Autumn Wreaths

Look at this fabulous wreath my mother-in-law made for the "Harvest Season". Isn't it great? She is so talented. I love all the fall colors!



 

Great minds think alike because I had been planning on posting some pictures of the wreath I made recently. I have had the house decorated for Autumn since early August. We didn't really get to experience Fall last year when we were living in Florida so I have been super excited this year for it to start!

 

I saw this wreath on Pinterest awhile back and wanted to make something similar. The blogger called it her $10 Fall Wreath. Since being married to Andy, I have become much more thrifty. I just knew I could make the wreath for less than $10 and so I set out to do so. Here is a breakdown of how much everything cost me:

 

Wreath - $1 at The Dollar Tree

"H"- $0.78 on clearance at Michaels

Burlap - $1 at Hobby Lobby

Pumpkins - I sort of followed a tutorial here and here to make the pumpkins out of Styrofoam balls and tissue paper. They sell bags of gourds at all the craft stores, but $10 for a bag of them seemed a little pricey to me (even if they were on sale), plus I wouldn't be getting just pumpkins. There would be squash and whatever else is considered a gourd. Anyway, it cost me less than $1 to make two.

Floral tape - $1

I already had the ribbon, paint, and beading wire (which I used to make the pumpkin vines) and Andy and Macy helped collect sticks for the stems.

 

So we have a grand total of about $5. Half the price and I think that it looks at least half as cute.