Oh AUTUMN!!! The Fall leaves are turning into beautiful hues of Orange, Red and the crisp Chartreuse.
I stumbled upon a few Raffia hanks in my craft stash. To my surprise they were the perfect color scheme to create a Country Fall Wreath.
Raffia is an inexpensive and versatile product with many decorative uses; from embellishments to covering a simple straw wreath.
To begin, I gathered the following materials:
- 14" diameter Straw Wreath
- Burlap - Natural Shade
- Raffia Hanks - 2 or more colors
- Fall Sunflower Stems
- Felt
- Chipboard Letters
- Sunflower Adhesive Glitter Shapes
- Ribbon - 2 1/2" wide
- Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
- Sharp pair of Scissors

- Cut Burlap into strips measuring approximately 36" long.
- Wrap straw wreath with Burlap strips. Tack with hot glue gun as you wrap them around the wreath.
- Take several strands of each color Raffia. Glue ends together to form a cluster. Begin wrapping and gluing Raffia clusters around the wreath.
- Continue wrapping Raffia color clusters until the wreath is covered.


- Cut wire from Sunflower Stems so that they lay flat once glued to the wreath.
- Glue 3 Sunflowers to wreath's bottom section.
- Trace cardboard letters onto felt. I inversed my letters before tracing to avoid tracing lines from showing.
- Cut letters around tracing lines.
- Glue glittered shapes onto each letter's top section.
- Glue letters to either side of wreath to create your choosen word or phrase.
- Cut a piece of Ribbon measuring approximately 25" long. I used my Pinking shears to decorate the ribbon edges.
- Wrap ribbon around wreath's top section. Tie to make a knot.





And here it is.... my colorful Raffia wreath will add a country look to my Fall Decor. I love the rustic look and texture Raffia added to my wreath.

I hope you give this tutorial a try.

I hope you give this tutorial a try.
HAPPY FALL!!!!


debbie-debbiedoos

I love your wreath and would love for you to come link it up on my Monday Funday link this Monday at http://melsdaisypatch.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking this wreath up with my link party! I really really like it! I have those same sunflower buttons!
ReplyDeleteT'onna
Your wreath is beautiful! You did a fabulous job. Thank you so much for sharing at A Bouquet of Talent. So thrilled to have you share. I just followed you on FB, too! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad that I'm following you! What a pretty wreath! It looks awesome, thanks so much for sharing:)
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www.funhomethings.com
What a super cute wreath. Perfect for Fall. Thanks for sharing. Glad you joined my party. Could you add my link as well...thanks.
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful! I love all of those colors together. Too cute!! I'd love for you to link this up at my Creatively Tuesdays linky party... http://www.therusticpig.com/2012/10/creatively-tuesdays-3.html
ReplyDeleteHope to see you there! :)
What a happy wreath! Thank you for sharing. Visiting from Housewives. Would love it if you would share this at my Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2012/10/make-it-pretty-monday-week-18.html Hope to see you at the bash! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful, beautiful wreath! Thank you so much for sharing this over at The Purple Pumpkin Blog Link Party!
ReplyDeleteI'm pinning this as well onto my Wreath board on Pinterest.
Have a great week!
Michelle xoxo
I love this! it's a nice bright touch for the door!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool!
ReplyDeleteWould love to have you join my weekend linky party!
http://westernwarmth.blogspot.com/2012/10/weekend-warmth-5.html
Bobi
What a pretty wreath! I'd love to invite you to link up to Fall Into the Holidays!
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Katie @ Horriic Knits
Hey! Just stopping by to let you know that I featured your wreath at my Submarine Sunday link party! Stop by to grab a feature button! :-) Thanks for linking up last week, and I'll hope you'll link up again this week! Have a great Sunday!
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http://navywifeypeters.blogspot.com/2012/10/submarine-sunday-2-features.html
Beautiful! So glad that I found you as a fellow feature on Lakeshore Drive. I am also your newest follower! Hope you have time to stop by Still Woods for a visit!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful! You should enter your photos into Craftbaby's Fall Decor Challenge! :) http://www.craftbaby.com/contests/31/fall-decor
ReplyDeleteWe love your adorable Fall Wreath! Thanks so much for linking up to our Strut Your Stuff Saturday! We hope you'll be back! -The Six Sisters
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