{"id":26683,"date":"2015-12-16T07:02:15","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T12:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=26683"},"modified":"2015-12-16T07:03:05","modified_gmt":"2015-12-16T12:03:05","slug":"a-wealth-of-wreaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=26683","title":{"rendered":"A Wealth of Wreaths"},"content":{"rendered":"

During a recent attempt to find the original source for some orphaned image or another, I fell into a thicket of spooky wreaths. There’s still time to make some of these before Christmas if you hurry; if not, you’ve got plenty of time before next Halloween. (Click the images to view larger.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Ant<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\nAnts<\/b>
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\nThis is from Better Homes and Gardens<\/a> (whose site I almost hate to link to because it’s such a mare’s nest of intrusive advertising and poor navigation). It’s super-easy, consisting of oversize plastic ants hot-glued to a foam wreath base. Tie the ribbon in place before you start attaching ants, so you don’t wind up with lumpy bits where they overlap.
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\"Spider<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\nSpiders<\/b>
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\nAnother one from BHG<\/a>, this is pretty much the same idea as the one above. Spray-paint the wreath base black (make sure you use paint that won’t eat styrofoam) before gluing on the spiders.
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\"Spider<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\nSpider Topiary<\/b>
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\nThis would be a nice companion to the spider wreath. The balls are just spray-painted styrofoam, and the stems are probably either wooden dowels or PVC pipe. Anchor the stems with floral foam\/oasis, then cover over with candy corn. (I’m not sure about the original source for this project; a couple of sites mention Craft Town<\/a>, but I don’t see it there.)
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\"Eyeball<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\nEyeballs<\/b>
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\nCountry Living<\/a> has instructions for making this wreath out of bouncy eyeballs. Get the glow-in-the-dark<\/a> kind for extra nighttime creepiness.
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\"Raven<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\nRavens<\/b>
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\nThis super-easy design is by Maker, Baker, Glitter Shaker<\/a> and uses those inexpensive crow ornaments that pop up around Halloween.
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\"Feather<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\nFeathers and Spiderwebs<\/b>
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\nI can’t find an original source for this, and it looks like it’s maybe a premade commercial job instead of a DIY project. However, feather wreaths<\/a> aren’t hard to make, the central bit appears to be very similar to this Kurt Adler<\/a> decoration, and the other glittery bits could be made with dollar-store Halloween props and spray glitter.
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\"Mask<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\nMasks<\/b>
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\nYet another super-easy idea. There doesn’t seem to be a wreath base; the masks may all be attached to a wire circle, but they’re lightweight and stiff enough that they might just be all stuck together with dabs of hot glue.
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\"Yarn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\nYarn Spiders<\/b>
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\nThis would be a fun wreath for a knitter or crocheter. It was made by whimsyworkshop<\/a>, and unfortunately has sold. The yarn balls are most likely yarn wrapped around styrofoam cores, and the spiders are probably made in a similar fashion (with the addition of pipe-cleaner legs and googly eyes). The central web could be made using a technique like this<\/a>.
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\"Mirror<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\nMirror<\/b>
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\nI can’t find an original source, so I can only guess at what this is made of. A similar round mirror might be found at a thrift store (a chipped frame or cracked glass would only add to its appeal here). The twigs look like natural lichen-covered branches, but something suitable might be found in a craft store’s floral aisle. The mossy stuff is probably Spanish moss, also available at craft stores; look for black flowers there as well.
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During a recent attempt to find the original source for some orphaned image or another, I fell into a thicket of spooky wreaths. There’s still time to make some of these before Christmas if you hurry; if not, you’ve got plenty of time before next Halloween. (Click the images to view larger.) Ants This is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bad-things"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26683"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26837,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26683\/revisions\/26837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}