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How to make an autumn wreath Your front door says a lot about you. Show off your personality with a simple, do it yourself wreath. Get ready for the upcoming holidays with this easy festive personalized wreath! For this project I used: Dollar tree leaves Glue gun Styrofoam ring about 8 inches in diameter 16ss rhinestones in colors Topaz and Sunflower AB E6000 Burlap ribbon Assorted fall floral and craft small craft pumpkins  This wreath begins the same as my previous post, Rhinestone Autumn Leaf Table Centerpiece. Begin by cutting the leaves off the plastic vine. Decide on a circular arrangement and the size of your centerpiece: I put bigger leaves on the bottom and smaller leaves on top overlapping each other and kept the circumference to about 9 inches around the outside and about 2 inches on the inside. Using a hot glue gun, glue the leaves together beginning with the bottom leaves.  Once the leaves are glued together, decide on how you want the rhinestones. I used Topaz and Sunflower AB which complimented the colors of the leaves. I used the darker color of Topaz on the inside leaves and along the darker colors of the leaves and the Sunflower AB along the lighter.  Following the veins in the leaves, place a drop of glue about the size of the rhinestone on a leaf and pick up a rhinestone with tweezers or a wax tipped tool. Gently press a rhinestone into the glue drop. When using E6000, I like to squeeze a bit over a paper plate and use a toothpick to scrape up a bit of glue and apply it. Continue gluing and then let dry flat for 24 hours.  Using the hot glue gun, squeeze hot glue around the Styrofoam ring and press the leaf ring on. Allow to cool.
To make the bow, leave about 2 inches of ribbon on the one end and make a loop. While holding the end of this loop, continue making loops, bunching the bottom of the loops together until you have 8 loops. Take your craft wire, leaving about 2 inches on the end, and begin wrapping it tightly around the bottom leaving. Cut the wire again leaving about 2 inches of wire. Cut the ribbon leaving about 2 inches on each end.  Attach the bow to the wreath by slipping one end of the wire between the leaves and Styrofoam and the other end around the back twisting both ends of the wire together to secure and tucking the wire ends into the Styrofoam.  If any of your fall floral or pumpkins has wire attached to them, you can slip the wire between the leaves and Styrofoam and secure the end of the wire into the Styrofoam. Any fall craft décor without wires can be attached using a hot glue gun.  Trim your door with this easy to make dazzling autumn wreath throughout the fall season.
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How to make an easy Fall table decoration Do you love to entertain family and friends? Do you like to have the table set just so? This easy candle table centerpiece will make any table glow with the colors of the season. For this project I used: Autumn leaves from the dollar store Hot glue gun Scissors E6000 16ss rhinestones in colors of Sunflower AB and Topaz Wax tipped tool or tweezers Pillar candle  Begin by cutting the leaves off the plastic vine. Decide on a circular arrangement and the size of your centerpiece: I put bigger leaves on the bottom and smaller leaves on top overlapping each other and kept the circumference to about 12 inches.  Using a hot glue gun, glue the leaves together beginning with the bottom leaves.  Once the leaves are glued together, decide on how you want the rhinestones. I used Topaz and Sunflower AB which complimented the colors of the leaves. I used the darker color of Topaz on the inside leaves and along the darker colors of the leaves and the Sunflower AB along the lighter. Following the veins in the leaves, place a drop of glue about the size of the rhinestone on a leaf and pick up a rhinestone with tweezers or a wax tipped tool. Gently press a rhinestone into the glue drop. When using E6000, I like to squeeze a bit over a paper plate and use a toothpick to scrape up a bit of glue and apply it.  Continue gluing and then let dry flat for 24 hours. Place a pillar candle in the middle and your centerpiece is finished.  Super easy and yet strikingly beautiful! This center piece will have any table ready for fall!
Rhinestones and wax tipped tool are available from: www.RhinestonesEtc.com The aroma of delicious food wafts in from the kitchen and the table is set with fine china, silverware and wine goblets but something is missing. A beautiful centerpiece will add elegance to any table and this Autumn centerpiece is simple to make and will add that extra sparkle. For this project I used: 3 various sized craft pumpkins 12ss crystal rhinestones Gem Tac Wax tipped tool wire cutter  Using a wire cutter, cut the bottom wires off the pumpkins so that they will sit flat. There are many different designs you can do on these small pumpkins and I did them all the same to keep the look unified. Decide on the pattern you would like and when ready, place a drop of glue about the size of the rhinestone on the pumpkin and using the wax tipped tool, pick up a rhinestone and gently press it into the glue drop.  I glued rhinestones around the top of the pumpkins with the rhinestones coming down the sides. I will be showing you the different pumpkins in varying stages of gluing.
Continue gluing and let dry for 24 hours.  Your centerpiece will be the focal point of the celebration and you don’t have to tell your guests how easy it was to make. Perfect for Halloween, Thanksgiving or any other Autumn celebration!
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Karen I have five kids and often feel like I am running a zoo. I love to craft and do so in whatever spare time I have. On your first purchase of quality embellishments from Rhinestones Etc.
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