Ribbon Wreath

Last night I was busy running errands and had to run to the craft store to pick a few things up. I have been wanting a wreath for my new door (which needs to be repainted by the building first), but nothing stood out to me. A few years ago I saw a post on making a ribbon wreath and decided I might as well put some of my ribbon to good use and give it a shot. So, I picked up a wire wreath form for under $3 and as soon as I got home, I got to work.

I cut various sizes of pink and green ribbon (everything from half an inch to 3 inches) into 6 inch strips. I am unsure of the exact amount of ribbon used as I simply cut more when I started to run low, but more is better with this project.
I started by using my 3 inch, pink ribbon. I tied a piece on each "section" of the wreath and then used the pieces I had left on opposite sides of the sections.

I continued to use most of the bigger/wider ribbon first and began to fill in the sections. Since the wire wreath as two interior bands I would switch off tying ribbon on both the upper and lower thus creating optimal coverage.
Once the sections started to get fuller I began to concentrate on individual sections and filled in the open areas with the thinner ribbon. I completely filled in an entire section and worked around the wreath this way. I like full and lush so I continued to fill in my wreath to make it more substantial and very pink and green.



This happy wreath will be hung on my door this weekend. It is certain to look perfect with my pink and green "Welcome Y'all" doormat!

The entire project took about 90 minutes (this included cutting all the ribbon) and I am beyond pleased with the final product. I plan to make a fall ribbon wreath as well as preppy Christmas ribbon wreath too. If you have lots of ribbon on hand that you want to put to good use or you simply want a fun, evening project making a ribbon wreath is the perfect project for you!