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DIY Winter Christmas Wreath

December 10, 2019 by Cara Leave a Comment

Woohoo! It’s day three! Maybe I should say project three since I am a wee bit behind and it is supposed to be day 9 of the series! Lol! I will catch up at some point I am sure of it, maybe by next Christmas!๐Ÿ˜‚ Today’s project is a DIY winter Christmas wreath! I love the metal hoop wreaths but just couldn’t find exactly what I was looking for! I surely made it though!

DIY Christmas Wreath

Here is my DIY Christmas wreath without the mirror behind it, and I really can’t decide which I like better honestly! Lol! There is something so simple without the mirror, but there is that layered feeling with the mirror that I love!

DIY WInter Christmas Wreath above mantel

Oh, and LOOK at my cute little gnome painting! My youngest son painted it for me and I couldn’t love anything more than this right now! As my 25 days of a DIY Christmas progresses you will see that I am completely smitten with all things holiday gnome! Lol!

Back to this beautiful wreath though! I love how it has a modern farmhouse style to it but yet with a few added touches, it could fit with any decor!

And, I tallied all the supplies up to see how much it cost, it came in at a grand total of 37 dollars! That’s really not bad for how large and full it is, I mean I’ve seen smaller, skimpier ones for more expensive!

DIY Christmas Wreath that doubles as a winter wreath

Plus, this was the look I was going for that I couldn’t find anywhere. I wanted a wire hoop wreath, but not one as simple as most of them that I have seen. I also love decor that can stay up through winter and this is perfect for that!

DIY Christmas Wreath

Alright, here are the instructions! The video will be below and the step by step post is following!

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DIY Christmas Wreath

 

Materials:

1 Large metal hoop – 19 inches

1 Medium Metal hoop – 14 inches

Ribbon of your choice (mine is from Walmart but they don’t offer it online – it is in the Christmas section though)

4 large stems of your choice (mine has 2 glittery Eucalyptus from Hobby Lobby which I could not locate online, here is a link to the closest thing I could find to it: Silver Eucalyptus and 2 glittery pine with pinecones from Target)

4 small stems of your choice (mine has 4 glittery pine with pine cone stems from Hobby Lobby- of course, they don’t have the ones I used online…and I can’t find another one like it online either)

2 small stems (mine are glittery lamb’s ear)

1 stem of champagne balls (mine are from Target and they are not online, ugh!)

floral wire

wire cutters

scissors

hot glue gun

Making the DIY Christmas Wreath

Gather all your supplies and get your hot glue gun ready! I love making wreaths especially on a cold winter day when I am stuck inside, it’s an easy craft that makes a big statement!

Step 1

Tape the two hoops together at the top. I used packaging tape because I knew it would be covered. Even if you want to leave the top without greenery, you can still cover the tape with the ribbon.

Making the DIY Christmas Wreath

I played around with my greenery for a few minutes before actually putting it all together to get an idea of how I wanted them to be placed. This is crucial and you need to do this as well…even if you forget what you JUST put together and attach the wrong stems first!๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ˜…

I cut the stems down to a manageable length and started working. Yes, I was supposed to attach the eucalyptus first and had to go back and correct myself! Lol!

Making the DIY Christmas Wreath

Adding Eucalyptus and pine to the christmas wreath

Once I had them where I wanted them, I used the floral wire to attach them to the metal hoop.

DIY winter wreath on metal hoop

And then a little hot glue to make sure they don’t go anywhere!

Hot gluing the DIY christmas wreath

I then worked up the sides to make sure and attach some of the greenery with wire and hot glue so it didn’t get too heavy and hang weird!

Adding the greenery to the DIY christmas / winter wreath

Hot gluing the greenery to the metal hoop wreath

Next, I added the little twigs. I took stems out of the lamb’s ear picks because I didn’t want that much, just a touch! I hot glued them and then wrapped the wire around all the little stems once I had them all hot glued in.

Making the DIY Christmas Wreath with metal hoop

DIY Wintery Christmas Wreath

Making the Bottom Bow for the DIY Christmas Wreath

Take whatever ribbon you like, wired ribbon preferably, and I only wanted 2 pieces on each side…not sure what you call them on a bow?! Lol! I made a video while making this wreath so the step by step pictures are not as great as they should be, but if you want to see step by step photos, I used the same method as when I made the bow for THIS WREATH. Check that out for help until I get the video uploaded!

I basically find start one side of the bow, and figure out the size by that. Make 2 loops big loops and pinch them in the middle.

MAking the bow for the DIY CHristmas wreath

Making the bow for the DIY Christmas Wreath

MAking the bow for the DIY Christmas Wreath

Use the floral wire to hold the middle together while you wrap another small piece of ribbon over the center and hot glue it on the back.

Making the bow for the metal hoop wreath

Hot glue another ribbon on the back to hang down. Brain fart again as to what they are called! Tails? I don’t know, I am typing this with my eyes half-closed falling asleep so yeah, my brain isn’t working that well…oh the typos I will find tomorrow! ๐Ÿ™ƒ

Making the bow for the DIY Christmas wreath

Attach the bow to the bottom of the wreath. I used wire and a lot of hot glue!

