DIY Fall Wreath

I was able to make a cute wreath for under $30. I purchased everything from Hobby Lobby and just about everything I got was on sale. All of the Fall decorations and craft supplies were 80% off! Okay lets jump into it and I'll show you how I made this pretty fall wreath!

Here is everything I used. I thought about using those lights but I decided against it. The lights are actually from Target's "dollar" section not Hobby Lobby. (I tried to find a link to the lights online but I'm guessing they don't put their dollar items online)

So here we have:

18" Wreath

Red and White Chevron Wired Ribbon

String of LED lights (That I didn't use)

White Paint (you can use any color you prefer)

Paintbrush

Hot Glue Gun

Scissors

Fall Flowers and Pumpkins

Letter M

(not pictured are some twisty ties)

First I started out by Painting my letter M. I figured I could work on some other details while it was drying

While it was drying I got started on the bow, which was probably the most difficult part of this project but still pretty dang simple.

 To be honest with you I didn't measure anything. I just held the ends of the ribbon together and kept adding more ribbon till I got to a bow size I liked. The top ribbon is going to be the "base" of the bow, the middle ribbon is going to be the "top" of the bow and the bottom ribbon will be the center of the bow.

 With the "base" ribbon i glued the ends together. I did this with the "top" ribbon as well.

 After they had dried I laid the "top" ribbon on top of the "base" ribbon, both with the glued sides facing the table. I tried to get it as centered as I could.

 Then for the center of the ribbon I folded it in thirds and glued it all together.

 Then I put it on top of the two ribbons right in the middle...

 Then i flipped it over (glued side up) and pulled it tight and glued! You want to make sure to pull that smaller ribbon tight and not just lay it on top or you wont get that "bow" look 

 Then i fluffed up mu ribbon. This is why its important to get the wired ribbon and not the regular ribbon because the wired will hold its shape.

 Then I cut two more lengths of ribbon (once again I didn't measure I just eyeballed it), Figured how big I wanted the bow to be and hot glued them!

 Here I just used some twisty ties where I had glued the ribbon and cinched it together to get a "bow" look.

 Then I hot glued it to the back!

and cut some tales on it!

 I pretty much knew where I wanted the bow and the flowers but I wasn't sure where to put the M or Pumpkins. The flowers and pumpkins already had pose-able stems on them so I just kinda shoved them through the wreath when I got them in a spot I liked. I used a twisty tie to connect the ribbon to the vine, and the letter M is just being held on by the pumpkins! You can hot glue anything down for extra hold but I'm thinking about reusing the vine for a Christmas wreath so I didn't want to do anything too permanent! I think this whole project took me 45 minutes, so It's definitely something that can be done in between housework or during commercials.

So there you go! A cheap and easy fall wreath!