Hey there, welcome to Decorate and More with Tip! Here on my blog I share how you can decorate your home on a budget.  I have put all my Easter decorations away and thought before I start bringing in all of my every day decorations you might want to decorate along.  What I would like to do is take each area and share some of my DIYs I will be placing in the space and how I style it.  The first area would be the mantel.  I know that some of you have asked me several times “what if the television is up on the mantel how would you style your mantel?”  Well….no problem.  I gathered all my DIYer friends to share how to decorate around you TV.  It will be coming on my next DIY Challenge, May 6th.  I can’t wait for you to see all of the inspirations we will share.

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My mantel is bare now.  I am keeping my hutch doors up on my mantel.  I decided to distressed it heavier.  This is a DIY I shared on a previous tutorial.  To see the tutorial on the windows on my mantel you can go here ⇒ CABINET DOOR MAKEOVER

I am keeping my candle holders on my mantel.   Here are the candle holders I have ⇒ CANDLEHOLDER – SET OF THREE.

On the candle holders I want to add a candle ring.  Which brings me to the first DIY on the mantel. Still not going out to buy supplies, I am using what I have on hand.  Below I am sharing the tutorial on how to make a candle holder ring out of artificial eucalyptus.  I have a huge amount of eucalyptus. I placed half of it in a basket on my kitchen counter top.  I am going to use some for the candle wreaths.

Making an eucalyptus candle holder ring

Making the base for the wreath

I made my base out of a piece of empty flower wire stem or you could use a mini grapevine wreath, I am making a base because I don’t have a mini grapevine wreath.  I used a long piece of wired stem and formed it into a circle.  You want to make it a little larger than a candle.  Twist your stem together to connect the ends together to form a circle.  I also used a piece of floral wire to secure the ends together.

Adding greenery to the base

Taking my bundle of Eucalyptus cutting the bundles off the stem.  My eucalyptus stem had 3 leaves to each section.  It took about 20 little sections to form my wreath.

I applied hot glue to the end of my bundle, gluing it to the form hold while it cooled.  I wrapped floral tape around the stem and base.  Keep the tape attached for the next bundle.

I kept adding my greenery to the base with hot glue and wrapping it with the floral tape.

This is what my wreath looks like after the last piece was attached.

This is what the back side of my ring looks like.

It didn’t take me long to make my wreath.  I made 3 candle rings for each candle holder up on my mantel.

I think adding greenery to the candle holders looks great, don’t you?   I can use the wreaths several different ways.  If you don’t want to add them to a candle holder, you can sit the ring on a table and add a votive candle inside.

I found a similar wreath on Etsy for you  EUCALYPTUS CANDLE RING.  Making your own gives you great savings! 🙂

I will be sharing in a video the next DIY with you for my mantel tomorrow.  You can keep track by clicking the subscribe button.  Follow my social media to get all my DIY video tutorials as well.  I listed all my social media below, all you have to do is click to follow.

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