Since the stores provided no luck, what else is there to do but make your own, right? What a saver that was. Not only did I get what I wanted, I also saved a bundle by using what I had on hand! Here's what I made.
Remember that wreath form I bought at the thrift store here? It worked perfectly. The twig and branch look was just what I needed.
Then I raided my fake flowers stash and found my stems of orange mums and a bunch of leaf branches.
After plucking off the flower tops and a few of the leaf pieces, I went to work.
Using a glue gun, I adhered the large mums to the one side of the wreath.
Kind of like a cluster.
Then with the leaf pieces, I kind of stuck them underneath the flowers sporadically.
Like so.
Once I was happy, I needed to find something to hang my wreath with.
Using a scrap of thick brown ribbon I wrapped it around my wreath.
And glued the ends together.
Perfect!
So festive and inviting!
And it warms up the entry area nicely too.
Have you made a fall wreath this year?