Hello all! I have been seeing all those "Dollar Tree" wreaths and have made Christmas wreaths in the past and thought I would try my hand with this one. Got the frame and mesh and pumpkins at Dollar tree. Ended up not using the ribbon bow, after trying it out decided the colors did not go together.

Getting all the supplies together

The blank wreath!

I got what mesh I could find that coordinated. Some of them had glitter, so I laid down and old sheet.

~They looked so pretty even before getting out of the packaging~

What they look like single ply.

This was my favorite mesh/ribbon, it is reversible, but I used the gold for the most par t

Rear view.

My favorite front and back side by side

Assembling the "rolls." I cut my lengths at 6 inches and once I got going was pretty forgiving if the edges were not perfectly even. For this wreath, the uneven edges were not showing. This is a break from my perfectionistic personality, I have mellowed in the past years.

Roll up four each & criss cross, then wrap with pip cleaner (cut in half)

I found out I could use a clothespin the hold them while I apply the chenille stems.

My first bunch

Attaching the bunch to the frame. I used the ends of chenille stems and twisted around the two middle rings on the frame;

“Necessity is the mother of invention.”

Getting started, I was not sure how many I would need, so as I cut the mesh and put together the bunches, I put them on the frame. In retrospect, I wish I had done all the bunches and then applied them to keep the colors evened out. It ended up being pretty much how I wanted it, just did not want all of too much of one color together.

The first section.

Just to see how it looked, I did some all the same color and some mixed. After I put the on the frame, I decided I like mixed the best and did the majority of them mixed.

~~The single color bunches~~

The first completed section.

~~Looking fluffy!!~~

~Once I got going, it went pretty quickly. Took me several hours, just taking my time.~

~~ almost done, took a few bunches lose and rearranged to my satisfaction~~

~~ Added the white pumpkins, used chenille stem to attach to frame in back and cut off the extra length. Granted, they were not stuck in there forever, but good enough for now. Thought about gluing them.. but the stems were holding. Then, trying out the pumpkin, at first thought about stenciling, but that is so tedious for me. Got pumpkin at Dollar Tree~~

~ ~ Found something to print off to put on the pumpkin sign ~ ~

Applied one layer Mod Podge. Found out that my sponge applicator was falling apart and threw it out and got a new one. So much for my frugal wash-it-out-and-save-it-for-use later theory.