Shamrock Wreath for St. Patty's Day (Tutorial)

The real iconic symbol of St. Patrick's Day, for me, is the shamrock. I like the rainbows, pots-of-gold, leprechauns and such, but the shamrock immediately takes me to this Irish holiday, and, as I've mentioned before, I have a thing about wreaths. Occasions, holidays, and whims require the construction of a new wreath and, since St. Pat's is a holiday, I made a wreath! A ribbon wreath featuring the Shamrock, to be precise. Last year's wreath had shamrocks as well, but this year I went for a single shamrock design to mark the occasion.
 

Shamrock Wreath for St. Patty's Day

St. Patty's Day Wired-Ribbon Shamrock Wreath 

Materials Used:
wreath form
wired ribbon
thin wire (optional- needle & thread)
straight pins
hot glue
Dollar Tree foam shamrocks

The main components of the wreath...the form and the ribbon.

I pinned the ribbon to the wreath form and starting wrapping
 the form.

Once the wreath form was covered,  I started making the ribbon folds (5 or 6 zig-zag folds) that would adorn the wreath, making it pretty to look at! They're not really ribbon flowers, just puffy folds.

I ran a thin wire through the ribbon folds to hold them together. You could use a needle and thread to accomplish the same thing. Notice the cut ends of the ribbon are on the side that gets wired and glued to the wreath form.

Securing the wire so the ribbon folds stay intact.

I attached the puffy ribbon sections to the wreath form using
 hot glue. 

This is the folded ribbon once I puffed and scrunched it to make it look pretty on the wreath (just prior to gluing to the form).

This is what it looks like after I've added several sections of the wire-ribbon...only a few more to go!

May the luck of the Irish be with you!

Parties I'm going to... Glued To My Crafts, Mostly Homemade Mom, I Gotta Create, Cherished Bliss,
Turning The Clock Back, The SITS Girls, Cupcakes & Crinoline,

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