Jute Rope Coastal Wreath

If you are interested in making a jute rope coastal wreath for your summer decor, then this article is for you!

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Hand Crafted Society

Welcome to the Handcrafted Society! This is a group of talented bloggers who come together monthly to collectively craft creations using a shared medium or theme. This month’s theme was “rope and twine”. So, each blogger created a project that incorporated these items.

The projects by the Handcrafted Society are fun and inspiring because we see the varied perspectives and interpretations of the theme by each participant. These women are amazingly creative in making projects for each month’s theme. Towards the conclusion of this post, you’ll find images and links to the projects for each blogger. I hope you enjoy browsing through all the ideas these ladies have created. Simply click on the image or blog name to view their full post.

Back Story

This summer I find myself drawn to all things “coastal”. Probably because I spent so many summers by the Maine seashore. Last month for the Handcrafted Society, I created a faux concrete bust of a lady covered in seashells. Currently, there is a coral display on our entryway table. So, for this month’s handcrafted society, it only made sense to create a coastal wreath using jute rope. This project was super simple and easy to make.

Jute Rope Coastal Wreath

The supplies for this project are minimal. You can also decorate your wreath with any type of coastal items you like including seashells, sand dollars, beach glass and more. Where possible, I have provided links to online sources for the supplies.

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Here are the items you will need:

• Wired jute rope – I purchased two packages each with 25 feet of rope.
• Round planter or bucket
• White latex paint (optional)
• Plastic bucket
• Jute twine and scissors
• Items to attach to your wreath. I used star fish and fishing floats

Create Wreath Form

Using one package of your wired jute rope, wind it around the bucket or planter to make a wreath form. As you can see, I used an old wooden bucket.

Try to overlap the rope as you wind it around the bucket. At the end of your rope, tuck in the end piece into the center of the wreath form. It should look similar to the photo below.

Then, using the second package of wired jute rope, wrap it around the entire wreath form. You can see how this was done in the photo below.

Create a Weathered Patina

This step is optional. I wanted my wreath to have a time worn and weathered appearance. So, I decided to pour some white latex paint into a bucket and dilute it with water. Then I submerged the wreath into the diluted paint solution. You can see images of this process below.

After submerging the wreath into the paint solution for 20 minutes- I removed it from the bucket and let it dry in the sun for about an hour or so. When the wreath was dry I was happy to see the diluted painted created a weathered and worn appearance! Just as I had hoped.

Decorate your Wreath

Finally, you are ready to decorate your coastal wreath! Using some jute twine, I tied on glass fishing floats and starfish.

I used scissors to cut a good length of twine and secured the starfish to the wreath. The glass floats already had twine on them so I tied them directly to the wreath. Sometimes, simple is best.

You could use a hot glue gun to attach a variety of coastal elements. Here are some other ideas:

• Beach glass
• Sand Dollars
• Seashells
• Wooden ocean fish
• Ocean netting
• Small blue glass bottles

Feel free to pin the picture below to your Pinterest board.

There you have it! This has got to be one of the easiest summer wreath to make.

Handcrafted Society

As mentioned above, I am participating in the Handcrafted Society with other bloggers who also created projects with the theme of “rope and twine”. You can see what they made below! If you want to learn more about any of the projects, simply click on the image.

In Closing

Thank you for stopping by the blog today. Please take the time to visit some of the other ladies posts who made projects with the theme of “rope and twine”. There are some amazingly talented women who have great ideas and tips to share.