I had a spare twine wreath laying around that I knew I had to do something with, along with a huge pile of felt. So of course, why not make felt flowers?? They are soooooo simple and easy to make (though I do have to mention, mine came along with some seriously burnt fingers that required a good week of healing!!) I got to work on the flowers, went back and forth between colors and finally came up with a color combo that I loved!! I'm also a huge lover of Monograms....if I could put a monogram on everything, I totally would!! I didn't feel like running to the local craft store to get a wooden letter, so I cute out a font on my Cameo, then traced it onto some cardboard, cut it out and wrapped it in twine!! Voila!!! Looked just as good as any letter I you could buy, and it was free!!! I added a few of the felt flowers to it for a pop of color and it was done!!
I glued all the other felt flowers along one side of the wreath, added in some felt leaves and ended up with a gorgeous new wreath for our front door!!! I L-O-V-E it!!!!! Take a look!!
Sometimes, when I have an entire day to lock myself in my craft room I can get carried away!! I felt so inspired by how my first wreath turned out that I decided to make another one!! I had a burlap one that I had started but never finished, so I tackled that one as well!! I made some fabric flowers with some scrap pieces I had laying around.....(I may or may not have burned my fingers with the glue gun some more!!). I also had some decorative items from the dollar store that I wanted to incorporate somehow. After re-arranging things a few times, I finally had a finished product that I really liked!!!! Don't you love the color combination??!!
As if two wreaths weren't enough, I had one more in mind that I was dying to make!! I love the look of yarn wreaths....they have such a country/shabby chic look about them (depending on how you decorate them). I knew the color combination that I wanted to try, and I just happen to have all of the materials laying around...so why not?!! This one was also going to have felt flowers, so back to the glue gun I went!! I also had to wrap a wreath form with the yarn (F.Y.I.- a lot of people use the foam wreath forms....they can be pricey!! I found a straw one for $3.99...I wrapped it tightly with packing tape so none of the straw would poke through...it worked amazingly well!!). This can take a little bit of time if you're a picky-pot like myself!! After a bit of tweaking and decision making, my final product turned out even better than I had envisioned!! I think it looks a bit more like a Valentines wreath.....but really pretty for Spring as well!!! It really "pops" when it's on the front door!!
I have no idea where I'm going to put all of these wreaths! One is on the front door.....the others?, well, they will probably have to take turns hanging somewhere around the house!!
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