Is it feeling like fall in your area? Temperatures are just beginning to dip a little in Charleston. I’m still not ready for full on fall decorating. I’ll wait just a bit longer before setting up fall decor inside, but it’s not too soon to add a touch of fall to our front door. This Fall Floral Frame Wreath is a quick and easy way to welcome fall. This month, along with our group of blogging friends, we are participating in a Dollar Store Craft Challenge. I always enjoy finding ways to use dollar store items in my craft projects.
I love stopping by my local Dollar Tree to check out the seasonal decor. I always find fun items that I can use for crafting. For only a few dollars, I can combine several of the items I find there and turn them into a decor piece.
I hope you’ll visit the other bloggers participating in this month’s challenge.
Stop by the following blogs for some wonderful inspiration!
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My go to dollar store is The Dollar Tree. I often find lots of pretty florals there that can be used to create seasonal pieces. I purchased 10 stems. Each stem had 5 blooms on it. I knew I wanted to pull the blooms from the stems for the project I had in mind. I was guessing about how many blooms I would need. The Autumn Greetings sign isn’t my taste, but I knew I could change it to fit the wreath. I purchased the frame at Goodwill a couple of years ago with the intent of using it for a wreath. Finally, I’ve gotten around to using it!
I also bought coppery pipe cleaners and a fall adornment at The Dollar Tree.
The pumpkin is lightweight so it works well for this project. I thought I would need to paint over the image to change it, but as I looked closely at it, I realized that it would lift right off.
It was lightly glued in place and most of the glue came off as I separated the image piece from the burlap. I used jewelry pliers to remove the remaining glue.
The burlap covered pumpkin looked much better for this project.
The pumpkin is attached to the frame with a pipe cleaner. I thought I might need to use pipe cleaners to attach the blooms, but I decided to use hot glue.
I wasn’t crazy about the leaf at the top of the pumpkin. It needed to be dressed up a little. I left it in place an added a bloom with hot glue. Four strips of orange cord were also added and hot glued onto the back of the pumpkin. I also added a few beads of hot glue to secure the pumpkin to the frame.
Before adding the bloom, it was removed from its stem. To make sure the blooms would all be flush with the surface, I used jewelry pliers to snip the stem close to the flower.
To complete the pumpkin, the fall adornment with bells was added. This is looped around the stem of the pumpkin.
After trimming the blooms to fit flush against the frame, I began hot gluing them along the frame.
I thought that I wanted part of the frame to show, but after completing one row around the frame, it didn’t look full enough.
Fortunately, I purchased more stems that I originally thought I would need, so I had a lot of them that could be added. I doubled them on the top and bottom of the frame. To cover the sides of the frame, I found some small stems that I had in my craft stash. They were just the right size.
Once all of the flowers were added, the frame disappeared, but I think it looks better being this full.
Materials Used:
10 Floral Stems With 5 Blooms Per Stem
Dollar Tree Pumpkin
Pipe Cleaner
Cord
Bell Adornment
Lightweight Frame
Jewelry Pliers
Hot Glue
I love the color combination for the wreath and by using dollar store items, the cost, excluding the frame, was only $12.00. Since I’ve had the frame for a while, I’m not sure of the exact cost of it, but Goodwill always has large frames for only a few dollars.
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Fall Floral Frame Wreath
Be sure to stop by the blogs linked above to have a look at how others met this month’s Dollar Store Craft Challenge! I can’t wait to see the creativity!
We’ll be sharing with lots of these great parties!
Beverly shares easy, inexpensive craft tutorials, diy projects for the home, coastal decor projects, & thrift store find makeover projects all designed to help you create a beautiful home on a budget.
Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures says
How pretty! Thank you for the tutorial! -Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures
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Beverly says
Thanks, Marci! It’s really simple to put together. Thanks for pinning.
Gail @Purple Hues and Me says
Your wreath is so stunning and unique! You never cease to amaze me with your creativity and Design vision. Love it!
Beverly says
Thank you, Gail! I love the colors and was happy to have found such pretty flowers at the Dollar Tree. Using the frame as a base is something that I’ve been meaning to do for a while.
Laurie says
Beverly, Your wreath is gorgeouS! Great use of the burlap pumpkin too. It looks so wonderful with the wreath and I love how you dressed it up. It really is lovely! Great Dollar Store craft Share! Pinned and shared 🙂
Beverly says
Thank you, Laurie! It was fun putting it together. I love the Dollar Store Challenges. Thanks for sharing!
Sew Crafty Crochet says
I love what you did with this wreath! Aren’t Dollar Store flowers great!? I also use them a lot to make wreaths.
Beverly says
Thanks! I love the price of flowers at dollar stores! It’s easy to create an arrangement for very little cost.
Twochicksandamom/Donna says
i love how each blogger went into a dollar store and came out with such different, yet amazing, ideas! love your fall wreath/frame! pinning all the clever dollar store craft challenge ideas.
Beverly says
Aren’t these dollar store challenges fun? I enjoy them and love seeing all of the creativity! Thank you, Donna!
Mary says
Beverly this is truly spectacular. A nice large wreath that makes a statement on your front door. The blooms were a great idea and really make the wreath shine.
Beverly says
Thanks so much, Mary! I love the size of it, too. It’s great to make a budget friendly piece that can make a statement.
Sharon@BlueWillowHouse says
I love dollar store crafts. Your wreath turned out beautifully.
Beverly says
Thanks! It’s a fun challenge and I always enjoy putting something together from the dollar store.
JaneEllen says
Isn’t it fun to see what can be made with $ store goodies?, love it and good challenge for our imaginations. I have a few things but need to get Fall box out to see what really have. Challenging myself to make something after seeing your wonderful, gorgeous wreath.
Love colors of fall and those flowers sure do it, they shine and will show up on your door Beautifully. How you redid the pumpkin was so clever, I bought one of those decorations but is a leaf. Will leave as is since it has pumpkins and leaves on it.
trying to decide if I want to use an oval embroidery hoop or frame. Will have to see what’s in my Fall box, will depend on what I put on my wreath. No money to go buy anything til we get paid on 27th, been another 5 weeks between paydays again and it’s expensive to live here. Only good thing about living here is our two youngest are here.
Rarely see or hear from youngest son but do see and hear from youngest daughter. She lives in a nice subdivision about 6 miles away, she works full time so doesn’t have much time to see us, mostly talk on phone. They still have a senior in high school at home and oldest daughter is in college in Northern CA. How nice you and your daughter live so close.
You made such a great wreath for your front door. Not ready myself to have Fall in house. Last year Mr.Furry requested no Fall decorations til at least end of Sept. so holding off but am getting itchy to do little bit. Our weather has changed for now, cooler during day. Fall is so pleasant here, That 90+ degree weather was wearing me out. We’ll see how long the cooler days last, Turns around, gets hot again then boom we have Fall. Mother Nature likes to play tricks.
Have fantastic weekend.
Beverly says
Thank you, Jane Ellen. Yes, I always enjoy finding dollar store items that I can use in decor pieces. It’s great to keep crafts budget friendly! I’ve seen some lovely embroidery hoop wreaths. I might have to try that soon, too. I’m ready for fall like temperatures, too. It’s hard to get the fall decorating spirit when it’s still so warm outside.
Theresa @ Shoestring Elegance says
Hi Beverly, happy Fall and weekend. Popping by to let you know that I’m featuring your fun Floral Frame this week at the What to do Weekends party! Good job on the challenge! It’s adorable.
I hope you are well. Wishing you happy Fall days.
Theresa.
Beverly says
Happy Fall, Theresa! Thanks so much for including my Floral Fall Wreath in your features at What To Do Weekends!