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Most people think of wreaths only at Christmas. But by using seasonal materials, you can create your own colorful wreath of fall leaves and berries to hang on the front door or over the mantel.
Gather a wheelbarrow full of colorful fall leaves and 6-inch-long garden trimmings. Some suggestions for trimmings are magnolia, oak, nandina, larch and maple. Remember to include some red berries in your collection.
Attach number-24 floral wire (sometimes called paddle wire) to a place anywhere along the wire wreath frame.
Hold the bundle in place and wrap the floral wire around the bundle and frame. You will need two hands for this: one to hold the bundle in place against the frame, the other to wrap the wire.
Continue overlapping the bunches of foliage and wiring them to the frame until you complete the circle.
Twist the wire tightly around the last bundle, and knot the wire onto the frame, leaving 1 inch of wire to hang the finished wreath.
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