I have an old wreath from a product campaign that I did a few years ago, but I don't use it. I also have a bunch of extra ornaments that I don't use. So I decided to do my favorite thing and repurpose them to make a really cool ornament wreath that I will actually use!
To start we have a wire wreath that has greenery on it. It already has some of teal/blue, and silver ornaments which made it pretty easy to convert to my pastel/candy themed Christmas decor. The majority of the ornaments I already had and then I purchased a $5 box of shatterproof pastel ornaments to add to it.
The first thing I did was fluff out all of the greenery on the wreath to make it as wide as possible. Then I started placing larger ornaments to fill in the big gaps. I added some of the picks that I had with the candy pieces to fill in the big gaps in the wreath. Then, as the gaps got smaller, I started using smaller ornaments, sometimes stacking them, to make sure that everything was filled in.
I spent about three total hours working on this over three days. With a project like this, I really like to be able to start, and then come back with fresh eyes to see where a hole might be or where I might want to change something. I also kept finding more ornaments to add that I had stashed around the house. My mom did a wreath like this last year after Christmas with a bunch of ornaments that she hadn't used on any of her tree. She kept telling me that I would use more ornaments than I planned and it was true. I kept adding them as I found them but finally found a stopping point.
After I felt like I'd added everything that I could while it was on the table, I then hung it on a wreath hanger on a door in my house so that I could see all of the sides. I'm glad that I did this because there were quite a few spots that needed more ornaments or needed something extra added. I also wasn't sure about the tiny orange/gold ornaments and how they would go with everything else, but once they were on I was happy with how it came together. So the moral of the story is if you have a wreath and some unused ornaments you can make a really cute and custom wreath that doesn't take much effort. I love that I was able to repurpose some old things to make something new and fun and would definitely recommend that you do it too!