Attaching the bow to the DIY Christmas wreath

Placing the Greenery at the Top of the Wreath

Again, I kind of had to play around with the stems to get them to lay how I liked them. I just used the small stems, one on each side, and bent them downward. Then I added a couple of pieces of the same lamb’s ear I used at the bottom (not the whole pick, just a couple of pieces pulled out). This was all out of the frame of my video so I don’t have any photos to share. Ugh! ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

Add the wire and hot glue the picks into place.

I then wrapped a piece of ribbon around the stems and hot glued it over them to hold it all in place.

Adding the stems to the top of the DIY Christmas Wreath

I stuck a piece of gold balls on each side of the ribbon while the hot glue was still wet. Viola!

Adding the gold balls to the Christmas wreath

I thought I was done at this point, but I had a few stems left and thought I would try adding them along the bottom of the smaller hoop, and I kinda loved it! So you could leave it right here, or you could add a little extra as I did!

Laying out the second layer on the DIY Christmas Wreath

Making the DIY Christmas Wreath

DIY Christmas Wreath

Once I had it how I wanted it, I used wire to wrap it all together, and then hot glued it into place!

Making the DIY CHristmas Wreath

Hot glueing the stems into place on the DIY Christmas Wreath

I added one more small piece of ribbon to cover where the stems cross and it was DONE! And I LOVE it!

DIY Wreath for Christmas or Winter

DIY Metal Hoop Christmas Wreath

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Thank you so much for stopping by, can’t wait to see you again soon! Make sure and check out all the other great holiday decor and gift ideas!

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DIY Winter Wreath

 

Filed Under: Holidays, Crafts, Wall Decor Tagged With: Christmas craft, Christmas Decor, metal hoop wreath, winter decor, wire hoop wreath

DIY Tree Card Holder Made of Tassels

December 11, 2018 by Cara 2 Comments

It’s December and you know what that means? Well, it’s time for Christmas, Christmas, and more Christmas! Lol! And, although I don’t have very many holiday posts…I do have one today! I am so excited to bring you the tutorial for this diy tree card holder made of tassels to round up and display your holiday cards! I LOVE receiving Christmas cards in the mail…don’t ask me why, but I do…and I mean get really excited to check the mail daily! ???? I always enjoy looking for new ways to hang them when they start arriving as well, and this year I had the cutest little idea that I feel you could actually manage to incorporate year round into your decor if you wanted!

DIY Tassel Tree Card Holder

Sometimes when it’s cold outside and it gets dark so early, I enjoy an indoor craft that I can be doing while watching a Christmas movie and drinking hot cocoa with the kids! And that’s just what I did when I made my first tassel tree card holder, then I loved it so much I thought I better make a tutorial and share it with you all! So I even made another one and created a video for you all to make it that much easier to create one yourself! After all those hours slaving behind the camera…PLEASE go watch it and subscribe to my YouTube channel! ???? The photo tutorial is still down below as usual so take a look at that if there’s something I missed in the video!

DIY Tassel Tree Card Holder Video

Video will be coming soon…my phone apparently records in 4K and so my computer was having a really hard time editing it when I would speed the video up, so I have to start the editing process all the way over and convert them to lower resolutions! It will take a couple days! So in the mean time, below is the step by step tutorial to help you create the tree card holder!

Here is a photo without the garland if you wanted to just use it as a tassel tree, or you could add string lights, I recently found these really cute ones with clips already on them to use to hold the cards! There are so many options…I can’t wait to see what you all come up with in addition to what I have done here! ???? If you are looking for another option of card holder, I made this DIY Christmas Tree Card Holder last year!

DIY Tree Card Holder Made of Tassels

DIY Tassel Tree Card Holder Tutorial

Note: Links below may be affiliate links! This just means, if you choose to make a purchase after clicking one of my links, mind you…you don’t have to buy the item you click on, you can purchase anything you like…and I make a small commission at NO extra charge to you! It just helps me to keep creating fresh content! ????????

Materials:

  • Yarn of your choice in as many colors as you would like
  • 4 Dowel rods – 1/4″ x 48″
  • Drill and drill bit
  • Twine – I used a little more heavy duty one than what you may get in the gift wrap section per say!
  • Hot glue gun Affiliate linkย  – this cordless glue gun is on my Christmas list! Lol! (you only need a glue gun if attaching garland of some sort)
  • Scissors
  • marker
  • 1/2″ wood beads (mine are from Hobby Lobby but I found this great set on Amazon that contains enough of both sizes – Affiliate link)
  • 3/4″ wood beads
  • 6-10 tiny wooden clothespins

Cut List:

  • 1 dowel rod cut @ 3″
  • 6″
  • 9″
  • 12″
  • 15″
  • 18″
  • 21″
  • 24″

I get excited when I can create something with my hands that I can enjoy my family while doing it…and that is just what this craft is so great for! You can invite your girlfriends over to make them with you or get your mom and sister together! Or just catch up on your favorite Netflix series while binging on wine and chocolate…no one is judging here! ????

Alright, after you have gathered all your supplies, cut the dowel rods down to size!

