4-loop bow… And then I did it again with another smaller ribbon and added that to the middle… and then “floofed” the ribbon.

4. Add Foliage

I stuck one of the leaves sprigs in by where the bow and deco mesh met… and then the other leaves sprig at the other end of where the decor mesh was.

5. Add the velvet pumpkin

So this is when you want to add your bigger items, whether it be velvet pumpkins like I did, or larger flowers, foliage, or whatever you choose. Pick to your heart’s content sista and you want it to cover the wireframe so that the wire doesn’t show. I was a little short on wreath making materials, not that I don’t “own” the correct materials, but my materials were actually downstairs in the basement safe room. And I don’t like to go down there without Mr. Hubs because there are spiders. Big ones. So I was forced to get a little creative to secure the velvet pumpkins, and hot glue wasn’t an option because, whoops, I was out of hot glue! And I wasn’t running 20 minutes into town to get some hot glue sticks.? I decided to grab the gold ball sprig (since it had a long wire stem) and pierce it through two of the pumpkins. Problem solved! This is where you more prepared wreath makers would to grab some sort of strong floral wire or something of that nature and poke it through or wrap it around your items. Secure it on the wireframe. Then I pierced the last velvet pumpkin with another gold ball sprig and secured it right underneath the ghetto awesome bow. Okay, so we have all three of the velvet pumpkins secured, and cute gold ball sprigs for a nice pop of gold in place!

6. Fill in the empty spaces

This is where you’ll use your things that are for filler. So technically, TECHNICALLY, if I would have done the empty wreath space full of foliage or moss or something of that nature, to begin with, it would have covered the wireframe, and we wouldn’t really have this issue. But this wreath was already becoming more expensive than what I wanted to spend, so I was just working with what I had. I added the two white pumpkins, one at the top of the pumpkins and one at the bottom, and then the last gold ball sprig to the side of the velvet pumpkins. Then I added the pinecones for more filler… And then lastly, because I ran out of materials, I just moved the leaves around and tucked them in certain places that the wire was still showing, and viola!

The wireframe is officially hidden!

Part of the reason I bought so many different ribbons was that I knew I wanted to create a variety of ribbon “tails” on the deco mesh side.

7. Add Ribbon Tails

Take some wire and bend it in half, cut different lengths of ribbons and fold them over the wire. I did about 3-4 different pieces of each of the 3 different ribbons I chose.

8. Final “floof” and you’re done!

This is where you’re going to do a final “floofing” over your deco mesh, your ribbon bow, and whatever else you have. I also decided to curl a few of the wired ribbon tails. And. We. Are. Done! You can hang your wreath on a mirror… Or on your door! That’s my D.I.Y Eclectic Fall Wreath tutorial for you guys! Now a wreath can be made in so many different ways. You can do a full wreath covered in the deco mesh and then add mini flowers or pumpkins, a bow, or whatever. You can do a full wreath covered in foliage and then add your flowers, bows, or pumpkins. It’s really however you want to do it that will represent your own style!

Now go for it girl; get fancy with it!

Or if you’d just rather buy wreaths like I usually do, here are some fall wreath cuties:

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