There Are Fall Wreath Ideas For Everyone

By Patty Goff


Autumn is synonymous with porch, door and yard decorations. There are loads of artistic fall wreath ideas that receive visitors as they approach your front door during this season. Online websites and magazines are packed with instructions on how to create these by yourself. Your creative flair will determine the decorations and materials used in creating this form of autumn art.

Relatively simple equipment in the form of pliers, glue and staples are used to combine natural looking decorations. When you wish to blend yours in with the surrounding natural elements, you are wise using pine cones and actual leaves that were elegantly dropped from the trees. By choosing red, yellow, brown and orange leaves, you are already well on your way to that earthy, yet colorful decoration.

You will find that these autumn decor pieces are usually circular or in the shape of a horse shoe. Wheat grass is an easy to come by element that makes for a natural basis of the structure. Once you decided on the shape and color scheme, you can get to work. Foam pool noodles make for excellent bases of the structure. Start by tying wheat or brown rope all around the foam structure. Florist pins as well as sewing pins can be used to secure the rope in its place.

The following steps are to add seeds, nuts, leaves and those famous pine cones to the basic shape. It is wise to use strong adhesive for larger objects and thin wiring will also pin them down tightly. There is no rule against using fresh fruits and these will need to be tied down with wiring.

Do keep in mind that any fresh flowers and fruits will not last the entire autumn season. It is recommended to use citrus fruits that have tough skins. These are most likely to retain their shapes and often become more rustic in appearance as the moisture leaves the fruits. Leaves and stems take from shrubs will also dry out well and look great next to leaves and pines.

Colored corn on the cob is being used quite abundantly in these autumn door and yard festive creations. These are simpler to assemble as they are not very gentle and thin florist wiring will be hidden between the corn kernels. These become even more elegant as they dry out thus can be hung for longer periods of time. If kept dry, chances are that they will not be setting of any unwanted odors either.

There are numerous modern and less earthy decorative methods that can be used this year. An array of colorful fabrics and fancy ribbons can be used. There are ample plastic and cardboard products in art and craft shops countrywide. All mentioned area easy to assemble by using adhesive and as they blend into form they create impressive color schemes. Artificial flowers add to the feminine look together with ribbons that are cut and tied into patterns.

Whether you choose organic or fabric options, you can achieve the perfect balance of colors and materials and turn the yard, porch and front door into an inviting art form that will last during the month of autumn. With luck the next door neighbors will create beautiful ones of their own.




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