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Make Your Own Winter Berry Wreath

{By Emily ~ November 12, 2008} 

This is my favorite Winter Berry wreath! I have it at home proudly displayed and since I thought it was so pretty, I took a few pictures of it and put it up on the front page of Little Window Shoppe a week ago. Since posting it up, I have had a lot of questions about it! So, due to popular demand, I wanted to write a quick tutorial with easy steps on how to make your own gorgeous wreath this year.

Supplies

  • An old or new grapevine wreath base (size = your choice). You can buy these at Michaels for about $3 - $6. Mine also has extra dried twigs included in it, in fact you could dry your own twigs and make a base out of it…just secure it together with floral wire.
  • A bunch of your favorite freshly picked Red Winter Berry Stems - (the artificial stems are also found at various craft stores).
  • Floral Wire - to secure everything in place and to make a hanger for your wreath.
  • Scissors and/or a wire cutter
  • (Extra) Ribbon - if you want to add a ribbon to your wreath.

Easy Steps

Once you have your grapevine/twig base and your Winter Berry stems, start weaving them into the base and secure them with floral wire. If you can’t keep it in place with just the wire, you can also use hot glue (I like to avoid glue if at all possible on this project, but it can definitely help hold it all together if nothing else is working).

Finally, once the stems are intertwined and secured, you can use your floral wire to make a hanger for your wreath or to attach a pretty bow. This is a fun and easy little project for the holidays and will help you to save a lot of money too! Many of pre-made berry wreaths are selling for about $20 to $40 (depending on the size). So, have fun and keep your cash this season. ;)

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Topics: Autumn and Winter, Creative Crafts and DIY Projects, Front Page

Comments

12 Responses to “Make Your Own Winter Berry Wreath”

  1. Whitney on November 12th, 2008 12:25 pm

    That is beautiful Emily! I’ve got to try and attempt that. Im not very good at flower arranging though but maybe I could do this.

  2. Michelle on November 12th, 2008 12:55 pm

    That’s looks awesome! Mine so wouldn’t look that good :)

  3. Vanessa on November 12th, 2008 1:33 pm

    So excited, I am recruiting my Mom to help me make a couple :)

  4. Jenny on November 12th, 2008 3:06 pm

    So cute. I’ve been looking at these and not willing to spend the money, now I don’t have to! Thanks for the tut.

  5. Kristin on November 12th, 2008 4:16 pm

    I love your wreath….it makes me feel like Christmas is just around the corner…oh yea…IT IS! haha!

  6. LuLu on November 12th, 2008 4:50 pm

    i have always wanted to make a berry wreath and now I know how. thank you for the great directions!!!

  7. Melissa Lewis - Off The Wall on November 12th, 2008 5:49 pm

    I love the look of these wreaths. So pretty and so simple. I think I could actually make one:)

  8. TeresaR on November 12th, 2008 8:58 pm

    What a stunning wreath! You have such a great eye for gorgeous things!

  9. Kimberly on November 13th, 2008 8:02 am

    Beautiful! I didn’t know you made that.

  10. Baby Gear on November 16th, 2008 7:54 pm

    Thank you for showing us how to make this beautiful wreath! I always go to craft shows and pay a good amount to get a wreath that looks like this, but now, I can make my own! :)

  11. Brandon on January 22nd, 2009 10:21 am

    Those look so professional, who would have thought they could be made so easily! thanks for another great article!

  12. Amy on January 15th, 2010 10:53 am

    where do you get the winter berries? thanks.

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