DIY faux olive leaf wreath

I found this wreath from Pottery Barn and I was so in love with it, but as usual, it was way out of my budget. I mean, $80 for a wreath is a bit excessive. I did a lot of googling to try to find a comparable option but I couldn't, so I decided to DIY one. Its not perfect, and its not exactly like the Pottery Barn one but for a fraction of the cost I'd say it turned out pretty well. Lets get started.

First, I went to Hobby Lobby and picked up an olive leaf garland [$24.99 but was 50% off so $12.50] and a grapevine wreath [$3.99 but I had a 40% off so $2.40]. The only other things I used were some jewelry wire I had on hand and some scissors.

In order to get the rustic look the inspiration wreath had I needed to remove some branches. This part has no real method. Just start pulling the branches apart and breaking some off until you get the desired effect.

Next, the olive leaf garland I got was also too full so I started pulling the leaves off until it looked a lot more bare, save the leaves though, you can add more fullness in spots later.

you can see the front part is thinned out and the back is still full

Then, I attached the garland around the wreath using jewelry wire tied tightly around the branches of the wreath

cut the wire really short so you can see it and tuck it under the leaves

Now, you just want to add in some leaves where the wreath shows through too much, you can do this by popping them back onto the little spines you pulled them off of.

way too bare

I am happy with how my wreath turned out although I wish I could have had some faux olives to add in but overall I think I accomplished what I was hoping to.

much better

To see where this little project is going you'll just have to keep reading!

xoxo,
Jackie

Welcome to our new home

We finally closed on the house yesterday and I am so excited to share it with you! Get ready for an overload of pictures. This home is a 3 bed 2.5 bathroom, just over 2000 square feet. Its almost double the square footage of the rental house so its going to be a much bigger space to furnish and decorate but I am up for the challenge. Here we go!

front of the home

2 car garage

the view from the front door

dining room the the right of the front door

kitchen sits just in front of the dining room

left of the kitchen leads into the living room

looking back at the front door

living room

looking back at the kitchen

the backyard, a huge work in progress

the laundry room, to the left as you enter from garage

half bath, to the right as you enter from garage 

lets head upstairs

the door at the top of the stairs is the master

to the right of the stairs is the loft and the hall to guest bedrooms

guest bath

guest room to the left

guest room to the right

hallway looking back to the loft

loft, left is hall right is master 

master 

left is closet [office] right is bath

my new office 

bathroom

our new closet

in the closet looking back at the bathroom door

 So that's the house! Thanks for being so patient while we went through this process. We have made changes already and I cant wait to show them to you!

xoxo,
Jackie