How to Make an Easy Coastal Wreath

Making this coastal wreath was easy and the best part for me was that I didn’t need to buy anything new for it. All of the items were in my craft stash or in my box of items that I know I want to repurpose. Every year I like to make a new coastal wreath for our front door. This one is a combination of a couple of old wreaths that have been repurposed into a new one

How to Make an Easy Coastal Wreath

Supplies Used:
Grapevine Wreath
Twine
Sea Glass Shards
MFD Initial
Starfish
Capiz Shell
Paint
E6000 Glue

This MFD initial is one that Gloria had on her front door for a while. We had embellished it with a metallic flower. After a year or so, it started looking a little warn. When she decided to change her front door wreath, she asked if I wanted this. Naturally, I said yes. I gave it a fresh coat of white spray paint, thinking I would leave it white. After I began putting the wreath together, I decided it needed to be a different color. 

I painted over the white with Folk Art Coral enamel paint and added a capiz shell and starfish. I played around with the positioning of them, finally deciding to add them to the top and off center. 

The capiz shell is  glued to the outer border of the R and the starfish is glued on top of it.  A small piece of twine is tied into a bow and glued onto the starfish. I used E6000 glue since this is going to be outdoors. Hot Glue doesn’t hold very well in changing temperatures or rain. 

I wanted to give the wreath more dimension and I did that by adding a grapevine wreath behind the R. This is an old one that I had in my craft stash. I spray painted it using Krylon ColorMaster in bright white.  I didn’t want it to have full coverage, just enough to give it a worn look with a color close to drift wood. 

To attach the R to the grapevine wreath, I used twine. It’s wrapped around several times and then tied off into a knot on the back. I repeated this step for the opposite side of the wreath. 

I added in some sea glass shards that I had left over from my DIY Beach Decor Candle Holder. These are glued in place using E6000 Glue. To give the wood more of an aged look, I used a paper towel to dab on some brown craft paint in small spots around the R wreath.  I wiped it off quickly so that the coral paint would look a little aged, but not brown. 

I love that all of the elements of this coastal wreath were items I had on hand. Creating a new decor piece for zero new dollars is always a good thing! 

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How to Make an Easy Coastal Wreath

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