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When it comes to adding festive flare to your home, don't be afraid to get a little creative! Here is Better Homes and Gardens expert, Madison, showing us how to dress up a wreath.

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Host: When it comes to adding festive flare to your home, don’t be afraid to get a little creative. Here’s Better Homes and Garden expert Madison showing us how to dress up a wreath. Madison: Put a personal touch on your wreaths and packages with one of these pretty bows you can make yourself. Making your own bows is fun, creative and really easy on the budget. First up, the poinsettia bow. Start with some wire edged ribbon that is firm, sturdy and is about 1 ½ inches in width. Then take this ribbon and tie it in a loose knot. Nothing fancy. Just like that. I have some more ribbon, the same kind. And I’ve just circled it on top of itself. About nine loops more or less depending on how big you want your bow to be. Then take your scissors and snip off the edges. Refold your bow and get a little bit of floral wiring and bring together the center of the bow. Open that up by slicing right down the middle. Make a point in the center. Go ahead and turn your petals in a counter clockwise direction. Now, that you’ve got all your petals flushed out, go ahead and take that knot that we made earlier, place it in the center and give it a tie in the back and you have a beautiful poinsettia bow ready for any package. Next up is your basic floral bow. Start with some ribbon that’s wire edged and at least 1 inch in width. Then, make figure 8 loops as you go pinching the ribbon in the middle. Once you’ve got that done, take a little bit of floral wiring and wrap it real tight around the center of your bow. Gradually fluff your bow as you go and there you go, a beautiful festive floral bow for the holidays. The final bow, is a flat layered bow. Start by cutting a piece of ribbon that is as long as you want your tail to be. Make a loose knot in the center. Go ahead and set that aside. We’ll use it a little bit later. I have three lengths of ribbon cut each one gradually getting shorter. Start with the longest ribbon. Take a little bit of glue. Apply it to one end and put the other end on top. Take the next ribbon and repeat with the same steps and the shortest length. On each ribbon, go ahead and put a little dollop of glue and stack on one ribbon and another dollop of glue and the final ribbon. Then take the ribbon that we’ve already cut. Center the knot. Flip your bow around and make another knot in the back and you have your finished flat layered bow. There you go. Four bows that are anything but basic.