Hanging Christmas Wreath

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

• Mixed greenery and pinecone wreath
• Greenery wreath with white berries
• 22-gauge floral wire
• Wire cutters or floral snips
• Hot glue gun/glue gun sticks
• 2 frosted berry pinecone greenery bushes
• 3 frosted berry pinecone pine stems
• Fishing wire or invisible thread
• 7/8"x 21' ribbon spool

DIRECTIONS:

1. Begin by removing the white berries from the wreath. Lay the pinecone wreath on top of the berry wreath that is laying upside down. Attach the two together using long strands of the 22-gauge floral wire. Inert the wire through the two wreaths and twist tightly. Attach in multiple spots all around the wreaths to secure together tightly.
2. Blend the two wreaths together by intertwining the greens in between each other and work the greens so that it looks like one wreath with multiple greens. Remove the largest pinecones from the wreath.
3. Snip the frosted berry pinecone stems from the main bush. Snip some of the stems in half to have more greenery to fill in the wreath to make it fuller. Insert these stems throughout the wreath laying in the same direction throughout. Once the desired look has been achieved, glue these pieces into the wreath using the hot glue gun.
4. Cut small sections or clusters of the frosted pinecone pine stems and insert into the wreath. Hot glue them to secure these pieces to the hanging wreath.
5. Hang the chandelier wreath from your workspace. Use temporary wire strands or hangers inserted from the top of the wreath to hang.
6. Add the ornaments to your wreath by threading the ornament with either fishing wire or invisible thread. Cut the thread to desired length. String the thread through the ornament top. Knot the thread together. Cut a piece of 22-gauge wire and make it into a “u" shape. Insert the wire into the thread. Let the ornament with the thread hang from the floral wire. Use the wire to feed the ornament through the wreath. Twist the floral wire at the top of the wreath once the ornament is in the desired location.
7. Cut three ribbon lengths for hanging of the wreath. Feed the ribbon through the wreath from the top, near the area where the temporary wire is located. Tie those ribbon lengths to attach. Add hot glue to the ribbon strands in order to tightly secure them to the wreath.

Craft Hack Tips and Tricks:

• If stems are too short, add wire to the cluster or greenery to extend the length.