Sliced Wood Wreaths

I love the look of sliced wood wreaths. It all started when I created two wood sliced hearts to use at my wedding. Now they hang in my house. So I set out to make the perfect wreath. But I had two ideas and I couldn't settle between them. So I decided to do both!

Supplies

Wire wreath form

Wood slices

Burlap

Ribbon/burlap of choice for bow

Hot glue and hot glue gun

Scissors

Sticks

Pinecones

I started out by wrapping the wire wreath form with burlap as the wood sliced don't cover the wire entirely, and I'd rather see burlap than green wire. 

I started by hot gluing it in one spot to start and continued wrapping around until the entire wreath form was covered and the wire was not able to be seen. 

To attach the tail, I glued onto the bag, and used extra glue to be sure that it wouldn't fray. 

As you can see, I ran an extra thick strip of hot glue along the edge on the back of the wreath. 

Next, I began hot gluing the wood slices on. Make sure you get a good layer of hot glue to attach it. Push down for 30 seconds to secure it to the form. 

I ended up making two different wreaths using the frames and slices of wood. 

The first wreath: I used two rows of the wood slices and burned welcome onto the top layer using my wood burning tool. 

I then added a burlap bow, some twigs and some pinecones giving it a very rustic look. 

After hanging up the wreath, I decided it need a little something else, so while doing some after Christmas shopping, I found this cute E and decided to add it to the wreath. Just enough fancy to balance the rustic :)

For the second wreath, I opted to use left over items from our wedding. So I incorporated a blue chevron burlap bow from some left over scraps I had..

However, to be honest, it needs something else. Just not sure what will be perfect. So for now, it hangs like this, and I'll ponder for awhile until I come up with the perfect solution.