The Steen Style

Start by folding the coffee filter in half and then in half again. I took the pointy end of each filter and would place them on the glue on the wreath. As I got going, my technique changed up a little. I was starting by doing each row, front to back but then I started doing whatever was in my sight and filling in holes later. I also started pushing down the bottom of the folded filter so that it wasn’t so pointy on the bottom.

I tried everything I could think of to prop this up while gluing. I found that letting my legs hold it while gluing worked the best. I think by this point, I had thought at least 30 times: “What in the world was I thinking when I started this?” It was getting tedious but I was determined to keep going. As more of the filters were glued on, it actually started to go faster. (Praise the Lord!) My total project time (keep in mind I kept getting distracted by the TV and a glass of wine) was about two hours.

This is what it looked like once I filled the whole wreath form. It was cool but kind of thin and puny. I hung it up by some ribbon so I could use both hands and started filling in the gaps and on the insides so you wouldn’t see the tips of the folded filters. I tried to get my husband to hold it for me while I did this step but that lasted about 2 minutes so I was forced to think of another way to hold it up…enter the ribbon!