My second wreath on the door; I decided to use this egg design.
For the wreath itself I used the same stapling and wrapping technique that I’m going to post about tomorrow, but instead of lace I used the same garden wire to make a loop. This has to have been the easiest securing technique I’ve used on my wreaths, particularly as when I wanted to add additional leaves in the end I could slip them into the existing wire.
For the egg I’d found a plastic hollow egg and sprayed one side on the inside with gold paint. Once it had dried I glued leaves inside to make a nest shape, weighing it with something heavy to make sure it stuck. Originally I was going to decorate it with three, painted, little blue eggs. However they were made of polystyrene and when they came into contact with the glue they semi-dissolved, they ended up as shrivelled, odd looking things. So instead of them I used these larger, plastic blue eggs. Once they were glued in and the egg sealed I glued them with waterproof glue to the wreath.
If you don’t want to put it on the door it looks lovely on a mantlepiece too.
I haven’t been posting or even reading other blogs as I’ve been hard at it trying to complete the front hallway.
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