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Do you want to make easy, sustainable and beautiful wall decor to last throughout the Christmas period? My favourite sustainable Christmas decoration is my simple winter wreaths with embroidery hoops and foliage. These are such easy festive decorations, and will last well beyond Christmas into the new year. Read on to find out how to make your own winter wreaths with embroidery hoops and foliage.
You Need To Make Winter Wreaths with Embroidery Hoops and Foliage
All you need to make winter wreaths are:
You can collect foliage from your garden, or local common grounds too if you like. I just love the smell and look of eucalyptus, and it stays looking lovely even after it has dried out and gone crispy. This makes it perfect for wreath making. I was planning to get normal white baby’s breath (gypsophila), but I found some in my local florist’s that is sprayed pink, which I couldn’t resist.
How To Make Winter Wreaths with Embroidery Hoops and Foliage
- First, cut some short lengths of floristry wire, about 6-7 cm long.
- Next, use your secateurs to trim your eucalyptus to size, I used two or three pieces per hoop.
3. Do the same with your baby’s breath, I cut mine quite short.
4. Place your lengths of eucalyptus over your hoop, overlapped them at the bottom. Place them pointing upwards from the bottom, or, if you want to completely cover your embroidery hoop, have them all facing the same way. Add more until you are happy with the effect.
5. Secure the eucalyptus with your floristry wire, beneath the leaves, and if needed, slide the leaves down to cover the wire as much as you can.
6. Finally, slot your baby’s breath in between the hoop and eucalyptus, and through the wire. I chose to add mine all in one bunch at the point where the bits of eucalyptus meet but you can freestyle this to create the look you want. I think off-setting the flowers looks best, but make sure yours go both sides if you are making an arrangement of several hoops like me.
Hang your hoops on nails or command hooks, making sure to balance your arrangement by varying the sizes and putting them at different heights.
You could hang them in a horizontal or vertical row, but that would require quite a lot of precision measuring so I’m not keen on that!
You can easily make these winter wreaths more Christmassy, by using holly, Christmas tree offcuts and baubles.
UPDATE!
Even though I am calling these ‘Winter Wreaths’ I have actually had them up all year as they are so pretty. Here is how they look now (mid-August) A crispy, dried out and slightly faded version of the original, but still looking good!
Looking for more easy Christmas DIYs? See how to make a simple lit door wreath, using a wicker wreath base, copper fairy lights and eucalyptus.
Please Pin this easy wreath tutorial for later.
Love this and the blog! It’s a great new follow for me
Thank you so much! I really appreciate that xx
Becky these look absolutely beautiful, so elegant and understated! And I’m totally jealous that you managed to find the flowers in pink too, it looks so delicate! Thank you for sharing this great tutorial for #HomeEtc X
Thank you Lins, I’m so happy with them I wanted to share the joy! xx
Love the pretty pink flowers, so beautiful and delicate.
Aren’t the pink flowers lovely? I’m so happy to have found them! xx
Oh I love the look of this! They look so modern and stylish. Might give it a go myself. Wish me luck aha 🙂
Thanks Ricky! You won’t need luck, it’s super easy!
Love these – simple but so effective #homeetc
Thanks so much Stephanie, I loved making them! xx
These are adorable! Such a great weekend project. 🙂
Thank you, I really enjoyed making them! xx
simple. beautiful. trying this our this weekend!
Ah thanks so much Jade, hope you like the result! xx
Oh, wow! These are lovely. I love the pink baby breath together with the green eucalyptus, works perfectly and so stylish I will definitely try making my own
Thanks so much, I was so excited to find the pink baby’s breath! Do tag me if you make one, I’d love to see it! xx
These are so lovely! Thank you for the inspiration
Thanks so much, I’m glad it’s inspired you xx
These would be brilliant as wedding decor! I’m going to give them a go, and maybe hang a few in my venue in May 🙂 x
Ooh they would be so great for a wedding, you could choose whatever colours go with your theme! And hang them with ribbon! What a great idea xx
The pink really makes it special. I didn’t know you could buy sprayed baby’s breath. I like it because it looks good even after Christmas.
Thanks so much Juan, I was so excited to find the pink version as it goes so well with my pink wall!
These are so sweet Becky – I love the colours of the eucalyptus and baby’s breath. I could have them up all year! Rx
Thanks so much Rosanna, I feel like I will probably do different versions as the year goes on! xx
These are gorgeous and are the perfect decorations for our home. I’d love to have a go myself.
Thanks so much Stacey, do let me know if you give them a go! xx
Oh hello new easy diy wreaths! I think I could even pass this onto the PTA as an easy to do with kids during our Christmas fair! Quick question though: how long do you think these will last?
That’s a good question – based on last year’s wreath I think the eucalyptus will look find (more crispy but still good) for a month or more, but I think the baby’s breath may need to be replaced. I may spritz them with water every now and then too!
They look so lovely Becky x
Thanks so much Caroline, I loved making them! xx