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HOW TO DYE ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS
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Aug 28, 2025
Want to upgrade cheap florals into something custom and beautiful? In this video, I’ll show you how to dye artificial flowers from Dollar Tree and turn them into high-end-looking arrangements. This easy DIY hack works for centerpieces, wreaths, or any seasonal decor — and it’s super budget-friendly! | CHAPTERS | 00:00 Intro 01:07 Part 1 - Dyeing Artificial Flowers 15:08 Part 2 - DIY Fall Wreath 22:14 Outro | LINKS | Wreath Form - https://sovrn.co/1lq6hkr Easy Cutter - https://sovrn.co/oeppub2 Inspiration Wreath from Amazon - https://amzn.to/4fWJfBr ✨| FREE DOWNLOAD |✨ The Big List - 101 Places To Shop Home Decor Online https://diannedecor.com/the-big-list | MY WEBSITE |
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Hi, it's Lindsay Diane from diancor.com.
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In this video, I'm going to share with
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you my method for dying Dollar Tree
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flowers. Now, if you are an avid shopper
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at the Dollar Tree, you know that
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sometimes the floral section can be hit
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or miss. They can have an amazing stock
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and variety of colors there for you to
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choose from, and then sometimes you
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don't. And sometimes you end up having
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to hop from store to store to store to
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get enough florals to complete your
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project. Now, this happened to me
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recently when I was trying to create my
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fall wreath and I decided that this year
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I was just going to dye flowers to have
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the exact colors and the exact amount
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that I needed. And it was so simple.
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Everything you need is from the Dollar
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Tree. It's very inexpensive and it's
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very easy. In part one of this video,
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I'm going to share with you everything
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that you need to dye the flowers and
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I'll give you a quick tutorial on how to
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do that. And then in part two, I'm going
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to show you how I created my DIY fall
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wreath. Let's get started. So, to start
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off this dying project, you're going to
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need a few things from the Dollar Tree.
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You're going to need some paint brushes.
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One or two is fine. You're going to need
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some acrylic paint from their crafting
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section. These are going to be the
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colors that you need to mix to make
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whatever
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color you want. Right? So, for me and my
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project, I was looking to make a wreath
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that was like a deep dusty denim blue, a
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lighter sort of pink mauve, and then a
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deeper purple mauve. Those were the
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three colors that I was going for. So to
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cover my bases, I grabbed a white
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acrylic paint, black, purple, pink, and
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blue. And with those, I figured that I
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could figure out a combination that was
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going to get me to the color tones that
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I wanted. So, choose whichever colors
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you need in the acrylic paint. Grab
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yourself at least one paint brush that's
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like a medium size. And then you're
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going to grab your florals. Now, the
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important part, of course, about the
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florals is that you need to have a light
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base. So, in order for you to really see
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the colors that you're going to mix
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together, you need to start with either
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a white floral or a cream floral. For my
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project, I was looking for hydrangeas. I
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wanted to make a fall hydrangeanger
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wreath, but they did not have enough of
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the white hydrangeas available for my
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project. So, they had some deeper orange
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tones and kind of reddy tones, but they
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did not have enough of the cream colored
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hydrangeas. So, I looked around at some
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of the other florals. Don't be afraid to
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just sort of compare and contrast some
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of the options available to you. You can
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usually get a very similar look with a
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different floral. So, you'll see in this
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next clip that I was comparing a few of
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the different florals. They had the
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hydrangeas, but they didn't have enough
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for my project. They had merry golds,
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which were a good option, and then they
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had a ton of mums. And ultimately, this
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is what I decided to go with for my
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project. The mums were just a bigger
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bang for your buck. They are just a much
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larger floral head on them. And they're
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still five to a stem just like all of
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the other ones, but I knew that I would
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need less mums than anything else um in
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their selection. So, I went ahead and
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went forward with the mums that had a
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nice cream colored base to them. Now,
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when I got home, the first thing that I
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did to prep for the dying process was I
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pulled all of the price tag stickers off
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of the stems. And then I proceeded to
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pull the leaves down the stem so that
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those wouldn't get in the way when I was
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dying the actual flower heads. So,
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you're going to see me just kind of go
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through each one of these, trim them,
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and then I'm going to slide the actual
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green leaf part down to the base of the
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stem to get these ready to be able to be
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dipped into an acrylic water solution.
