DIY Fall Sunflower Purse Wreath
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I’m ready for cooler weather and I made a DIY Fall sunflower purse wreath in anticipation! Yeah, not sure I should call it a wreath but that’s what I’m going with.
Making wreaths out of purses is one of my favorite DIYs. I mean, how easy is it to stuff a bunch of pretty flowers in a purse and hang it by its straps on a door?
DIY Fall Sunflower Purse Wreath
The great thing about using a purse for door displays is you can change the floral elements and fabric with the seasons.
Supplies:
- Old Purse (mine came from my closet)
- Roll of Burlap
- Buffalo Check Fabric
- Flower Stems (Hobby Lobby)
- Recycled Flower Stems
- Black Spray Paint
I sometimes get tired of starting my wreath with a round grapevine wreath or anything round. Plus a purse makes such nice wreath/door décor because it has a natural hanger…..aka straps.
The Purse
When I buy a new purse, I usually save my old ones at least for a time. I like to buy quality purses and always get them on sale or at TJMaxx. They usually hold up well, and I keep my favorites when I change to a new purse.
When I decided to make a purse wreath for Fall I searched the thrift stores and even bought a couple of thrifty purses with this project in mind. But when it came down to it I pulled this one from my purse stash. It fits my color scheme better.
The Fabric
I planned to layer items in the purse. I found the roll of burlap in the workshop. I’m lucky to have a big stash of good junk.
The black-and-white buffalo check fabric is from Hobby Lobby. I had to get in on the buffalo check trend, and black-and-white is one of my favorite color combos.
The Flowers
The bouquet of flowers came from Hobby Lobby too, half price of course. I like the colors in the bouquet, not too orange and bits of neutral colors. You can’t go wrong with sunflowers and pinecones.
For filler I pulled out Fall flowers from my flower stash. You never know what you might need.
Putting The Purse Wreath Together
Step 1. Arrange The Flowers In The Purse
Time to put the wreath/door décor together. The first layer I added to the purse was a piece cut from the burlap roll. Next I cut a strip of the black and white buffalo check fabric. At this point they are just kind of hanging out. Everything has to be adjusted and re-adjusted as things go in the purse.
The sunflower and pinecone flower bouquet was in a rounded bunch and I spread each piece out as far as I could without cutting the bouquet apart.
Then I stuffed the bouquet into the purse. At this point I’m looking at what I have and deciding I need a few more pops of black.
Step 2. Put The Finishing Touches On The Sunflower Purse Wreath
I took a few of the flower stems from my stash and spray painted them with Rustoleum Flat Black Primer. I thought the primer would stick well to the flowers and it did. The flat sheen is a plus-plus for this project.
You guys know those purses are floppy especially if you are holding them by the straps and trying to fill them up. I finally got smart and hung the purse on the workshop door so I could finish putting it together.
The flower bouquet was on the heavy side, and it kept wanting to lean too far over the front of the purse. No problem. I stuffed the first thing I could find, a cloth shop towel, down in the purse in front of the bouquet to push it back.
Sometimes you have to get creative. No one can see that shop towel and it worked! I added the curly cue Fall leaf stems and the painted black flowers to the purse. Then I did some adjusting and fluffing and more adjusting and fluffing.
Step 3. Hang The DIY Sunflower Purse Wreath On The Door
Ta-Dah! All done. I could have gone with a black purse or maybe a black purse and neutral no-color flowers, but where is the fun in that? You guys know I don’t care for matchy-matchy.
The coolest part of the whole purse wreath is the spray-painted black flowers. The most inexpensive part, too. You never know what actually works until you start putting a project together. I probably should also have painted those pale yellow flowers.
You will notice that I just left the raw edges of the buffalo check and the raw frayed edges of the burlap. This adds more depth (and it’s easy). I should have added a bit more buffalo check fabric, but this looks okay.
I used a wreath hanger and hung the purse from the straps. Our front door is blue and the wreath is a nice pop of color.
I had these fabulous vintage shutters in the workshop. The wreath looks great against the worn shutters. I may put the shutters on the mantel later, along with the wreath. What do you guys think of that idea?
What do you think of my purse wreath? As always, thanks for being here, and have a great day, Kathy
