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Sweetheart Valentine’s Day Wreath

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I have such a fun little Valentine’s Wreath for you today!

I don’t always feel like using the traditional colors for holidays – but I guess I was in a romantic mood because this wreath is all pink and white and lace sweetness –
and decorated with a little embroidered “SweetHeart” pennant!

Sweetheart Valentines Wreath

This isn’t a huge wreath which I love – it’s made with a 10″ Styrofoam wreath form. So it can be hung on the door – or over a mirror – or even on a gallery wall display!

I love how the combination of the jute with the “pearls” (pearl stick pins) looks too – it’s such a fun contrast.

Valentines Wreath

This is really fast to do too – I think the whole thing took me about 3 hours – with distractions of course. (Is it possible to craft without distractions . . . ever? Not here it’s not.)
Plus – I had all the supplies on hand so it was free. Free is always more awesome. :)

Pink Bunting Wreath

Ready for a tutorial? Here we go!

You’ll need:

  • 1 Styrofoam Wreath Form – mine was 8″
  • Jute – enough to wrap wreath. I used about half of a large roll
  • Pink and White felt
  • Embroidery floss
  • Baby rick rack
  • Lace
  • Pearl Stick pins
  • Hot glue/gun

Start by wrapping your wreath form with jute. This is pretty self-explanatory. Glue one end down, then just wrap.
I found it was easier to not pull out too much jute – and to just wrap the package around and let the jute come out a little at a time.

Covering a Styrofoam Wreath

Keep wrapping. Keep wrapping.

Jute Covered Wreath

Easy peasy.

Next up – make up a few felt flowers. I made two regular felt rosettes and then layered three felt rosettes with 3 folded ruffle flowers. You can find instructions for all those on the How To Do That flowers page.
I made one of the layered flowers bigger than the others so that it could be a sort of centerpiece.

Felt Rosettes

Arrange the flowers along the lower left side of the wreath form. Insert pearl stick pins through the centers, then into the wreath to hold them on. You might have a little trouble getting them through the glue but I have all confidence that you can do it.

Felt Flowers and Pearls

Cut out six little pennants out of felt. With a disappearing marker, write out the letters and a heart.
WESET heart. Mr. FT calls me that all the time.

Felt Pennant

Embroider the letters and heart with a backstitch. You can find the instructions for that on the Embroidery page.

Sweet Embroidery

Glue a little bit of baby rick rack to the back of the pennants. Cause we need more cuteness. And rick rack is always appropriate.

Embroidered Heart

Glue the little pennant pieces to thin lace and tie bows in each end.

Embroidered Bunting

Add the pennant bunting to the top side of the wreath, a little to the right side. Pin it to the wreath with the pearl stick pins.

Lace and Pearls Wreath

Add some pink and white pearl pins around the wreath for a little fun.

Jute and Pearls

And that’s it! So fun and easy right?

Pink and White Valentines Wreath

Felt Flowers Wreath

Valentines Day Wreath

What do you think? I think I need some Valentine’s chocolate

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Comments

  1. Maria L Rios says

    Hi Bev,
    What a beautiful Wreath. Love the pale rose combined with the cream color. The Jute adds an earthy quality to the entire wreath. Thanks for sharing. I wanted to create a Valentine Wreath, but was devating on what to use to cover the Wreath… You have inspired me so much. Have a great week.

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  19. Christina at I Gotta Create! says

    I love it Bev! So beautiful and the colors are perfect. Pinning!

    <3 Christina at I Gotta Create!
    Wildly Original linky party is open

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  24. Dee says

    This is Gorgeous with a capital G!!! Love it and I have to share this wonderful creation with my readers. The CSI Project is on a mission to Create, Share and Inspire! You have done that!!!

    XOXO
    Dee, The CSI Girl

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  35. Sarah says

    This is so, so lovely! I’m heading over to your flower tutorial now. Another great project has been added to my crafting to-do list. :) I’m so glad to have found your blog…and look forward to reading more!

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  40. Sue Kopp says

    This is adorable. I am going to do this for a Christmas wreath. I only have a couple of straw wreaths, but think that would also work just fine. . . don’t you? Don’t know how I’ll embellish it yet except with pearls and something cute. Any ideas?

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  43. Melissa D. SC says

    Would you be able to share about how big your little pennants are? Are they as big as 2″ to the point or more like an inch or am I completely off? :-).

    Thank you so much for sharing such an elegant feminine wreath.
    In Christ,
    Melissa

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  49. Stacy says

    Hi Bev! I came across your beautiful jute Valentine’s Day wreath on Pinterest and featured it in a top 10 inspirational post over at Artistic Ribbon Blog. http://www.artisticribbon.com/blog/ I am interested in extending an invitation to you to become a collaborator on our blog! You don’t have to commit to posting but if you get an idea and need ribbon, tulle or jute for this could be a good opportunity! Currently the company I work for is offering free materials for contributors to complete projects as well as a discount on their purchases at Artistic Ribbon!

    If you are interested in learning more you can reach me at [email protected]. Even if you aren’t interested I would love if you could reach out just to let me know!

    Thanks for contributing your awesomeness to the internet!

    Stacy

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  56. Emily says

    This wreath is the sweetest! Your embroidered banner is my favorite detail :) Thank you for linking up with Merry Monday – I’ll be featuring your wreath at our upcoming party. Hope you’ll stop by and link up again – I love seeing your new projects each week!

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