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The first color that I mixed was the
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blue. Now, I wanted a deep kind of dark
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blue so that it would turn into sort of
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a denim color. And to do this, I mixed
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one cup of water with a few teaspoons of
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the blue acrylic dye and then mixed in
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some black to deepen it up. Now, this is
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again totally up to you depending upon
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what color tone you're going for. What I
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will say is that you don't need nearly
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as much of this solution as I made. You
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could probably get away with starting
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with a half a cup of water because I had
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a ton extra and I ended up just kind of
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dumping it every time I wanted to switch
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my colors. The most important part in
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all of this is to remember that you need
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to use hot water.
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When I started out, I tried to mix it
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with cold water and the blue chunks just
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would not dissolve down. And once I
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added the black to the water, I really
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could not see the chunks floating
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around. I did my best to mix them for
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several minutes, but the solution just
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did not break down all of that paint
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chunks. So, when I went to dye my first
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flower, I ended up with almost a polka
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dot situation. To remedy that, I went
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ahead and I took my little Tupperware
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and I popped it in the microwave for a
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minute and heated up that water until it
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was hot. and then everything dissolved
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and it was great. So, moving forward,
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know that you want some like steaming
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hot water. Just be careful when you're
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dipping your flowers because the water's
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still going to be hot. I also recommend
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that you use some sort of hand
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protection. Put on a pair of gloves just
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to protect your your fingers and your
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nails from getting dyed.
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Now, with the first set of flowers, I'm
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using my brush with the blue paint
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solution to brush on that color so that
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I can get more of a gradient effect. If
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you want a full solid color, go ahead
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and dip the entire flower head into the
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colored water. Let it sit for about 30
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seconds. And then you're gonna pull it
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out and you're gonna put it onto like a
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sheet pan that's lined with paper towels
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to sort of soak up that excess water.
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For me, I really wanted to have a nice
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dimension to each of these flowers and
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have a nice gradient effect going on.
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So, I used the paintbrush. And then what
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you're going to see me do is start to
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massage in that paint so that I wasn't
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sort of overusing it once I got a little
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bit of it onto the, you know, the
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polyester, uh, you know, little flower
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petals. I started to massage it with my
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gloves to help spread that paint. That's
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what really helped to create a nice
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faded out gradient effect on these
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flowers. Because I had so many flowers
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that I was dying for this project and
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another one, I went ahead and lined them
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up on a piece of cardboard that was on
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the floor to help dry.
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The next color that I'm going to mix is
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the lighter mauve. So, a mauve that is a
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little bit more pink than purple. This
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is the next color that I'm going in
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with. I used the hot pink and then I
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went in with a little bit of purple and
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then a little bit of black to kind of
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deepen it up. I had a some trouble kind
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of getting to the color that I wanted.
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You're going to see me go back and forth
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between the pink um and the black. And I
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think at one point I decided it was too
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dark and I added in white. Um but you
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know, a trial and error may happen with
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these paints. You're going to have much
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more paint than you will ever need for
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this project. So, it's okay if you don't
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get that color um perfectly on the first
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try. Just keep mixing. If you have to
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start over, you can start over. You're
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really not needing a lot of paint or a
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lot of water to mix up this solution.
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Once I got to the color that I was
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really looking for, I kept kind of going
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back and forth to my reference photo,
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which was a wreath that I was trying to
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kind of dupe. And I'll share that with
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you in part two of this video. But once
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I got to the color that I wanted, I
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again decided to start painting on only
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the outer petals of this flower. So I
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wanted to have a nice gradient effect
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just like with the blue. And I painted
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on the outer petals and then massaged in
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the rest of the color.
