Woodland Spring Wreath

Last week I saw these itty bitty mushrooms for sale over at Shop Sweet Lulu and fell in love. They come in two different sizes. I seriously wanted to order some in every color, but I just chose four colors. Last year I did a bird nest and rosette wreath for spring, so I just pulled those pieces off and got to work!

I started by tearing off a few pieces of moss that I bought at Hobby Lobby, and hot gluing them on.

 After that, all I had to do was arrange some super cute mushrooms on the moss! They come with little "stem" pieces that you can easily stick right into the wreath.

 I had a moss covered "B" somewhere else in my house, so I used that and added a few mushrooms peeking out.

Hang it up with some cute chevron jute ribbon (from Hobby Lobby) and you're ready for a woodland-inspired spring! 

Book Page Wreath

I've seen book page wreaths all over the place... online and in stores. I recently had to change my shelf decor because V-day is over, and my old window frame looked pitifully lonely. I already had everything I needed to make it, all I needed was TIME!I ripped up a old book from a thrift store. First I tore strips and hot glued them around the foam circle, in case the sides could be seen. After that, it's just rolling cones and hot gluing. Super easy, just labor intensive.
I did three rows of cones.
I wanted something to go in the center, and I had these boards from Pick Your Plum. I used one, and hot glued a metal plate and knob from my stash.


I TOTALLY love it!!!

Summer Parasol Wreath

I originally saw this idea quite awhile ago, but finally got around to making it when I needed to take my patriotic wreath down. I bought the little umbrellas at Smart and Final. By the way, do you know how CHEAP you can get some things at S&F?! Lots and lots of deals to be had, especially for a party planner! Anyway....this couldn't be easier! I bought a foam wreath and pushed in the umbrellas. I actually let Cami help me do this and just kind of guided her on placement.I thought it needed something in the middle so I looked for a scrap block of wood in the garage. I sprayed it aqua and cut out Happy Summer with my Silhouette. I used thin wire to loop it through the polka dot ribbon holding the wreath, and finished the ends by swirling them around a pencil.

I think it looks very summer-y and by the way I LOVE my new font from Silhouette! In case you're wondering it's called SNF Marmalade. Happy Summer! {What's left of it!} :(

Easy Spring Wreath!

I apologize that I don't have step by step pictures on how I made this. I TOOK the pictures, but they have since vanished! I wanted a easy, but pretty spring wreath for my front door. I went to Hobby Lobby and got this spiral grapevine wreath half off.It was super simple, I picked some scraps of fabric in the "spring-like" colors that I wanted, and made rosettes with my hot glue gun. There are tutorials ALL over blog land on how to make fabric rosettes. If you don't know how just google it and you'll find many options.

I found the little nests at HL too, they were two in a pack, in the floral styrofoam aisle, near the fake birds and butterflies. It was empty, but I hot glued a cute speckled egg from my other Spring decor inside...perfect! I love how simple and elegant it is!

I hung it up with burlap ribbon that my sis-in-law gave me {leftover from the chair backs at the wedding}. I think with the half off the wreath, the whole project cost me less than $10! Score!

Linking up to Spring Fling at This Blessed Nest!

Ruffle Flower Wreath and Frame

UPDATE! I figured out what my wreath was missing! I bought this little bird ornament from Hobby Lobby a couple of weeks ago, but didn't know what I was gonna do with it. I looks perfect in my wreath!

It is really pale plue and cream damask print.

NOW it's perfect!

Last week I got a GREAT deal on this whitewashed frame....it was $2! Have I ever mentioned I love Rescued Treasures? Cause I do!My friend, Crafty Christi {I wonder if my friends like or hate that I give them all crafty names when I talk about them on my blog}, showed me this post over at Little Birdie Secrets. This wreath is different, but loosely based on that. I liked making the ruffle flowers so I did them all the same instead of 3 types.

I used an old sheet {back from when I didn't know that KING IS DIFFERENT THAN CAL KING!} that is too small for our bed. To save myself some ruffle making, I noticed that the gathered edge looks suspiciously like a ruffle.

I cut a few inches deep, around the entire edge of the sheet. Then cut them into sections, depending on how big I needed the flowers.

Here it is...a RARELY found perfectly whitewashed and distressed frame for 8 quarters! I used an exacto blade to cut a scrap of cardboard to be my wreath base.You'll never see it.

This is what it looked like on the bottom, after hot glueing as I rolled.
After I ran out of edges, I cut strips of the fabric and made my own ruffles, by stitching down one {don't backstitch} edge and then gathering them. Using the edges of the sheet just saved me from this step for about half of the flowers for this size wreath.

Voila! I tied it with a few layers of jute and hot glued it to the back of the frame. I LOVE it! Not bad for recycled fabric and 8 quarters!

Linking to Tatertots and Jello weekend wrap up party and Crazy Domestic

Be Thankful {Wreath Alternative}

Yesterday I saw that Jen from Tatertots and Jello posted a link on her facebook page to this wreath alternative from RedBerry Barn. I had everything but the wide brown lace, which I picked up today for just over a buck (with a coupon).

It is made from a gold charger!

I improvised a bit, using what I had. I didn't have brown berlap, and the tan didn't stand out enough for me on the gold, so I used brown fabric under the berlap. Then I made a ruffle out of leaf fabric, then a paper pinwheel out of fall tree paper, then cut "be thankful" out of vinyl. I love it!

$5 -Dollar Tree Ribbon Wreath

This is the extent of my 4th of July decorating. I have had this up since Memorial Day...it kind of doubles as both. =) I made this out of things from the Dollar Tree. All of the ribbon (with the exception of the plain white and the red with polka dots- those were scraps that I had at home that I used to fill in) and the foam circle came from the Dollar Tree.
4-5 rolls of ribbon (I used 4 and filled in with scraps) and 1 foam circle from the craft section of the Dollar Tree= $5 ribbon wreath! Simply tie bows along the wreath base until full and hang wherever you like!