Football Wreath

So, the Redskins are in the playoffs! Hail to the redskins, hail victory... etc. Anyway, I undecorated for Christmas and was left with a void on my front door. Thus, the idea of the Redskins wreath was born.

The Finished Product:

  

What You Will Need:

•  Spray paint, spray primer, spray sealer
• Wood paint for the letters
• Wooden letters
• Wooden shapes
• Felt
• Not pictured: glue gun, scissors, and bowls of various sizes to trace

 Let's Get Started:

1. Spray prime, spray paint, and seal your wreath in whatever base color you chose. I hope by now you know how to spray paint, so no picture.
2. Spray prime your wooden letters and let dry for about ten minutes.
3. I used a sponge brush to paint the letters burgundy, but if you want a more even coverage, go with spray paint.
4. Making the felt flowers was all my mama's handiwork. First she traced a large circle onto the felt.

5. Then she drew a spiral onto the circle.

6. She cut out the circle in the spiral

7. Then she rolled the spiral starting from the OUTSIDE to the INSIDE.

It winds up like this:

8. Then we arranged our letters, flowers, and shapes and hot glued them to the wreath.

9. Then we added a ribbon from our stash to hang it with.

10. And voila! We are DONE. The whole project cost approximately $14 and took an hour and a half.

As always, thanks to my mama for her loving patience and execution. I'm really a planner, she's a doer.

Fall Wreath

In keeping with my deep, deep, deep desire for Fall weather and the holidays, my mom and I attempted a project today that turned out quite well, in my opinion! This one makes me proud because we used mostly silk flowers that we already had around the house and we used our 50% of one item at Michael's to buy our wreaths, so this project cost about $28 for two 22" wreaths!

The Final Product:

What You Will Need:

• 1 Grapevine wreath in whatever size you like
• Silk flowers
• Optional: gourds and berries
• Ribbon
• Wire
• Wire cutters
• Hot glue gun

Let's Get Started:

1.  Take your silk flowers and cut them from the base using your wire cutters. 

2. Lay all the flowers out the same direction so that you can see what you have.

3. This is the point where you would want to either make a bow out of your ribbon, or attach a pre-made bow using floral wire. I am lucky because my mom made my bow!

4. Lay wreath flat on the table and start laying your foliage out so you can get a good idea of what you want, but do not glue yet.

5. Remove all the pieces, CAREFULLY laying them approximately where they would go around the outside of the wreath.

6. Now is the artistic part. You can use your wire cutters to cut off the pieces that you want to use and just go to town. Wherever you put a piece in, make sure to use enough hot glue so that it won't fall off, especially if it is going to be outside. 

7. Keep filling in until you reach your desire level of fullness. Tip: add gourds, berries, etc. in groups of 3.

8. Optional: I added a C for my last name using hot glue and twine to secure it to the wreath.

9. Hang on your front door and enjoy!

My mom's is on the left and mine is on the right.
VOILA!