Wreathmaking

Dress up a door, accent a room, and, of course, turn every season more festive: 30 elegantly photographed projects for seasonal wreaths throughout the year show exactly how wonderful these decorations can be. Brightened with colorful berries or pomegranates, lush with ivy, and fragrant with the scent of evergreen, each one pleases the senses. Easy-to-follow instructions make the entire process effortless.

“This book contains 200 awe-inspiring wreaths, each with a full-page color photograph and assembly instructions. Celebrate a baby’s birth with a wreath of wooly pampas grass and a toy lamb. You can even celebrate your own special interests with a wreath of feathers or sheet music. In addition to new ideas and inspiration, you’ll discover that wreath making is easy for beginners and experts alike.”—Crafts.

These wonderful wreaths go far beyond Christmas decorations. Crafted from pinecones, seashells, autumn leaves, berries, pumpkins, and even styrofoam, they add a beautiful touch to any room all year long. They’re easy to make, too, especially with instructions that carefully outline the basic supplies and show how to make an attractive bow, wire items to the wreath, work with dried materials, enhance pre-made wreaths, and much more. Fashion a lovely seasonal wreath from spring pussy willows and forsythia. Just for fun, use recycled toys on a wreath or “wreath around the clock.” Wish someone a happy birthday with a wreath adorned with party horns, sweets and bright ribbon. One “seedy” wreath is for the birds. They’re all creative, unique, and fun to make.

Today wreaths celebrate holidays in all seasons and decorate every room of the house. Beautiful wreaths are expensive to buy but are surprisingly easy to make. With simple instructions, this craft book is sure to inspire readers to try their hands at making gorgeous and imaginative straw, grapevine, wire, and evergreen wreaths for any season of the year. Stunning photos of seventy-five different wreaths with a great assortment of adornment offer good reasons for a family outing in search of wildflowers, vines, and leaves. Other decorations can be found around the house, including ribbons, dried fruit, even the alphabet blocks the kids have outgrown. Kollath also provides practical advice on everything from the most helpful tools to different ways to dry flowers picked from the home garden.