I posted a glimpse of my newest Ribbon Wreath creation a couple weeks ago but today I am back with the tutorial to help you make your own! The Mini Ribbon Wreath Ornament is such a fun and relatively easy ornament to make. The only thing that might be tough is finding the 3" Styrofoam wreath form. I ordered a dozen from
Factory Direct Crafts, but a quick Google/Yahoo/Bing search should find you some. In the stores they sell a 3" twig version of this form which you could also just cover with ribbon and use much in the same way. I do make these slightly different than I make my larger wreaths but I think they turn out just as cute!
Supplies:
3" Wreath Form
60 - 3/8" wide ribbon loops (created by cutting 60 - 2.5" long pieces of 3/8" wide grosgrain ribbon, folding them in half and sewing them with a 1/4" tail/seam)
36-40" long piece of 5/8" satin ribbon
Hot Glue Gun & Sticks
6" length of ribbon to create a hanging loop at the end
See. that wasn't so hard was it? I do recommend that you use a low temp glue gun on this project so that you reduce how badly the glue burns your fingers! I have kinda built up a high tolerance to hot glue. You can always use a toothpick to help you place the ribbon if you find that you are burning your fingers too much.
PS - Holly Trees are prickly little devils but provide for a nice photo op!
Cute as can be, thanks for the tutorial! Have you seen the poster that has a pic of a hot glue gun and says "I craft, therefore I have no thumbprints" :) LOL
ReplyDeleteYour wreaths are so cute! I pinned them on pinterest. Thanks for sharing, I found you through TT&J.
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ReplyDeleteSo I tried this out and here's how it turned out: http://thecraftyfamily.blogspot.com/2011/12/its-that-time-of-year.html
ReplyDeleteThis was my first one so I have room for improvement. Thanks for sharing- I love them!