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Category Archives: wreaths
Interchangeable Holiday Wreath
Today I’m going to show you how to make this Valentine’s wreath featuring Rhonna Designs digi images….
Then I’m going to show you how to use the SAME wreath and swap out the elements to make it work for any season! No more buying multiple wreaths during the year.
This wreath was SUPER simple to make! I just started out with a Styrofoam wreath form and wrapped it in 3″ wide cotton lace. (it took about 2 1/2 yards of lace).
Posted in crafts, holidays, parties, scrapbooking, wreaths
Tagged holidays, parties, rhonnadesigns, valentines, wreaths
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Vintage “ish” Christmas Display
Hello!! Happy December!!!
I’ve been busy around here getting ready for Christmas, decorating, shopping and of course, sewing.
This month my blog will be a bit more casual and spontaneous. I’ve got a few projects I’m working on that I’ll be sharing, but for the most part I’m going to try have an enjoyable December with my family. Plus I’m not quite sure how many of the ideas floating around in my head will get done this month… so I’m not makin’ any promises!
Candy Corn Autumn Yarn Wreath
I finally gave in and jumped on then yarn wreath band wagon. I’ve seen dozens of them online this year and could not get the idea out of my head to make one.
I’ve been trying to build up my Fall decor (stuff not related to Halloween), I don’t like my house looking empty between Halloween and Christmas, Thanksgiving is too important of a holiday to forget about.
Tulip Wreath how to
Before I finish blogging about my trip to the Netherlands, I thought I’d pop in here quickly with a little Spring “how to” project.
Feeling inspired by all of the tulips I saw on my trip, I decided to create a wreath for my front door for Spring. Sadly I had to settle for fake tulips as real ones would not last more than a day, but it made for a quick and fun project.
Grateful Wreath Tutorial
I’ve wanted to make a Thanksgiving themed wreath for a few years now, but never had good enough idea of what I wanted to make to get started.
Then I saw the new Grateful Glam digital line at Rhonna Designs and I knew I wanted to use it!
Here’s what you need to make it:
Posted in crafts, decorating, holidays, scrapbooking, wreaths
Tagged rhonnadesigns, scrapbook, thanksgiving
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Blingy Autumn Wreath
This post was originally published at ModernMom, as part of their Wednesday Crafternoon’s series.
In our family we love to find ways to celebrate the seasons. The kids all get so excited when it’s time to pull out our decorations for a special time of year. This year I decided to make a new wreath for our front door to anticipate the arrival of Autumn this year.
I was inspired by the feathers that my daughters and all of their friends have in their hair right now! To make it fun I threw in a little bit of bling too, because it never hurts to have a little bling! *wink*
First you need to gather your supplies. All of these can be found at most craft stores.
You will need:
18″ wire wreath form
4-5 stems of a filler material, such as a grass, or leaves- just a note, you can do this project with LIVE branches, if you’ve got some left over from a garden pruning project.
4-5 stems of an accent material- I used some pepper berry stems
Large Focal Point flower
10-15 long feathers
Old brooch or glitter button
Hot Glue Gun
Floral Wire
Wire Cutters
When you buy stems at the craft store of florals, most are multiple stems all taped together and sold as one. For this project, you are going to want to start taking stuff apart!
The grass stems came apart into several smaller stems. So I pulled them apart. Do the same thing with the pepper berries, but you may need to use wire cutters to cut those apart.
Next you are going to start making small bunches with all of your materials. Here I’ve taken one grass stem, one pepper berry sprig and one feather and wired them all together along the bottom. Use you wire cutters to clip off any extra wire at the bottom of your bunch.
Now use your floral wire an attach the bottom of the stem to your wreath form. Repeat.
Keep attaching bunches, overlapping each piece slightly, until your wreath is filled up. (the number you need will depend on how full the materials are you chose to work with)
Once you’ve got all of your bunches wired on, flip your wreath over. Generously use your hot glue gun and glue over the top of where the floral wire is attached to the form. This will keep your wreath from moving around.
Flip over your wreath and look at it- If you like, add some more feathers or grass stems until it’s the fullness that you are happy with.
Next you are going to take apart your focal flower. Just tug on it, it will come apart!! Don’t worry we’ll put it back together again. If you don’t want to use a sparkly brooch for the center of your flower, you can skip this part.
Now just reassemble your flower in a way that you like! I used some leaves from the stem and glued them to the back. Just use hot glue to reassemble the flower. I just pinned the brooch onto the reassembled flower.
The only thing left to do is to hot glue the flower to your wreath and hang it on your door! Oh- if you don’t want to keep the brooch on your wreath don’t stress, you can just take it off when you are done with it and use it for something else
