How to Make a Metallic Wreath (and a giveaway)
I partnered with Fusion Mineral Paint for this post.
Well, it was soooooo sad to take down our wreath. I loved pulling up to the house at night and seeing our door glowing with fairy lights. My husband thinks it’s bad luck to have Christmas decorations up after 12th Night. Do you guys feel the same? I’m not sure but I do know that I want to start 2016 with good luck! Ha! Ha!
Winter here in New England is cold (usually, very snowing) and also dark. I thought it would be fun to add some metallics and a touch of nature to our front door. I’m teaming up with Melanie over at Lost and Found and a few other bloggers to give you some metallic inspiration and we also have a really fun giveaway too. More on that in a second. First I want to share this wreath!
Since the fall, I’ve been having fun with Matthew Mead’s Studio Metallics by Fusion Mineral Paint. You may remember my metallic pumpkins and my glitter anchors from Christmas. This paint is fun for smaller crafts but also larger pieces of furniture. I also created the faux galvanized table in our living room using the metallics and other Fusion Mineral paints, click here if you missed that.
I was shopping with my mom at Crate and Barrel the other day and came across some great stuff in their clearance section. I found this wreath and bag of acorns. They were part of the fall line but I thought Matthew Mead’s Metallics could help me winter-ize them 😉
Here’s how I created this wreath:
How to Make a Metallic Wreath
Materials
- Wreath with Leaves on It
- Acorns
- Wax Paper
- Small Paint Brushes
- Matthew Mead Studio Metallics in Bronze, Silver and Copper
- Glue Gun and Hot Glue Sticks
Method
- Place wax paper on your surface to protect it. Turn on Adele (this part is optional but I love making things while listening to her new album). Heat your glue gun and afix acorns to the wreath. I opted to just do mine around the center (all different shapes and sizes), but you could put acorns all over too.
- Once dry it is time to paint your leaves. It is helpful to use small brushes and go section by section. I painted the leaves with different shades of Fusion’s metallics – silver, copper and bronze. Allow to dry. I only did one coat because I like that you could still see the leaf texture underneath. But a second coat would make it more opaque.
- Paint the acorns bronze. Allow to try. The acorns look sooooo beautiful in bronze. They shimmer so much!
- Tie twine to your wreath for hanging.
This wreath took no time at all and is so welcoming to greet guests as they arrive to our home.
The shimmery metallics make me smile and if you’re a nature lover this is a nice way to mix in metallics into your home! Do you think you’ll give this a try?
Don’t leave just yet because I have a special treat for you! A fantastic Fusion Mineral Paint Giveaway for one lucky reader:
Fusion Mineral Paint Prize Package
Oh, I wish I could win! You will love the paints and the brush soap is lovely to care for your brushes! All you have to do is enter on the rafflecopter section below.
Be sure to check out all the beautiful project by these very talented bloggers too:
Beautiful project Danielle! I love the colors you chose and the wreath looks beautiful on the front door of your gorgeous home.
Hi Danirlke, the wreath looks great & does perk up our drab NE winter. In case I don’t win, where can I buy the paint?
I meant “Danielle”!!
The wreath turned out great. I see stuff all season long that could use a touch of those metallic paints, I guess I’ll have to pick them up in preparation and I’ll never have a naked door again.
Your wreath is gorgeous Danielle. What a great way to give a simple wreath a more custom look! As for taking down outdoor Christmas decorations, it’s just too darn cold here in Minnesota to even consider it. As soon as we get above 15 degrees or so though, that stuff is coming down!
love how this turned out- so pretty and unique!
You know I saw this post and was gonna scroll right through it. I thought the colors would be too dark and look fall like. So Wrong…against your beautiful front door, it shines and reflects light. Or at least it looks like it in the photos.
And if your like me, add and change to make it work in many ways.
Thanks
Lovely! I’m always sad to see my Christmas decorations come down as well. The past two years my January wreath has been a pinecone wreath that I painted with silver and (hints of) gold paint. I still miss the magic of twinkle lights, but silver and gold help easy the sting 🙂 After seeing your gorgeous tutorial, I think I’ll try a leafy metallic wreath next!
Awesome wreath Danielle before you even painted it, colors you used are perfect for pretty much all year. It sure looks pretty on your door. No wonder you love seeing it when you come home. How did you manage to paint every leaf, wasn’t tedious or lose your place? Painting the acorns bronze really sets them off, compliment other colors on leaves. Smart idea to re-purpose a wreath. I seem to notice Chesterfield sofas all the time now since you got yours. Still loving it as much? Love your sofa table, your hubs did fantastic job.I’d love to have a… Read more »
What a beautiful wreath! I love Fusion Mineral paint and the metallics on the wreath are just gorgeous. Lovely job 🙂