Elegant Handcrafted Wreaths
Make Faux Flowers Come Alive With Breathtaking, Natural Designs
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- £7.49
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- £7.49
Publisher Description
Create Gorgeous Wreaths at Home Using Artificial Botanicals
Make your floral dreams come true with this stunning collection of handmade wreath projects. Lorraine’s Cottage founder Stephanie Petrak will help you build each striking, florist-quality wreath stem by stem. Between springtime buds, summer blooms, fall foliage and winter berries, there’s a whimsical wreath for every occasion.
With Stephanie’s shopping tips, it’s easy to find high-quality flowers at any craft store. She shares designer secrets for blending eye-catching blooms with greenery and branches, so your handiwork will look truly natural. Beautiful step-by-step photos accompany each project, bringing professional-looking wreaths within reach of beginners. Experienced crafters will find fresh inspiration and pick up new tips in Stephanie’s advanced designs featuring organic shapes that look unbelievably realistic. Adorn a doorway, liven up an interior or give a one-of-a-kind gift—the possibilities are endless with this creative guide to unique, free-flowing wreaths.
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Petrak, founder of floral arrangement site Lorrain's Cottage, turns wreaths into year-round projects in her lovely debut. The wreaths showcase long-lasting artificial flowers, as they're "more forgiving when it comes to designing... all without water and the threat of them withering and shrinking," and Petrak includes advice for making them look as real as possible. First comes a list of necessary supplies (which includes wire cutters, a hot glue gun, and a base made of "intertwined grapevine branches"), followed by a chapter that covers techniques, including trimming and various methods of arranging. Those techniques are then put to use in instructions for making 20 different wreaths, which are broken up into three nature-inspired sections: "From the Garden," "From the Woods," and "From the Fields." Highlights include a sweet summery beginner's project, "The Florio," with its "hints of pink peonies"; the intermediate-level, Halloween-inspired "Havenridge"; and a more advanced entry, "The Kinley," a fern-bedecked wreath that works year-round. Each design is labeled by season and skill level, and step-by-step photos will help crafters along. Full of tips and tricks, this has everything budding flower arrangers need to get started.
