Peeps Wreath

MADE BY ME FOR MONDAY!!!

Wow!  I can't believe it is almost 1:00 PM and I am just now getting around to posting!  It has been a CRAZY morning!  I am a little behind on life because I spent the weekend with my gal pals at a Scrapbook Expo.  It was a WONDERFUL weekend of good times, but now I am back to reality and trying to catch up on life!!!

This week I am going to share my April wreath.  Remember how I said I wanted to do a new wreath every month?  Well, so far, so good.  Want to see my other wreaths so far this year?  JANUARY WREATH, FEBRUARY WREATH, MARCH WREATH.  Click on the months you want to see and it will link you over to the posts :)  Which one is your favorite???

Ready to see my April wreath???

Hanging with my Peeps ;)

I started out by buying 3 boxes of Peeps.  I let them sit on the tray for a few days to get hard.  Then at the Dollar Store, I found the three wreaths.  The total cost for this wreath was under $5.  LOVE THAT!!!

I don't know why, but I found this a bit disturbing. . .I could actually add hot glue to the back of the hard Peeps, and it didn't melt them.  The whole time I was thinking, "And I actually eat these?  They don't even melt with HOT glue!  How does my body digest them?"  :)

VOILA!  My finished Peeps wreath!

 

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March Wreath.

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Made By Me for Monday!!!

This year I decided that I am going to make a new wreath for every month of the year.  In January, I made my WINTER WREATH.  In February I made my BLACK AND WHITE POLKA DOT WREATH.  Today, I am going to share my March wreath :)

Since March is when we celebrate St. Patty's Day, I knew I wanted a wreath that reflected the "feeling" of St. Patty's Day, without all the well, er, how do I say it?  Um, without all the tackiness of it.  Sorry, I don't want to offend anyone!   It's just that sometimes St. Patty's decor can get a little bit gaudy.  Which can be super fun for a party, just not what I wanted on my front door!  :)


So here is what I came up with for my version of a March wreath:

Supplies I started with: foam wreath, zippers, ric rac, material

I tore the material into strips and wrapped it around the wreath leaving the torn edges exposed.

Next, I took the zippers and made them into rosettes using my glue gun.  I didn't do a tutorial on the flowers because it seems like EVERYONE is making them.  They are pretty easy to make :)  I added the flowers to the wreath with my glue gun and then looped a piece of zipper around the top of the wreath to give me something to hang it with.

There you have it!  My version of a wreath for March.  What do you think???

After hanging it on my front door, I just kept thinking that it didn't look quite big enough.  I have a really tall door and the wreath was being swallowed up by it!  Then I remembered that I had a frame in my storage closet that I kept meaning to do something with! :)  Oh HAPPY day!!!

Frame from my storage closet :)

I glued some felt strips on the back of the frame with my glue gun so that it won't scratch my door.

Then I took some more strips of fabric and used them to hang the wreath in the center.  I added a bow on the top and hung it on the door.  VOILA!  No more wreath being swallowed up by the size of my door.  Now it looks just right :)

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Valentine Wreath

MADE BY ME FOR MONDAY!

I SO needed some craft-therapy last week!  It was a killer week for me at school.  Life in general was busy even without adding school on top of it.

After my last class of the week, I headed over to the local craft store.  I have been wanting to make a Valentine Wreath for several weeks now.  So, I went and grabbed some stuff from the craft store to get me inspired to create one.

Here is what I bought for my inspiration pieces:

 

My first thought was to wrap the styrofoam wreath with the boa.  Which, by the way, would have looked FABULOUS!  I started and realized it would take about 4-5 of those boas to fill the entire wreath.  Well, that is all fine and dandy, except for the fact that I didn't want to pay the $$$ for four more of those boas!  So, on to plan B.

I didn't end up using the wood heart and I added some black and white polka dot ribbon I had in my craft room.  Here is what my final project looks like. . .

I LOVE how it turned out.  My favorite part?  The way the boa looks blowing in the breeze as it hangs on my door.  LOVE IT!  Another favorite?  Red, black, and white were my wedding colors.  February is also my anniversary, so this wreath reminds me of my wedding day :)

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Winter Wreath

Made by Me For Monday :)

January is always a fun time to hang a new wreath. The Christmas wreath has come down, and it is too soon to hang a Valentine wreath. So, I decided on making a Winter Wreath for January.

It has been hanging on my door since I took down my Christmas decor, but I haven't had a chance to share it yet :)

The BEST part about this wreath. . .it didn't cost me anything!!!  I made it from a bunch of leftover & mismatched Christmas decor that I was going to throw away.  YAY FOR FREE!

I had this wreath and I had previously added the ribbon to it, but I just didn't love it.  It seemed kind of boring.  Like it needed a little sprucing up. . .

Here it is BEFORE

AFTER

AFTER

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