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Thanks to Susan at Between Naps On The Porch for hosting Metamorphosis Monday… I am so inspired with all the creative and inventive Metamorphosis! After you see mine, go give them a look. You will be inspired too.
The mums were potted, the wreath was hung. Pumpkins were scattered in a pumpkin patch manner around the porch. This year I did forgo the corn stalks and hay bales- they are messy and I wanted a more tailored look… at least for this year. But my wreath was looking very tired. This was its 5th fall hanging on the front door. So, today I decided that it was time to give it a Metamorphosis treatment. Down it came. All of the tired elements on it were taken off.
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This wreath has been used for many, many years. It was an investment purchase. And well worth it!!!!. I have repurposed it more than a couple of times.
I wanted a lush and full wreath. A real eye-popper, without being fussy or confusing. I wanted the colors to "play nicely together". Calm and soft in color and tone. The inspiration was a large burnt orange flower and some cattails my Mother gave me ( She did not know what to do with them). I used “sticks and twigs” I already had.
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I tend to like a “C” shaped arrangement on my wreaths so that is how I started. I put in the base “filler”- some small oak type leaves.
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Next, the cattail were used to make the parameters for the arrangement on the wreath. They are like the frame. They dictate the top limit.
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And the bottom limit.
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It is important to add each element, no matter how small, individually. Placing them just where you want them makes the wreath more professional.
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special attention was paid to the inside edge of the wreath. The arrangement should spill over onto it also. It would look unfinished if left bare.
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