Living begins at the front door. And as with everything else in life, first impressions count. Present your home in style – for example with a home-made flower wreath. Find out here what you need to look out for in terms of materials and how much DIY decorations cost.
“The mistake most people make when tying a flower wreath is that they work with too little material,” explains florist Lisa Schneider-Marth from Blumen Preinsberger. So when it comes to preparations, the motto is: more is more. “Nature offers so many plants, herbs, flowers and grasses that are perfect for processing.” Eucalyptus, hydrangeas, thistles, gypsophila, pampas grass, pistachio, ruscus – there are no limits to the imagination. “At the edge of the forest or near streams, rivers and highways, because they are rarely mowed, you can often find great green varieties.”
Collect and dry materials
But you can also get creative in your own garden: “Thyme, rosemary and lavender are great for making herb wreaths.” Important tip: If you want a dried wreath, ideally you should also work with materials that have already dried. “If I tie fresh roses to the wreath, they start to droop at some point and the beautiful look is lost.”
Ideally, the fresh material should be cut and collected at the end of the summer and left to dry over the fall and winter in a place with low humidity, such as the attic or pantry. Hydrangeas are an exception: they can be made into a fresh wreath that still looks good when it dries. If you like it colorful, you can also carefully bathe the grasses and herbs in acrylic paint or paint them with it.
DIY flower wreath: inexpensive and easy
Once you have all the materials together, you also need a standard bobbin wire and a base on which to attach the materials. The florist recommends a wreath made of straw or a metal hoop. The second is covered with Tixo because otherwise it is too thin and smooth and the material slips or tilts. And then it’s time to tinker.
“All in all, it costs between five and ten euros for a homemade flower wreath,” says the expert. And she recommends cutting the materials to the right size and folding them into small bundles before tying. “You fix them to the wreath by wrapping the wire around them three times each.” If you like, you can also incorporate artificial flowers. True to the motto: whatever you like is allowed.
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