The week before last, while catching up on Desperate Housewives and Gossip Girl (both so fab this season!), I channeled my inner-crafter to churn out a couple of coffee filter wreaths to complete my living room holiday decor. And while a little patience was a must, I assure you that the price tag of seven dollars (per wreath) made it totally worth it!
For each wreath you’ll need:
14″ foam wreath
400 1-4 cup coffee filters
hot glue
1. Wrap the wreath by spreading out coffee filters and hot gluing to attach.
4. Attach the filter to the wreath. I essentially covered all parts of the wreath that were seen when it’s laying flat. I figured having a flat back would make it much easier to hang. Place them close together on the wreath.
5. Repeat, making your way around the wreath until covered! I used nearly all 400 filters on one wreath.
6. I looped a wide, satin ribbon around the wreath and hung from the top of my living room bookcase with a strong staple gun staple. Here’s the finished back and finished front!
GORGEOUS! I would never have the patience to do it, maybe I should use coffee filters for crafts and drink less of the stuff!
They look beautiful! You really have some great crafting skills! Oh – and your dining room table looked beautiful for Thanksgiving! I hope you had a wonderful day!
-Shelley
they turned out great. I love my coffee filter wreath!! I just wish we could make them water proof so I can use them outside on my door. haha
OH. MY. WORD. Your house is stunning. Beautiful. Amazing. And warm. I absolutely love it! Thanks for the inspiration! Will be back again! ;)
Jennifer
Your house & family is beautiful! the Disney World trip looked so fun :) I can't wait to do that for my son
Thank you for linking up! The wreath is absolutely gorgeous. I purchased coffee filters this summer to create a wreath and ended up giving the filters to my parents for their coffee!
Erika
It’s a Wrap Link Party at Artful Rising
They look beautiful! Great job!
WOW! Looks UMMM-Amazing!! Great job! Your newest fan!!
Wow fantastic! I tried and didn't succeed :( Think I will order one from an etsy.lol They look great in your space.
Hello! New follower here, nice to meet you :)
WOW, i LOVE your wreath! I'm sooo going to try this. Very creative and beautiful! I did something similar but with book pages and made roses out of them…
http://macaylasroom.blogspot.com/2011/10/wreath-kitchen-mantel.html
thank you for the inspiration! :)
Awesome wreath! Looks time consuming but worth it. Looking good as a pair on your media center too.
♥Linsey
I'm a long time follower, first time commenter. I started my wreath last night and got about half way through it before I had to take a break. It's beautiful but MAN it's a pain! I couldn't find a styrofoam wreath, so I just used some pipe insulator I found in the "tool" section of Walmart. I used duct tape to join the ends together. For 4 of the foam tubes, the total cost was around 2.97. Not too shabby! Thanks for the great idea!
So pretty! What a good idea. Pat
Sooo pretty and creative!! I love it!! Would love for you to please share it via my Pin'Inspirational Thursday linky party please…LOVE LOVE :)) http://theartsygirlconnection.blogspot.com/2011/12/pininspirational-thursday-11-linky.html?m=1 *Thanks so much :)) Wishing you a happy Thursday..~Marilyn*
Oh, my! I love this!! The wreaths are stunning! And I love your woodwork in your home!! Just beautiful!! I'm a new follower!
Soooo pretty! Looks like it was made with whipped cream! :)
xoxo laurie
Visiting from the Sunday Show Case…okay I got sidetracked….those are beautiful. You have way more patience then I could come up with for that project.
very pretty!
Just joined Pinterest and found your wreath. Looks beautiful! Am going to try that. Thanks. I work at a Christmas store. Wonder how I could add some color to it? Would love your input.
Is there any way to "weather" or "bug" proof this so that I could hang this on my front door?
I don't know?? Maybe that clear spray paint? But it might yellow. Probably best kept inside – its pretty delicate
I made one of these tonight as I stumbled upon it while googling for home made easy Christmas wreaths and I made one and I am totally in love. I dressed mine up with some simple dollar store goodies and did a red sparkle ribbon and I adore it. Thanks so much for sharing this (forever ago) so I could find something easy, cheap and beautiful this year for my front door. I live in an apartment building, so it's totally safe from the elements! (This is mine, if you wanna see it! http://instagram.com/p/wIfZoeoMWb/ :) )