Hanging wreath tutorial

I have Christmas dinner at my house with my family and friends each year.   I love making the holiday dinners and enjoy spending time with the people that I love.  The decorating for the holidays is one of my favorite things to do,  this is where I have carte blanch to be creative and over the top as I want.  Being that we are still in our temporary apartment while we renovate our house after hurricane Sandy, we don't have the nicest of a home and that's okay, it is temporary.  To make it as pretty as possible is a bit of a challenge.  In the diningroom there is no chandelier, so I decided to make a wreath chandy.  I am really happy for the way it turned out!

Here is what I used:

                              

                  Large wreath, real or fake will do,  I used a real one.

                  Ribbon, rope or garland can be used. I used a thin garland I bought at a craft store.

                  Tinsels 

                  Ornaments or anything decorative you want to attached to the wreath.

I tied the thin garland to the wreath evenly and hung it up on the ceiling above my diningroom table.  Excuse my mess, Christmas exploded in my house!

Then I added tinsel and icicles ornaments to the wreath.

I love it!!

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Thank you for stopping by and Happy Holidays!

Sweet Valentine

Good morning all!  I haven't done a craft project in oh so long, I got the urge to make this cute little valentine's wreath this past weekend.  Here is a step-by-step directions on how to create this wreath…

Supplies you'll need:
-  Red Felt 1/2 yard
-  Styrofoam heart shape base
-  Scissors
-  Hot glue gun

Cut around the form leaving extra fabric 

Cut slits around the form to make it easier to wrap 

Cut 5 inch felt squares, I did 4 at a time in order to speed up the process

 Make a haphazard swirl 

Cut out the swirl

Take the end section (not the curly cue on top) and start rolling

 When you get to the end, put some glue on the bottom and place that curly cue on top

Like this...

At this point, I put on a movie and just started rolling!  This part gets a bit mundane, but it will beautiful at the end.

Glue the roses unto the form

I put three rows of roses to make it look nice and full (ignore the awful door, it took a beating from hurricane Sandy)

Isn't is so sweet?  I love the way it came out!  

Have a great day!

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