Best Of Diy | Vacation Citrus Wreath

This postal service was originally posted a dyad of years dorsum past times our thus contributors, Emily Hirsch as well as Erick Steinberg are blogging duo behind Heidi's Bridge. Since it was such a lovely projection as well as perfect for the vacation season, nosotros idea it was worth resurfacing. See the how-to below. J+E

Now that the days bring gotten darker amongst wintertime settling in, we've been keeping a lot of citrus on manus to add together a flake of sunshine to our routine. Not but does citrus brighten whatsoever meal, nosotros also honey to decorate amongst it during the holidays, too. In observe of our wintertime tradition, nosotros wanted to practise a festive citrus wreath that yous tin function along upward fifty-fifty afterward the holidays. Read below for the tutorial.

You Will Need:
-Olive Branch Greenery
-Citrus (we used Mandarin oranges as well as kumquats). Note: similar all blossom arrangements, fresh citrus is perishable as well as is meant to hold upward enjoyed inwards the moment. If yous would similar to reuse wreath yr afterward year, elementary purpose faux citrus or detach/reattach fresh citrus every yr (the olive branches volition dry out out beautifully as well as tin hold upward reused).
-Grapevine wreath
-Heavy guess floral wire
-Scissors

Directions:
1. Snip off some pieces of your olive branch to brand around 6" long sprigs.

2. Tuck olive sprigs into the grapevine wreath to attach. Working clockwise, tuck sprigs into grapevine wreath until the entire wreath base of operations is covered.

3. Once your wreath is but covered inwards olive sprigs, it's fourth dimension to attach your citrus. First, thread heavy guess floral wire through the middle of your citrus. Cut floral wire, leaving 2 v inch tails of wire on either side of citrus.