DIY Christmas Shelf Wreath

My staircase shelf was seriously lacking some holiday spirit. I didn't want to buy anything new (I dread going to the shops during the holiday season), and per my usual style I wanted to create something myself. When I realized I had so much leftover material from my Craft Beer-Inspired Christmas Wreath I decided to make another wreath, but with a twist.

You will need the following materials:

The majority of the items on the left were leftover pieces I've had for years now. I newly purchased the 4 items on the right from Hobby Lobby - Bauble stems: $0.77 each | Wreath $2.50 | Bronze pine cones: $0.50 | Evergreen stem: $1.00

These were the leftover materials I used from my Craft Beer-Inspired Christmas Wreath (shown new). 2 Evergreen stems on left: $3.99 each - Michael's | Evergreen stem on right: $2.50 - Hobby Lobby | Glittery hop stems: $0.75 each - Michael's

Taking wire cutters, place as shown:

Add your glittery & colorful pieces. Secure everything using a hot glue gun.

Add accent pieces...

 ...and you are done!

No shelf space? No problem - this can be used as wall decor too!

Craft Beer-Inspired Christmas Wreath Tutorial

Being a self-proclaimed craft beer snob, when I saw that Michael's had glittery hop stems this year I immediately knew I had to incorporate them into my front door Christmas wreath. I love that they add that little something extra to your stereotypical holiday accent pieces & they are SUPER AFFORDABLE! We are talking in the cent-denomination people!! In fact, this project only cost me ~$15! + I still have material leftover for other holiday projects!

Michael's - $0.66 each. I used 4 - 3 silver and 1 gold.

I used a grapevine wreath (Hobby Lobby - $2.50) as the base, wire cutters to trim each piece off its corresponding stem, and a hot glue gun to secure everything. My placement technique is the same one I have used in all of my previous DIY wreath tutorials. I will link a video tutorial I did going in-depth on my process here >> https://youtu.be/YFkrSZOUmAs As shown in the image below, combining different colors & textures within the evergreen-color family allows each piece to compliment one another.

Left & middle - Michaels - $3.99 each. Right - Hobby Lobby - $2.50

This in combination with the bright, glittery accents prevents the overall piece from falling flat to the eye. Don't forget to add some pine cones!

All from Hobby Lobby - $0.75 each

After layering and mixing all of these materials, your wreath should look something like this:

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