Floral Wreaths
The wreath was originally worn during religious rites in ancient Persia. The Greeks called them a ‘diadem’, meaning bound around. Wreath comes from the old English ‘writhen’, meaning to twist or writhe. Wreathes were first made by twisting evergreen branches into a circlets, and the Greeks and Romans placed laurel leaf wreathes on the heads of Olympic athletes, and olive branches on brave warriors.
Gather a bundle of long grass. If the grass is too dry to shape into a circle wet it down before shaping it and binding it with fishing line, twine or floral wire.
Bind small bunches of flowers together using floral wire. Leave some of the larger flowers separate.
Randomly secure the bunches of flowers and the single ones to the grass wreath.
Complete the wreath by winding ribbon in soft curls throughout the flowers.
Choose from the following Summer Flowers:
Bay Laurel
Daisies
Dogwood
Ferns
Hydrangea
Ivy
Larkspur
Lavender
Lemon Balm
Lemon Leaves
Mint
Poppies
Roses—Pink
Roses—Yellow
Straw
Sunflowers
Valerian
Vines
Willow
Yarrow
Zinnia
From the WItches Digest Litha 2008
Tags: craft ideas, diadem, floral wreath