Ready to make your own Springy floral hoop to hang on the wall or display on your front door? You've come to the right place!
All materials I used were found at Michaels, they had a big sale over the weekend so I stocked up on supplies! Also, Michaels always has coupons so be sure to use the app or find a coupon online here!
Here is a list of recommended materials and where you can find them.
Craft/Floral Hoop - I used this 16" Wreath Ring You can definitely use the thinner gold or silver metal hoops like this but I found the flatter service of the one I used to be better for glueing on.
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Floral Wire - I didn’t use much but it helped hold the greenery stems to the hoop while the hot glue was cooling. You can easily cover any wire showing by glueing flowers or greenery on top :) If you go the thinner metal hoop route you will need more floral wire to wrap it around the stems/hoop because there isn't much of the hoop to glue to.
Floral Stems - Most of the flowers I used were from their spring bouquets. One of the bouquets I used here. This rose and peony bundle is pretty too!! And you know I love a good mauve theme. Gorgeous peonies. And beautiful lavender colored bouquets. Ok, ok I got carried away, you get the gist, the possibilities are endless!
Greenery - You can certainly use all floral but I love me some greenery so I used mostly this lamb’s ear, a teeny bit of eucalyptus and some seeded/berry sprigs pulled from the floral bouquets.
Twine/string to make a little loop at the top to hang on your door.
Scissors - You'll need these for cutting leaves and flowers from stems
INSTRUCTIONS
Use your scissors to cut the flowers from the stems. You will want the bottoms of the flowers to be as flat as possible so cut any pieces of plastic that are sticking out. In some cases depending on how the flower is put together, you might need to glue some pieces back together. I plucked the little berry sprigs from the bouquets so I could glue those in separately at the end.
2. Before I start glueing anything, I start laying out the greenery and flowers where I think they look best. This way you can gauge how far away your pieces should be. I actually started with this layout to the left before deciding I liked the light pastel color and fluffiness of the lamb's ear instead.
3. Once you've got a general idea of how you want things laid out, start glueing! I suggest starting with the larger selection of greenery if you're going for a similar layout as mine.
4. Bend the stems to the shape of the hoop and glue bottom of stem to the hoop. Use floral wire to make sure it's tightly secure while the hot glue cools. Continue glueing up the sides of the stems and bending leaves to form the shape. Use glue where necessary to keep a leaf or petal in place but in my opinion, the more organic and wild they are, the better end result :)
5. Depending on how you laid it out in the beginning, I left some space in the middle for the bigger flowers so they could be glued directly to the hoop. I saved the smaller berries sprigs for the end and popped them in throughout. I also cut some single lamb's ear leaves from the stems and filled them in where needed.
6. Play around with it, have fun! As Bob Ross always said,
“There are no mistakes, only happy accidents.”
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you end up making your own floral hoop, tag me @mbhdesigns and use #mbhdesigndiy on Instagram or send me a photo, I would LOVE to see what you created!
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