Orange Sunflower DIY Fall Wreath

Have you been following the 5th Annual Fall Ideas Tour this week? Twenty-nine bloggers have come together to bring you loads of Fall decorating inspiration! I'm so excited to be a part of the tour again, after having missed the last two years. Thank you Angie Postcards From The Ridge for organizing this amazing tour each year. Today the topic is wreaths and I'm sharing this bright Orange Sunflower DIY Fall Wreath from a recycled grapevine form.

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The Fall Ideas Tour kicked off on Monday with Fall Mantel ideas and ends on Friday with Fall Porch ideas. You can find links to each day of the tour at the bottom of this post along with the links for today's six inspiring Fall Wreath ideas.

Orange Sunflower DIY Fall Wreath

When browsing Michaels for traditional fall picks my heart went pitter-patter when I saw bundles of lovely bright orange evening sun sunflowers. The plan was to use just three but once I got started I couldn't resist using all eight of the sunflowers in the bouquet. This autumn wreath is easy to make using just four faux elements.

The muted orange and cream checked plaid ribbon and cream berries tone down the bright orange florals.

Going in, the plan was to arrange the elements on the bottom of the wreath but after deciding to use all the gorgeous sunflowers, I changed the plan to an asymmetrical style. The dark grapevine wreath picks up the brown in the sunflowers and works well with the strong pops of color.

Here in the Canadian prairies, it is not uncommon to have snow in October. So instead of having my Fall wreath hanging on the front door in the elements, it will be hanging on a large mirror in our front entry.

The wreath will look so pretty with the basket of orange and white pumpkins I plan to place on the entry table under the mirror.

I'm still hanging onto the last few days of summer before decorating our home for autumn. So the tour this week is very helpful for me too to gather decorating inspiration as well.

These are the supplies I used to make the wreath.

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Supply List

16-inch Grapevine Wreath
Orange Sunflower Stems (8 sunflowers)
2 Large Cream Berry Picks
1 Yellow Amaranthus Pick
3 Large Acorn Picks
Natural Raffia Ribbon
2 1/2 Inch Wired Orange & Cream Plaid Fall Ribbon
Florist Wire
Wire Cutters
Bow Maker Tool (optional)

Instructions for making the DIY Fall Sunflower Wreath

A recycled grapevine wreath form

Wreath forms can be pricey so I'm always on the lookout at garage sales and thrift stores for used ones. I remove all the ugly embellishments and keep the ones I like for future craft projects.

To clean a plain grapevine wreath (without florals), spray it with a water bottle and hang it to drip dry. You could also take it outside or in the garage and remove the dust with a blow dryer or can of compressed air (used to clean electronics).

The grapevine wreath I'm using was a magnolia wreath that hung on our front door every fall for more years than I can remember. I cleaned the faded magnolia picks much the same way as the wreath and saved them in my craft. Nothing goes to waste around here.

Starting with the largest element - the loopy bow

I started with the largest element, the loopy bow wired to the bottom center of the wreath. I used the entire spool of 2 1/2-inch wired checked ribbon to make a thirteen loop bow. I'm all thumbs when it comes to making bows so I cheat and use this handy bow maker.

Next up, the dominant sunflowers

The most dominant element on this wreath is the pretty orange sunflowers. It is aesthetically pleasing to group elements in odd numbers.

My sunflowers came in two sizes so I added four large and one small sunflower to the left side of the wreath, staggering them so they didn't line up like ducks in a row. On the right side of the bow, I grouped three small sunflowers.

I could have stopped here and called the wreath complete, wouldn't you agree? But I wanted a full wreath, plus I didn't want to waste the other pretty Fall picks I purchased.

Adding more color and texture to the fall wreath

Large White Berry Picks

Time for more color and texture with the rest of the fall picks, starting with the large cream-colored berries. I like how they pick up the cream color of the bow. Two clusters of berries were on each pick so I separated them into four clusters. For balance, I spaced three clusters evenly on the left side of the wreath.

Each berry pick also had two sets of leaves and I added three sets between the berry picks on the left side of the wreath, also tucking them behind the sunflowers.

Large Faux Acorn Picks

I took the acorn picks apart and tied natural raffia ribbon on the wire of each acorn before attaching them onto the left side of the wreath.

Yellow Amaranthus Pick

To introduce a third color,  I split the yellow Amaranthus pick apart and slipped two pieces at varying heights behind the top sunflower on the left side.

To create balance on the right side of the wreath, I slipped just one sprig of the Amaranthus behind the cluster of sunflowers.

The last thing I did was trim the tails on the bow and tuck them behind. The tails made everything look wonky and off-balance.

I'm quite happy with my third wreath for the Fall Ideas Tour.

Like I mentioned at the top of the post, I've missed the last two years of the tour but I thought I'd share the Easy Peasy DIY Scrabble Tile Fall Wreath that I made for the first Fall Ideas Tour in 2015.

I made this Quick & Easy Fake Burberry Scarf Fall Wreath for the second annual Fall Ideas Tour in 2016.

If you have any questions about my DIY Fall Wreath, please leave them in the comment section below or press the Contact Me button at the top of the blog to drop me an email. I love hearing from you!

As promised, here are the links to all six Fall Wreath ideas shared today...

Wednesday - Wreaths

Petticoat Junktion / Lora Bloomquist / Exquisitely Unremarkable
Bliss Ranch / The Interior Frugalista / Chatfield Court

In case you missed it, here are links to Monday and Tuesday's leg of the tour...

Monday - Mantels

Postcards from the Ridge / Anita Diaz / Hearth and Vine

Virginia Sweet Pea / 2 Bees in a Pod / Atta Girl Says

Tuesday - Tablescapes

Sand Dollar Lane / Aratari at Home / Nourish and Nestle / Salvaged Living / Our Southern Home

Come back tomorrow and Friday for the last leg of the tour...

Thursday - Crafts & DIY

Domestically Speaking / DIY Beautify
Homeroad / Christina Faye Repurposed
not pictured Weekend Craft

Friday - Porches

The Chelsea Project / Vinyet etc / Worthing Court
Cottage at the Crossroads / House of Hawthornes / Hymns and Verses

I share my projects at these inspiring link parties.