Dried Lavender Wreaths

Want to express your love for your father, why not do it roses. In terms of expressing your feelings flowers are the best medium and the best among the best are the roses. So this father’s day express the love that you have for your father with a wreath of beautiful roses.

If you do not know how to make a wreath of roses, don’t worry, its really simple and easy. Just get the following materials and follow the given instructions. By the end of it I assure you that you will have lovely wreath to present your father with on father’s day.

The materials that you will need to are:

• A couple of dozen of small roses in full bloom
• A straw wreath frame of about 4 inches.
•  Floral wire and pins.
• A pair of scissors.
• Green moss and
• Hot glue.

After you have the materials ready follow these instructions:

• First gather all your rose blooms and cut their stems two inches from the calyx. Remember to cut off their thorns too.
• Next wrap the straw wreath with the ribbon. Make sure you don’t cover the wreath fully with the ribbon. In between the ribbon weaving a good part of your wreath should show.
• After finishing with the wrapping you will have to arrange the roses on the wreath. So start arranging the roses on the wreath by placing them on the edges of the wreath. You can secure the roses using hot glue or with the floral wire.
• While you arrange the roses on the wreath it will be better if you place them in an alternate arrangement in accordance to their color and size. Your wreath will look more attractive if you arrange your roses in this pattern.
• Continue securing the roses in circles along the wreath until the flowers fully covers the wreath.
• Then cover any gaps that may appear in between the roses with rose leaves and green moss. You may use the green floral pins to secure the leaves and green moss to the wreath.

Finally, take another piece of ribbon of about 2 ft and tie it to the bottom of the wreath into a bow.