Candy and I took another "wine and design" class at our local nursery - although this project required full use of both hands all time so there was not much opportunity for drinking anything! Oh well, it was still fun - but more difficult than I thought it'd be! Not hard, just awkward - and it took some muscle.
Starting with a grapevine wreath and a bunch of freshly cut corn husks (when we signed up I assumed we would be working with dried husks - but they're fresh). Using 2 or 3 husks, bend and gather them into about 6-8" bunches then place them on the wreath and wire them on using a paddle of thin easily bendable wire - this is where the muscle comes in, you want to pull the wire quite tight so things don't shift and the husks get dislodged. The rule of thumb is to wire 2 bunches on the outside, one on the inside, and one on the top and then shift down a couple inches and repeat. Pay attention to your placement and spacing trying to keep things similar all the way around, if your bunches get longer or fuller/less full it will change the symmetry of the wreath. When you get done run the wire over and under a couple places in the back to secure it.
One tip or word of caution - don't leave these in the back of the car when you get home or your car will smell pretty bad the next day and you'll get grief from your husband about it. You want to leave them to air out. Don't ask me how I know.
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| our instructor made this one, we used it as an example. He suggested added bows, branches of bittersweet, or maybe small gourds, indian corn, etc. to change it up thru the season. |
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