Supplies needed
- floral wire
- wire snips
- pruning shears or scissors
- ribbon or bow (for this bow I used wire edge linen look ribbon in two sizes)
- grapevine wreath base
Begin by harvesting and drying the hydrangea blooms in late fall. Pick a relatively dry day to harvest, strip the leaves and hang upside down or store in a vase (I am using blooms from our limelight hydrangea hedge which I find dry and keep through several seasons beautifully).
When you have sufficiently dried blooms you can start by wrapping the wire around the hydrangea, prune the stems and insert into wreath base, wrapping wire around the base to secure. Use the next blossom to hide the wrapping from the first. Having a wreath hook to check the progress and balance helps, you can see my set up is next to the door it will hang on.
Once your wreath is done for the season you can store it somewhere in a box but be careful to not crush the fragile dried blooms. I’ve also made many variations of these dried hydrangea wreaths, including mini wreaths with grass and a single smaller bloom for other spots in the house using a smaller vine base.
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