Make a Picture Frame Wreath

 The change of season and cooler weather might make you want to decorate a bit. Summer is over and the autumn is here. The changing colors are always inspiring to me. Let's make a pretty picture frame wreath for my front door.

It's Fall Y'all! Let's decorate the front door.

I started with this simple picture frame. It is kind of old a beat-up. (Aren't we all at this point?) That's OK, it's going to look great on my front door with some other decor pieces. 

 

I had some white ribbon that I would use as well. The frame is white and the ribbon will look nice with it no matter what else I add on to it.

 

I also grabbed all the fall color items I had on hand at home. I wanted items that were fall colored or themed. I had a place mat, a couple needle point projects and 2 potholders on-hand around the house that I could use. 

 

I thought the blue piece would look good with the flowers I found. They don't need to fit in the frame exactly. They can layer on top of each other. This combo was a good option.I could add that white ribbon and it would all work together.

 

I thought these items would combine well too. The orange and red colors were perfect together. These pieces will layer together with the frame well too. I decided to use these because they had the traditional colors of fall. These can all layer into the picture frame together easily. 

 

To begin, I used a safety pin to attach the place mat to the needle point piece. 

 

You can just barely see the pin through the clasp at the top of the embroidery hoop around the needle point piece. The safety pin will hold them together really well.

 

I added a piece of ribbon around the clasp and tied it in a bow. It will hide the fastenings and look pretty too.

 

You can use duck tape to attach the items to the back of the frame if you prefer. These are all light weight items and the tape seemed very secure. 

 

You can also use a hot glue gun like I did for the twine I attached to the top of the frame to hang it up with. Hot glue holds very well and it is a good choice too.

 

I used a wreath hook over the top of the door to hang this new wreath on my door. I liked the fall colors. You can use almost anything to make a "wreath", you just need to layer a few pieces together.
 

I thought I could tuck a few cream colored flowers in between the frame and the hook. Just for fun. Using items of similar colors usually looks great together so add on anything you like.  I hope you can enjoy the change of seasons where you are. And thanks for reading along.