I think this came from my Fall decoration shopping. Let me tell you how that went...
Walk into Jo-Ann's...see a super cute (but fake) candy corn wreath... look at price tag $28.99..immediately walk away... mutter the word "shenanigans". See another cute wreath...this one has burlap (looking) material on it...look at price tag...$32.99...walk away faster and mutter the letters "WTF". Leave store frustrated, go home and google "DIY fall wreaths" and "candy corn wreath" get ideas...raid the Mister Mr's grandmothers basement (crazy stockpile of wreath things and material)...sneak mass amounts of wreath making materials out of her house (Grandpa said do it...grandma acted like she was going to go downstairs and make a wreath for everyday of the year...lies) and go crazy!!! I made cute wreaths for my mom and sisters birthdays as well. It's a lesson folks...look at everything you think about buying and say "Psh, I bet I could make that for way cheaper" cause usually you can! This will be long but it's full of pics so at least it's exciting!
:: Candy Corn Wreath ::
wrap an entire Styrofoam wreath circle with black create paper
Start hot gluing your candy corn (don't get crazy with the glue cause it will show)
Please excuse some of the half eaten appearing ones, apparently the dollar store doesn't treat bags of candy corn with care...??
Keep lining them in a circle, then overlap a couple layers after you have done some rows side by side (to hide some of the black paper)
Ta-freakin-da!! Slap a Halloween ribbon on and call it good!
:: Wreaths for my Momma and Sista ::
Take a regular grape vine wreath ($3.50 at wal mart)
Cut vertical strips from your fabric (get remnant fabric at Jo-Ann's, 50% off!) Wrap around wreath and hot glue (make sure the ugly part of fabric is what you glue to the back)
Keep Wrapping your wreath with fabric
the end fabric wrapping result
(please excuse crappy iPhone pic- it was late and I was too lazy to get the big kid camera)
then I took some more remnant fabric-cut it, folded it in half and glued on wreath over other fabric
like so
for the other wreath I decided to do burlap ($4.99 for the roll-has like 9 ft on it at Michael's) cut and fold in half (same as orange material)
like so
The wreaths sat there for a day or two while I tried to collect my creative thoughts- then I decided to go to my friend Tiffany's house for a craft night and have her help me finish them.
These are our end results (and when I say "our" I mean "her", cause that girl took off like a bullet!)
yep- we made those fabric flowers (that straw was a pain! it was everywhere)
the "orange" wreath (my mom took this one)
those red beads were also a pain
The burlap wreath (my sister took this one)
:: My Wreath ::
It's smaller than the others
:: My button box ::
I got really sick of having my buttons scattered everywhere so I recycled a pickle jar, now my buttons smell pickle-ish but I LOVE pickles so it's all good
Wrap and glue baby!
slap a button on top for looks
:: Everyday decor wreath ::
Mister Mr's Grandma gave my MIL this crazy wreath, bird, wicker thing to sell at a yard sale
I saw the potential and turned it into something to fill a blank spot on our living room wall
this "before" seriously does NOT EVEN BEGIN to show you what was going on
I was so excited to use it that I started pulling out the birds, cranberries, greenery, and bird houses (yes there was a bird house on the wreath) before I took a good pic. But I left the green wicker looking thing on for your viewing pleasure.
BAM! Spray paint, ribbon and nail.
The layout with the hanging ball, and mirror is a little funky. Mister Mr doesn't like the "empty space" inside the wreath but I like it. Again, at this point it was probably 11:30 pm and I had to get up in six and a half hours and was too lazy to get the big kid camera. Still thinking about where it is but it looks much better than before.
Maybe I will get another wild hair and make something else fall ish- Fall is my favorite season!...well the whole two weeks we get of it in Utah. Stupid Utah weather!
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