DIY Tree Card Holder Made of Tassels

Measure 3/4″ in from each edge and place a mark. This will be where you will drill your hole for the twine which we will tie the tree together with at the end.

DIY Tree Card Holder Made of Tassels

Not sure why that photo is so fuzzy? ???? I’m measuring though I promise! ????

Drill your holes in each end, making sure that you are drilling the same direction on each end!

DIY Tree Card Holder Made of Tassels

DIY Tree Card Holder Made of Tassels

Now you can start making your tassels. I didn’t do any measuring of the yarn for the tassels, I simply left the yarn attached to the spool (is that even what it is called? Ball? Spool? Skein? I am not sure…I will just say spool and you just know what I mean, okay?????). I kept looping it over the dowel rod until it had 10 loops on each side and then left the single strand on the opposite side of where I started the single strand (see video if that doesn’t make sense) I then cut the yarn and cut another piece roughly 10″ or so long and tied the tassel! Trim the tassel to your desired length…mine measure about 3″ from the tie…but again, they were not measured, just roughly eyeballed based off the one next to it!

DIY Tree Card Holder Made of Tassels

How to make a tassel

How to make a tassel

How to make a tassel

Keep going…10 times on each side I said! ????

How to make a tassel christmas tree

How to make a tassel

Tie it in a knot with the extra piece of yarn!

How to make a tassel

How to make a tassel

Cut the tassel!

How to make a tassel

Don’t mind my strange faces…the photos were exported from the video!????

That’s pretty much it! You just repeat this over and over and over again until you fill up your dowel rods! There is 1 tassel on the first dowel that measured 3″, I did 3 tassels on the 5″ dowel, 5, 7, 9 and so on…adding 2 to each rod as they went up in size! So on the 24″ dowel rod there was 15 tassels!

How to make a tassel

Tassel Tree Card Holder

Christmas Tree Made of tassels

Christmas Tree Card Holder

Tying the Tassel Tree Together

After all your beautiful tassels are tied, now you have to tie all of the dowels together with the twine! I cut two separate pieces of twine and started from the bottom and went up. I tied them together at the top once they were all knotted where they needed to be.

Starting at the largest dowel rod (the bottom of the tree) tie knots at one end of each piece of twine and thread the twine trough the holes in the dowel rod. I did the both ends of the dowel at the same time before moving on to the next dowel.

DIY Tree Card Holder Made of Tassels

Now you will need to somewhat measure here to make sure you don’t have 5 inches between one dowel and 2 between another! Lol! Mine were roughly 3 1/2″ from dowel to dowel. After measuring, I marked my twine where I needed the knot to be, and tied it there. Sometimes you may have to tie and untie because it sits wrong…no worries, I had to do this a number of times! ????

Once you get the knot tied at the right place, feed the twine through the hole and repeat that process to get the next one properly tied. Once you make your way to the top, just tie the two strings together a couple inches above the last dowel! Woohoo! The hard part is over! Now you just have to decide what amenities you would like your tree to have!

DIY Tree Card Holder Made of Tassels

Making the DIY Bead Garland

After completing the tassels on your tree, you can leave it as is…which is beautiful…or you can add a diy bead garland! Or if you are lucky enough to find one already made for cheap then you can use that instead! But of course I couldn’t manage to find one, so I had to make mine!

I bought the beads while they were 30% off at Hobby Lobby. Which I used 5 bags of the 1/2″ and 2 bags of the 3/4″ beads. So all in all the beads cost me 9.75 and the twine I already had, but it was like 3.99 for a really large spool when I bought it!

Using twine on the beads is not the easiest since twine cannot be burned to make it stay together on the end. I used nail polish which worked pretty well for a while, but then I would have to still cut a fresh end. Make sure to leave plenty extra for this. I actually didn’t cut mine until after I was done, I left it attached to the spool so I could make sure I had enough!

I started with (10) 1/2″ beads in a row, then added (1) 3/4″ bead and continued that pattern all the way down.ย  You can definitely change the pattern and make it your own! I would LOVE to see it if you do!ย ????

Once I had enough beads on my garland, I tied a knot in one end and made a loop in the end so I could slide it onto the bottom dowel and see how I wanted to drape it. After messing with it for a while, I was able to find a way I liked it and then I just hot glued the twine to the back side of the dowel!

DIY Tree Card Holder Made of Tassels

After completing the bead garland, I came back and added the tiny clothespins to the 3/4″ beads with a little hot glue! Viola! Just make sure that the clothespins are glued in the direction you want your card to hang!

DIY Christmas Tree Card Holder Made of Tassels

Add your holiday cards to make it even more beautiful!DIY Tassel Tree Card Holder

Want to save this project for a later date? Be sure and pin it! I love when you pin my projects and I thank you for it!

DIY Tree Card Holder Made of Tassels - Such a cute craft project to wrangle your Christmas cards and display them beautifully! Stay warm inside while creating this craft project this holiday season!

DIY Tree Card Holder Made of Tassels

Filed Under: Crafts, Wall Decor Tagged With: card holder, Christmas, Christmas craft, Christmas Decor, holiday crafts, holiday decor, tassels

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