Rustic Wood Star Fall Wreath

I purchased two rustic wooden stars at a garage sale this past summer.  Mostly because I liked them so much, I had no idea what to do with them.  So they have sat in my craft room for months just waiting for me to make something with them.  Then inspiration struck – with the help of Pinterest, of course –  I have decided to use the two smaller rustic wooden stars as part of my fall mantel display instead of a round wreath.  I made a rustic wood star fall wreath this month for the Monthly Craft DeStash Challenge.

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Rustic Wood Star Fall Wreath

 

The wood used to make the stars was very rough. I could have sanded them down and painted them, but I just liked the rustic quality of the stars just the way they were. I have decided to use the larger wood star as a future Christmas project, so for this month’s project, I used the smaller of the two rustic wood stars.

 

 

The only items I purchased for this project were a sunflower floral stem, a fall leaf floral stem, and orange raffia ribbon from the Dollar Tree store.  Everything else I had on hand.

 

 

In my stash, I had some small natural cat tails that I used last year in a vase on my fall mantel display. These cat tails had originally been used at my niece’s Hunting-Themed Baby Shower, so they have been recycled many times over by now.

 

 

So I first started the star wreath bouquet using some of the cat tails.  Using small-gauge floral wire, I wrapped three stems of the cat tails together, combined with a sunflower floral stem.   Then I used a heavier gauge floral wire to wire the mini bouquet to the star.

 

 

The last few steps were to cut several lengths of raffia, tie them together in a bow, and then attach the raffia to the star with floral wire.

 

 

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If you liked this project, please enjoy a few more:

Simple and Rustic Christmas Star Wreath

Fireworks and Stars Patriotic Wreath