Wreath Making with Myrtle Wong
Join HTMC member Myrtle Wong for her 4th Annual Wreath Making Workshop on Saturday November 28th at 3:00pm just in time for the holidays! Please bring your own wreath making materials which include wreath base, flowers and greenery (supply list and details below).
This event has limited space available and requires a reservation – the sign up link will be posted Wednesday 11/4.
There is no potluck for this event, but free to bring snacks to share.
Wreath Making Supply List:
WREATH MATERIALS NEEDED (supplies can be purchased locally at Ben Franklin, Floradec or online via Amazon) 1. 12” or 14” straw base 2. Package of 50, 1.7” to 2 “ greening pins 3. Plant material (at least 3 inches long) that will hold and will dry without falling apart 4. Clippers to cut material 5. A wire clothes hanger (any color fine) 6. Wood wired picks, hot glue gun, glue, red ribbon for bow, recycled Christmas decorations (optional)
WREATH GREENERY & FLOWER SUGGESTIONS Feel free to experiment with other plant material. See if they will last for a few weeks without falling apart. My sister keeps her wreath for a full year, before I replace it the following xmas.
Examples of leafy fillers evergreen , cypress, song of India, song of Africa, pine, fir, eucalyptus, autograph leaves, palm, ti leaves, certain ferns, pele hair, hale koa pods, Uki grass, silver button wood tree, dusty miller, moa
Examples of flowers There are so many kinds of flowers that you can incorporate into a wreath, the main criteria is that they are able to last, select a good size flower that has a good stem to attach it firmly when making the wreath. Examples: cup and saucer, baby breath, aalii, ohia, protea, pine cones, bird of paradise, heliconia, pods from autograph tree which need to be dried by putting a cup to keep pod open as it dries, wood rose, bougainvillea, statice, bozo, blue jade
Examples of berries I have only used artificial ones except lipstick tree pods and button wood seeds
To view past examples from wreath making events click the links below:
