A DIY Wreath to Welcome Spring
Plum blossoms grow all across East Asia, and they are seen as a symbol of the changing seasons. They start blooming in late winter and have long been significant part of East Asian art and culture. As our homage to these gorgeous blooms, our first wreath for the approaching season is a plum blossom wreath. The soft pink petals are perfectly paired with our rich green Cypress colored leaves to make a stunning piece of home decor that will last for years to come!
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Tools
- Craft Scissors
- Cricut Maker or Silhouette Cameo 4 (optional)
- Low-Temp Hot Glue Gun
- Needle-Nose Pliers/Wire Cutters
Materials
- Lia Griffith Extra Crepe Paper – Blush, Chiffon, Juniper
- 18-Gauge Green Paper Covered Wire
- Floral Tape – Bark
- Magenta Art Marker – Copic Red Violet
- Grapevine Wreath
Steps
- Gather tools and materials.
- Cut 2-inch strips of blush crepe paper and lightly brush marker on one edge about 1/3 of the way up. Print the PDF template below and cut the petals with the colored edge at the base of the petals.
- Gently stretch the centers and twist the bottoms of the petals.
- Cut Chiffon crepe according to the template (the rectangular piece) and twist the fringed sections to form stamens.
Full tutorial available for members to download below.
Tips
Before starting a crepe paper project, we always like to recommend that beginners check out our Crepe Paper 101 video, where you can learn our favorite tips and tricks for cutting petals and stretching the paper. Wreath projects are fabulous because they give you lots of freedom to create your own arrangements. To recreate this plum blossom wreath, place the branches so that they radiate out in the same direction with the majority of blooms on the outer edge of the wreath. This will give it that beautiful abundant look that celebrates the spring season. You are welcome to play around with different sizes of wreaths too – you should be able to find a nice selection of grapevine forms at your local craft store.
Spring Into New DIY Projects!
If you are looking for more spring home decor inspiration, find our post on how you can design your own spring wreath, or make yourself a pretty spring serving tray that you can also use for a coffee table display. We will be adding new projects every day, so head over to the membership page to start downloading. We love getting you in on the creative process, so please add your project requests and suggestions in the comments below. Do you love making crepe flowers? Let us know what flowers you’d like to see next and we will do our best to bring them to life. Lots of Love! ~ Lia & Team
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8 Comments
Hi Lia and team! Loving making these branches! Am looking forward to the updated tutorial for my file…
Question, though, please. How did you attach the leaves to the stems? It’s not made clear – have you used tacky glue or simply floral-taped them on? Thank you!
Yes, they were adhered with a bit of hot glue. You could wire the leaves and use floral tape as well!
Beautiful flowers. I see in some of the photos that the tips of the stamen are colored. Is that the same color as the bottom of the petals. I don’t see that in the photo tutorial. I love making your flowers. Everyone is so amazed that they are not real. Thank you for sharing your talents.
Hi Dottie, you’re right! We missed adding that to the tutorial. You can use the same marker or a darker pink to color the ends of some of the stamen. We’ll update the instructions this week 🙂
I love the plum blossom wreath! It is so lovely! The paper snowdrops were what caught my eye when I visited your site. I love snowdrops! I wish I could find extra fine crepe paper in Victoria, but we don’t have it. Our craft stores don’t carry much in the way of crepe paper, Michael’s doesn’t, either. However, I love checking out your creations!
Sincerely,
Janet in Canada
Hopefully one of these days we’ll be able to ship to Canada!!
Hey Lia – another beautiful project. Am waiting and so looking forward to your papers being available in the UK – cant come soon enough for me!
I would love to see some bluebells, cornflowers, cow parsley, campion etc – looking forward to the wildflower hedgerows coming into bloom here on the Isle of Wight you see! Also what about morning glory to trail with some of your realistic woody stems?
Loving the shamrock this week too by the way!
Thank you so much Bridget!! All such lovely ideas, I’ll add to my list. Bluebells would be stunning in the right color of crepe or even tissue!