Most of the pre-made decorations were pretty pricey. So with our "15% off purchase" and "40% off single item" coupons in tow (you gotta love Michael's!) we searched for things on sale to create our own wreath for the front door of the apartment. What better decoration than a wreath to welcome the season...and to show off our craftiness to the neighbors ;)
We also scoured the dollar store to pick up a couple rolls of pretty fall themed ribbon. When we got home we pulled an old wire hanger (my sister's idea) out of the closet and we were on our way!
We bent the hanger into a circle and cut up the ribbon into tiny strips which we tied around the wire in simple knots.
While my sister was tying ribbon knots...I broke out the bow maker my aunt bought for me from a garage sale ages ago. This thing is pretty old hahaha...I'm not even sure they make them anymore. Here it is...
Basically all you do is insert a little plastic pin into the slots at the top of that middle green cylinder and then follow along with the instructions for the type of bow you want to make- making specific folds and pushing those folds on to the little pin which holds it all together in the end. Perhaps one day when I have a better handle on it, I'll make a tutorial for the different types.
Here's my first attempt...
Not bad if I must say so myself. A little uneven...but pretty damn cute!
Once all the ribbon was tied, the bow was in place at the top (via hot glue), and all the wire covered (no picture for this...sorry!) we began hot gluing the pumpkins and flowers and berries to it. And here's what we got...
Pretty cute, huh? And so simple anyone could do it! The best part? It only really cost us a little over ten bucks!
In the end, it turned out we bought way more than we needed. We got way too swept up in the fall-ness haha.
But we did find use for the extras and now our dining room table has a little hint of fall too!
Hope we've inspired you to get ready for the fall! We can't wait...
Thanks always for reading...
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