A Makers Christmas Wreath and Free Printables

Over the past 30 years I’ve been fortunate to have many different studio spaces and craft rooms.

I’ve enjoyed all of them… big and small…. and as these creative spaces are my workplace, I always enjoy decorating them for the festive season.

 

 

 

We’ve been in our new house 9 months now and I have to say that this has been the best laid out and most organised creative space I’ve ever had. The storage around the perimeter of the room works perfectly, making everything just flow so well.

When I was considering what decorations to put up in here for Christmas I was thinking about colour palettes and themes and suddenly it seemed quite obvious….. I love being surrounded by all my creative supplies every day, so why not enhance what I already have.

 

 

I started by making this ‘Makers Christmas Wreath’, decorated with all the creative pretties I love.

It’s totally ME……  And I LOVE it!!

[PIN for later]

 

Do you have a creative space or a place of your own to hang a Makers Christmas Wreath?

It’s actually really simple to make and you probably already have most of the supplies right there in your crafting stash.

 

How to make a Makers Christmas Wreath

Materials

Note: This is what I used to make mine, but you may wish to make yours more personalised and theme it to a specific craft eg. knitting or sewing.

I knew I wanted a shabby chic style that suited my craft room colours of aqua, pink and cherry, but you could adjust to suit your own colour scheme.

For my Maker’s Christmas Wreath I used:

• 35cm styrene wreath
• fabric strips to cover the wreath
• Printable lace, ribbon and thread boards (available below)
• Printable Button cards
• Wooden spools and wooden buttons
• Crafting supplies; lace, ribbon, flowers, pins
• Hot Glue Gun

 

 

Instructions

1. Gather all of the crafting supplies you think you may need and make sure to have a variety of sizes. This is a layering technique, so you’ll need tiny little things to fill in the gaps.

2. Start by preparing your styrene wreath. I covered mine in strips of ripped fabric that was 5 cm (2 inch) wide. Using the hot glue gun, I wound the fabric around the wreath, adhering the ends as I made my way around the wreath. It’s easier to add a hanger at the top of the wreath now, before you add of the crafting supplies.

 

3. For the next layer I wound tape measures and lace randomly around the wreath… note, a lot of this will not be seen once the wreath is finished, so this step is optional.

4. Print the lace and ribbon cards printable I made.
It’s available to download HERE as A4    and     HERE as Letter size.

I printed mine on 250 gram matte photo paper, which is like a light card. Cut out boards and add your embellishments eg. ribbon, lace, embroidery thread.

 

5. I also added my vintage button cards from my Etsy store HERE. Sew or glue buttons onto cards.

6. Next I added fabric strips and embroidery cotton to my wooden spools using a hot glue gun to adhere in place.

7. I painted the wooden buttons to match my colour scheme and some of them also got a dusting of German Glass glitter…. because it is Christmas!

8. Some of the smaller elements I added in were these mini felt flowers and crochet flowers.

9. The wool balls were made using small Christmas baubles covered in white glue and wound with wool. Tip: I removed the hanger at the top while I was making them and then popped the hanger back on when finished.

 

 

10. Add your lace and button boards first as a base, evenly spread out around the wreath. Next, start adding in all of your crafting supplies using a hot glue gun… and take care, those glue guns are ‘HOT’.

It’s actually a really fun process building up the layers. I thoroughly enjoyed this project and hope you do too!

I’ll have more photos of the Maker’s Christmas Wreath when I share my Christmas craft room tour.

 

Happy Christmas crafting my friends,

Hugs
♥
Kerryanne

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