I had some extra time today so I decided to add an extra post including one of the wreaths I made for my front door earlier this spring. I'd had this straw wreath laying around and I wasn't sure what to do with it. I saw a few ideas on pinterest and decided to make my own.... (forgive some of my pictures, they were taken with my phone) I chose a nice green color. My front door is navy blue so I wanted something that would compliment it. Anyways, I took the yarn and wraped and wraped and wraped, and wraped some more. I used hot glue in places to make sure the yarn stayed nice and tight and didn't move around too much. Once that was done, I cut out diamond shapes out of white felt and placed them on my wreath at the approximate places I wanted them glued down. I left an open space at the bottom right of the wreath where I was planning on adding some embelishments. Once I had the felt shapes laid where I wanted, I glued them into place. Then, I took fuschia cross stitch thread and made sure the thread was doubled so it was thick. I wanted to make sure you could see it. I wrapped it cross wise around the wreath and then came back the other direction to create a criss cross across the diamonds. I used hot glue where I needed to hold the thread in place. Once that was done, I decided to make some felt flowers to add some flair to the wreath. I had a few pieces of mustardy yellow felt that I hadn't used so i decided to use that as an accent color along with the pink and white. I added a few buttons to dress up the flowers and that was that. (I don't have any pictures of the flower making process, but I will post some tutorials on how to make some of the flowers at a later time.) I decided to add some texture to the wreath so I used some burlap pieces to lay behind the flowers. I cut 2 larger pieces asymetrically and glued them to the wreath. Then I began attaching my flowers. I used lots and lots and lots of hot glue to attach the flowers. I tried a little bit of wire, but that just didn't want to work. And that is that! Here are a few pictures of it hanging on my front door. A wreath like this is fun, rather easy to make, and would make a great gift. I may make a Indianapolis Colts themed one once football season starts up again. (Although, that depends on how quickly my husband embrases Andrew Luck). It may end up being a U of M maize and blue wreath instead. GO BLUE!
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