Wreathing

i enjoy making wreaths and swags. and am getting better at it the more i practice. don't be afraid to overdo them because the bolder the better for the most part. really depends on what you're trying to do.

How do you afix stuff to yours? Hot glue? Thick tacky glue? Wire? What do you use for the framework? Grapevines? Raffia? Stryofoam? I have made little ones out of grapevines (3" diameter), and have done the Hawaiian art of Haku a lot using whatever is blooming at the time. Haku wreathes look lovely around a pillar candles.

i use hot glue and floral wire. use straw wreaths, eucalyptus swags, but mostly grapevine which can be embellished with all sorts of things. (these are, maybe, 18" diameter grapevine wreaths). also do christmas swags. in fact, the one i made my sitter is still hanging in her living room.

Mine do until the gekkos take up residence - then they go out with their progeny awaiting hatching! The eucalyptus smells good!

well, you can make living wreaths as well. just use a succulent as your plant and maybe some bromeliads and air plants. take spanish moss and wrap your wreath with it. use some fish line and attach your plants until they take root and hold on. mist once a week or more often and there you go! the gekkos would be at home for sure!!

I'd end up with earwigs, thirsty centipedes, and I don't know what all...!

yeah, but the birds will handle the pest problem!

Not putting this on your dining room table, are you? Hmmm... In that case it would be lovely and I can think of other stuff to put in there, too. Little maidenhair fern plants anchored to minute lave cinders or little ferns of any sort anchored to the cinders - they love cinders!

you could use it as an indoor wreath or tabletop decoration. (ok, maybe not in hawaii)

How about on the Lanai?! It would be perfect there!