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As I was working my way through these
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flowers, I came to the conclusion that I
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was absolutely going to need to do a
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second coat. So, I worked my way through
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the second sort of color of flowers
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where I was painting on the out outer
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petals and then massaging in. And then I
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proceeded on to my last batch of flowers
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which is intended to be my lightest
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color. And instead of trying to uh use
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the same method, I wanted to give it a
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sort of inside to outside kind of light
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gradient. So, what I did here was I
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painted only the inner flowers and left
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the outer ones light. So, I just kind of
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swirled my brush around the center of
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those flower buds and then massaged it
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in so that I had a gradient that was
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deep in the middle and light on the
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outside as opposed to the previous one
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which was deeper on the outside and then
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faded to light on the inside.
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Here's
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a look at the first pass of these
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florals. You'll see that the purple is
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very light and the last ones that are
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meant to be the lighter mauve are almost
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the same color except that they are dyed
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on the inside of the flower buds. So,
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I'm letting these sit here. I let them
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sit for about an hour or so before I
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went in with a second coat. So, you'll
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see me here again. I am mixing the
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deep blue color. And this time, instead
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of using the paintbrush to paint all
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around, I am collecting all of the
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petals together with my hand and I am
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dipping just the tips of these petals
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into the blue water solution. Now,
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what's going to happen is that that
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color is going to automatically absorb
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back up to the the base of the flower
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bud. Now, this is only going to work if
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you have properly dried your flowers,
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right? It's water trying to seep its way
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up into these dry areas. It's spreading.
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If your flower buds are still wet,
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you're not going to have this color
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travel up sort of the shaft in the way
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that you want it to if you are going for
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a gradient. So, just keep that in mind.
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Make sure that your flowers are all the
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way dried out before you go in for a
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second coat if you are looking to get
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more of a gradient look. This allowed me
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to have deeper tips on these blue
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flowers and then it kind of gradient up.
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it still deepened up everything and it
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gave it a really pretty look. I just
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laid them upside down to dry out and
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eventually I transferred them back over
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to the cardboard to dry for a longer
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time. At some point in this process I
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realized that it was easier for me to
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just dye the little flower heads instead
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of holding on to the stems. So you will
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see that in these later clips you're
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just seeing little flower heads. You
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don't see me with the stems anymore
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because I just went ahead and popped
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those off. But whichever way is easiest
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for you, do that. So once I get all of
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the blue flowers done, it was time to do
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the second round on the purple mauve
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flowers. I mixed a very, very deep
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purple color to help really darken up
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those petals so that I would have a deep
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sort of mauvey color. And I gathered the
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petals just like I did with the blues
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and I dipped the tips in there and then
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I massaged them out. So instead of just
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letting them drip dry like I did with
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the blue, I massaged out that purple so
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that I would maintain that gradient look
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that I was looking for. Finally, I went
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in with the final batch which is going
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to be the lighter, you know, pink mauve
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color. I'm using the same color mix as
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the deep purple. And I am painting in
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the center only and massaging it out.
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Just painting on that purple to the
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center and massaging it out. And this is
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how they turned out. I'm really happy
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with the gradient of the color. They
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have a lot of great dimension and I
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think they just look beautiful. So
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that's how I was able to dye these
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Dollar Tree flowers. It was a really
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simple project. Here is another look at
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the way these turned out in the end.
