Halloween Vintage-Looking Feather Wreath

I went to Hobby Lobby today and I spent WAY too much. But I sure had fun!

I decided to make a large feather wreath for my large front door. The door is 42 inches wide, so it takes a large wreath to not be dwarfed by the expanse of wood. This weath frame is 24" across.

I started with a wire frame and 3 black feather boas. I used a hair clip to attach the boa to the frame. Nothing is permanent on the wreath, so next year I can totally rework it.I went to Hobby Lobby today and I spent WAY too much.  But I sure had fun! 

I decided to make a large feather wreath for my large front door. The door is 42 inches wide, so it takes a large wreath to not be dwarfed by the expanse of wood. This weath frame is 24" across.

I started with a wire frame and 3 black feather boas.  I used a hair clip to attach the boa to the frame.  Nothing is permanent on the wreath, so next year I can totally rework it.

 This next photo shows that I made it about 1/3 of the way around with a boa.  Don't wrap too tightly.  The feathers fluff out and look great.

 Here's the fully wrapped wreath.

 I used a pre-designed bouquet of flowers to add some color.  I wove the handle down into the frame and then secured it with some green floral wire.

 I laid out the rest of the elements that I wanted to add to the wreath.

 I used the floral wire to attach all the elements.  I had to wrap around the cat's ears which I wasn't very happy about, but it doesn't really show.  The funny thing is that the cat is so heavy that I had to hang the wreath off-center to make it hang correctly.

 Kinda cute, huh?