DONE! rosette wreath gift

i started a rosette wreath for a dear friend of mine last month and i'm finally finished! with all that was going on with work, i had little to no time at all to run out and find felt and ribbon for the finishing touches. hallelujah for working from home and blocking off my calendar for some errands. who needs groceries...i used that time more wisely and went and got ribbon!

i learned a few things while i was making this wreath:
1). i should have wrapped the styrofoam wreath form BEFORE glueing down all the rosettes.
2). trace the wreath onto the felt BEFORE glueing down all the rosettes.

since i didn't think about wrapping the wreath first, until it was too late, i thought i should at least use a piece of felt to cover up the ugly styrofoam, for one...but also, in case the crepe paper rosettes, being burgandy, should rub off onto the door. she'll be hanging this on the inside of her front door and i would hate to stain it. so i just cut some white felt and then pinned it onto the wreath form.

i also pinned the ribbon to hang the wreath under the felt. since i pinned everything, this will make it much easier for her to either change out the ribbon if she wants or adjust the length of it.

i had a good time making it, but when you make one for someone else, the pressure is always greater to make everything perfect. hopefully she'll like it!


2 options for ribbon. i kept the 2nd one