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This was very, very easy to do. I just
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let them dry for another couple of hours
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before I proceeded onto my wreath. Okay,
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so now that my flowers are ready to go,
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I've set them to dry for a couple of
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hours. I am going to proceed on to
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making my beautiful fall wreath. Here's
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a look at my inspiration for this
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wreath. It is a beautiful deep denim
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blue, purple mauve, and pinky mauve
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combination of hydrangeas and some nice
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deep green leaves on the outer rim and
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the inner rim. I think it's really
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really lovely. But as you know, I could
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not find enough of the hydrangeanger
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flowers to pull this off. So instead,
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I'm going to do a substitute, and I'm
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using the mums in the same colors to
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create a dupe of this wreath. The items
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that you'll need to create this wreath
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are a foam wreath form. I got mine from
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Michaels. Be sure to use their, you
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know, coupon for the regular off
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pricing. You can usually get, you know,
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30 or 40% off. I paid about $7 for this
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wreath form. It is a nice very dense
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hard foam wreath form and it's 16 in. In
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total, if you have a 16 in wreath form
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like I do, you're going to end up using
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a total of 20 flower heads. Now, each of
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the stems from Dollar Tree come five
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heads to a stem. So, that means you're
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going to need four of the stems of the
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mums from Dollar Tree. If you go with a
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smaller floral, you may need more flower
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heads to fill out this wreath. Again, I
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got my wreath form from Michaels. And I
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used some hot glue to help secure the um
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flowerheads and the greenery. The
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greenery I also purchased from the
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Dollar Tree. And I used four stems of
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the greenery. So, let's get started in
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constructing this DIY fall wreath. So,
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the first thing that you'll want to do
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is to remove any of the stickers or tags
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from your greenery stems. You can use,
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you know, just a pair of scissors to
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snip these off. I also used an easy
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cutter to cut down the wires. You can
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use scissors for this as well, but I
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find the easy cutter is a little bit
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quicker. And to start out, I used a
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small screwdriver to bore a few sort of
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pilot holes into my wreath form. I did
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them all along the front or the face of
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the wreath form and also along the top
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where I knew I would be sort of uh
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securing in the greenery. So, I used the
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outer rim, the face of it, and the inner
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rim is where you're going to see me
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periodically poke some pilot holes to
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help secure all of these florals. Now, I
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will say this. If you have a wreath form
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that is not as dense, like some of the
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smaller ones from Dollar Tree, they're
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much softer, you will not have to bore
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these pilot holes in here. This wreath
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form that I have is very, very firm,
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very dense. In hindsight, I probably
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would have gotten a different one in the
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future. I initially went into this
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project thinking that I was going to use
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a wire wreath form and then I realized,
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oh, it's kind of tricky uh securing
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these buds to all the rings on the wire
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wreath form. So, I went ahead and got
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the the foam one. So, here's another
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look at what I'm going for with this
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wreath. This is my inspiration photo
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that I found from a wreath on Amazon.
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And I start out just kind of laying out
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the flowers and getting an idea of where
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everything needs to line up. So once all
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of the little pilot holes are ready to
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go, I start adding in my florals. And I
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lost a little bit of a clip here, but
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you're going to see me start to space
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out my pink florals first. I add in
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three of those just so I can start to
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set up the spacing. In the end, what I
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did was I used two pinks kind of bundled
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together, two purples before that, and
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then two blues before that. So that the
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sequence starting at 12:00 is pink,
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blue, purple, pink, blue, purple, pink,
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blue, purple, etc. all the way around.
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Again, I use two for each color. In
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total, I ended up using 20 of the floral
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buds. And then you're going to see me
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here start to set up the greenery so
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that I can make an outer rim around the
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wreath and an inner rim of greenery to
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really fill out this wreath and give it
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some nice rich color.
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So, I again am using my little
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screwdriver to dig a few pilot holes. As
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I said before, if you do not have a
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super dense wreath form, you probably do
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not need to do this. You will be able to
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stick them in just fine. I've never
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worked with a foam that's quite this
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dense before. I usually prefer to go
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with a wire wreath form, but I was
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having some trouble with that, so I went
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for the foam instead.
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But if either way, whatever you need to
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do to secure these on here, once you use
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the pilot hole and you shove your either
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your flower head in there or your leaves
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in there and they're still loose, then
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just dab them with a little bit of hot
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glue to keep them secure. As I move my
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way around the outer wreath, you're
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going to see me snip down some of the
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stems just a little bit. And I just make
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my way little by little around the
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wreath on the outside and then around
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the inner wreath as well. Heat.
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Heat.
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Heat. Heat. N.
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And here's what it looks like when it's
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all done. I really love the way this
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wreath turns out. Here is a side by side
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of my inspiration photo and how my
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wreath turned out. I think the colors
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are great. The fact that I was able to
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dye them myself and it was an easy
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process. I wasn't sure how hard this was
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going to be. I saw a few methods online
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and it seemed like the acrylic paint
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method was the easiest one and I have to
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agree it really was easy. So, if you
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have a project that you are looking
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forward to doing and you can't find the
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colors that you really want, think about
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dying your own florals from Dollar Tree.
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They're inexpensive and it's easy to do.
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That's it for this video. I hope you
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22:30
much for watching and I'll see you in
22:31
the next one. Bye.
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