He Is Risen Easter Wreath

Once St. Patrick's Day was over I knew I'd need to get the Easter decor out quick or else I'd miss it and since Easter is one of my favorite holidays I couldn't have that! So this last week I got it all out and had everything just right except one thing.  A wreath for the front door. Over the years I've just used a pink berry wreath that I think came from Home Interiors but it has seen better days.  

So perfect time to make an Easter specific wreath!

I looked for supplies at the Dollar Tree to no avail....nothing stood out to me. So I looked at Dollar General and found a metal wreath form and the flowers.  I had the lacy burlap leftover from a wedding I helped with in February and then made the sign in PicMonkey.  Didn't take long at all to whip it up!

Supplies.....

 ....plus my trusty hot glue gun and some lace for a hanger. I mod podged the He Is Risen print out to some glitter scrapbook paper.  

I simply wrapped the burlap around the form and hot glued the end down, see the end to the right bottom side?

Then I hot glued on the sign first, the flowers second over the end, and then lastly the lace loop. 

Isn't it so sweet?  Lil' Hunkie picked out that big purple flower so made it all the more sweet!

Hope you are enjoying the Easter season!

Have a happy day!

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Dollar Tree Valentine Wreath

I don't know about you but crafting is sure therapeutic for me! This past week we put up all the Christmas decor in our little building and got out the little bit of Valentine stuff that I have.  Lil' Hunkie was so adamant that I had so much more than just one box! Due to crafting and reusing what I already have in different ways it really was just one box.  So I decided to make a new wreath for the door and spent Tuesday afternoon in my warm, sunny craft room enjoying making a cute, easy decoration with Lil' Hunkie making a mess behind me.....oh I meant playing!! Actually, he wanted to help me so I let him pull flowers off stems.  Then he went back to his 'playing'. ☺








Dollar Tree Valentine Wreath
Supplies:
Round metal serving tray
3 rose bunches
both bought at Dollar Tree so my total spent was $4 plus tax!!
Mod Podge and foam brush
ribbon
hot glue gun
Picmonkey graphic that I made!

I know you're so surprised that I used Picmonkey!! It's probably my favorite 'crafting' tool!
Here's the image if you'd like to use it!! Right click and save!

I simply cut the circle out and then had to trim just a bit to fit inside the tray. I then Mod Podged it on.

Next I got to hot gluing flowers around the rim. Finished by hot gluing the ribbon on and done!  The first picture is the wreath on my back door in my craft room which is also a sun room and that's why it's soooo bright! Here it is on my front door......

I'm lovin' it against that red!! I smile every time I look at it!

Here's to a Happy Thursday!!

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Alma Mater Wreath

I admit I'm ready for fall.  But just can't bring myself to decorate for it yet!  We celebrate Halloween by welcoming fall....I don't decorate with witches or ghosts, etc.  So it's usually pumpkins and leaves, etc.  Plus we are still trying to sell our house so I've tried to keep the holiday decor a bit more toned down.  Currently, I have my Summer Burlap Wreath and Summer Garden Flag out.  Well thanks to the summer heat and evening sun they're looking a little tired! 

Enter my Alma Mater and the start of College Football! Woohoo!

I thought I do one more change to my Burlap Wreath with OSU's colors before putting it away for a while!

My wonderful momma had left over fabric from making Lil' Hunkie an OSU quilt when he was born and so she let me have some! Thanks momma!!

I wound up not using the white OSU fabric....it still turned out fantastic!

Here's what I did:

I took the black/orange OSU fabric and cut out the Pistol Pete and logo squares and then cut along the bottom with pinking shears.  Then I hot glued them to a piece of jute.

I then made 6 fabric flowers...1 black, 1 orange...both the same size....2 orange gingham, 2 black gingham...all the same size.  Then I hot glued a cluster of 3 {below} to a piece of felt and then cut the excess felt off.

Using tacks I tacked on the jute with the fabric squares and the flower clusters at the corners.

All done!! Go Pokes!!

There! A perfect way to transition between Summer and Fall!

See my Link Parties Page for where I'll be having fun at!!

Happy Thursday!!

From Patriotic Wreath to Summer Wreath

Remember my Patriotic Wreath from last week?

Well I pulled a Superman* and now have a Summer Wreath!

(*You know...one minute you're Clark Kent then next you're Superman!)

I discovered a new way to make a medallion! By accident as I was trying to make a ruffle! Tip: if you want a ruffle with the thread running down the center I find it best to use the sewing machine and not by hand! This is probably a "Duh!" ☺

Supplies:

Wreath

Fabrics

Needle & thread

Ribbon

Hot glue gun

Felt and pins

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I used fabrics and ribbon I had already.  The yellow fabric was given to me and honestly I did think "what am I going to do with yellow-gold fabric?" Well I think it goes great with good ole' pink! 

I cut a strip about 3 1/2 inches wide by 22 inches long and down the center made a long stitch....

....then I pulled it to ruffle it but it was not what I wanted! So I just pulled it all the way tight and looky there!  Looks like a medallion!

To secure it, I ran the needle back threw....did this a couple of times.

Then I tied ribbon around the middle and knotted in the back.  Used my really big thumb! (It's not really but wow!)

I then fanned it out and hot glued together....

....made 2 pink and 2 yellow of the same size.  Then went a little bigger and made 2 more pinks. And lastly made a bigger yellow...7 altogether.  Hot glued felt and pin to the back of each and.........

.......just like that! A Summer Wreath!

I'm liking this no cost wreath!

If you're wondering about me needing to make a ruffle, I am working on replacing the Patriotic Flag I made for a guest post at Craftionary !!  I'm so stinkin' excited!! 

Happy Thursday!

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