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Saturday 17 December 2011

Guest post for My Pink Mexico

Hi everyone!

A good friend of mine Mary Dawn has been hosting a 12 15 days of Christmas crafts over on her fabulous blog.

Unfortunately, a medical issue has arisen and put her in a bit of a bind, so she's asked me to help out! Of course I jumped at the chance!

Now there has been a Christmas craft I've been meaning to do for AGES but just never gotten around to, so this was my chance.

A bauble door wreath.

Each year I like to make a different wreath and this year is no different!

Here are photos to show you how I did it (it's SUPER simple!)

Door bauble Wreath

Step 1: Remove the cap from  your bauble (if you can)

Step 1

Step 2: Use hot-glue gun to add glue to the 'neck' of the bauble

Step 2

Step 3: Replace the cap (the hot glue will ensure the bauble will stay on when strung up :))

Step 3

Step 4: String your baubles along your wire/tie

Normally you would use a wire coat hanger, untwist it and form it into a circle shape, however I couldn't find any wire coat hangers ANYWHERE lately!! So I had to be inventive :)
I found some cable ties that I thought would do the trick as they're stiff enough to hold the circular shape.

Step 4

Step 4_b: 

Step 4_b


Step 5: Keep going! 

Step 5

Step 6

Look at all that glitter and gleam :)

Step 7: Twist your coat hanger back together at the ends/seal your cable tie

Cut off excess tie 'tail' if there is any.

Step 7

Step 8: I added some thick satin ribbon to give a 'tail' look, but a big bow up the top would look sweet too. You could string it up using fishing wire (or similar) but I just used my ribbon for this photo.

Door bauble Wreath


That's it!! Super easy and effective. I'll definitely be making another of these with larger baubles.

One note though: you'll need a LOT of baubles. This wreath is small (only about 9 inches in diameter and used around 50 smaller baubles.

Another fun option if you were using a cable tie/thick string like I did, would be just to make a long string of baubles to hang from your ceiling. (Like a banner)

I hope you enjoyed!!

If you have any questions or comments, let me know!

Speak to you all soon thanks so much for stopping by!

*hugs*

Linda xx

3 comments:

Mary Dawn said...

you are definitely a keeper, my friend <3 i can't thank you enough...this wreath is stunning! are those the shatterproof/plastic ornaments? because i need to make one of those

Leslie Hanna said...

I love this idea, and I don't even celebrate Christmas! :) Thanks for covering for MD, too. :):):)

Chari Moss said...

I just bought a new wreath this year! Darn! But I'm sure I can find a reason to make one of these...maybe I can go buy some ornaments after Christmas when they are on sale and make one for next year. :)