Simple Summer Wreath

I have been trying to make some more decor for the whole summer theme.

 I wanted to make a wreath that was bright and fun. I had lots of ideas run 

through my head. It was so hard to choose. 

I finally made a decision when I went through a box that my amazing neighbor 

gave me. She went through her craft room a few months ago and gave me some boxes 

and bags full of stuff she was getting rid of. I found some cute wood and 

metal butterflies in there and I knew I had to use one on my wreath. 

Here is how my Summer Wreath turned out:

It was easy to make and I love the brightness it brings in my home!

Here's What you Need to Make this:

-Styrofoam Wreath

-Any color Yarn

-Ribbon {Not Pictured. I used Pink Tulle}

-Embellishments

-Scissors {Not Pictured}

-Hot Glue Gun {Not Pictured}

How To make It:

First you are going to wrap the yarn around the wreath. This takes a little while. I wanted to give it a little bit of a messy look so I wrapped the yarn all over itself...if that makes sense! 

When you are finished doing that you are going to cut the yarn so it ends on the backside. Then you are going to put a dab of hot glue over the end piece.

Next you will glue any embellishments on the front that you have. I decided to just go simple and do one of the butterflies.

Lastly, I wrapped the tulle around the top of the wreath and tied a bow 

so I could hang it up.

Now you are done and have a Beautiful Summer Wreath!!!

Happy SUMMER!!!

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Easy {Jute} Projects

I bought a roll a jute a couple of months ago and I really haven't used it since I got it. I have been working on making a little gallery wall for my bedroom and wanted different shapes to put in it. I had a little wood circle I bought for a project at the end of last year that didn't end up working out so it has just been sitting in my craft room since. When I saw this circle I knew I wanted to include it in the gallery wall. As I was trying to figure out what I was going to do with it this roll of jute caught my eye. I knew the perfect thing was to wrap this circle "wreath" with the jute! 

Since I am redoing a lot of the decor in our room as well I knew I wanted to make a new vase for some flowers that I took out of a pot we had in there before. To tie in the little jute wreath into our room, I knew what I had to do with this vase! 

These projects were so easy and went together so quickly. My kind of projects. HA! 

They look so Amazing though, don't they?!?

I am going to do a little tutorial on how 

I made both of these so you can make them as well!

How I Made Them:

First up will be the 

Mini Jute Wreath:

What you will need:

-Little Wood Circle Wreath...or big depending on what you want! Bought at Michael's

-Roll of Jute

-Black Satan Fabric or the desire color wanted

-Pearl Gems

-Scissors

-Candle or some type of fire that will let your hands be free

How To Make It:

To start you are going to get the end of the jute string and hot glue that to the wood circle wreath.

Then you are going to wrap it around the circle. I didn't want to cut a huge long string so I left it on the roll. It fit right through the middle to do that. I did mine clean and lined up, but you could do it more messy and wrap it on top of each other here and there, if that makes sense!

When I got that all wrapped, I cut it and hot glued the end onto the back.

Next comes the flower. 

First you will need to cut 3 different size circles-big to small. They do not have to be perfect! It think it looks cuter when they aren't actually!!

This fabric frays a lot so next you are going to run the edges next to the fire so they don't fray. When you are done going around the outsides of them you are going to put the whole circle over the fire. If you do this VERY QUICKLY it will bunch it up a little giving it some fun dimensions. WARNING...if you leave it on the fire too long you will get a hole in the material..we don't want that!!

Then I hot glued those together. You could stitch them together, but I didn't on this one since they are going on a wreath. I put my glue gun on a low setting so it didn't get too hot. 

When I got that done, I added 3 little pearls in the center of the flower. They had sticky backs on them so I just stuck them on. 

Then I hot glued the flower onto the wreath.

Next, I made a make shift ribbon out of the black satan material I used for the flower so it would match. I cut a strip of fabric and burned the edges just like the flower to prevent the fraying. Then I tied that onto the wreath. 

Here is how I tied it:

1. Fold the ribbon in half and lay the folded end over the wreath

2. Take the 2 loose ends and tuck them under the wreath and pull them up through the loop created       from the fold in the ribbon

3. Pull the 2 loose ends so it tightens up

4. I made a knot in the top of the ribbon and cut the ribbon to make a little holder to hang it up with.

That's it for this one!! I am so excited to hang it up with my gallery wall!

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Now I am going to show you how to make the

Jute Vase:

{You probably won't believe what I made this out of!!}

What you will need:

-Yep, a Pringles Chip Can!

-Roll of Jute

-Hot Glue Gun

-Scissors

-Ribbon to embellish

-Flowers or Greenery to put inside

How I Made It:

First, I took the end piece of jute and hot glued it onto the rim of the Pringles can.

Then I wrapped and wrapped and wrapped the jute around the can!! 

I did it tight together so the can wouldn't show through. 

When I got to the bottom, I cut the jute and hot glued it to the can.

Next, I created a little ribbon out of the satan fabric I did above. I cut a strip and then burned the edges so it wouldn't fray.

Then I tied that in a bow around the middle/bottom of the can.

Lastly...add some flowers or greenery for some fun flare!

EEEK!!! They turned out so much cuter then I thought! 

What do you think of these projects??

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Easter Frame Wreath

I have seen all over Pinterest and Blogland some cute wreaths people have made out of frames. I have loved these. What about you??

I have wanted to make one for me and decided while I have been working on my Easter stuff I would just make one for Easter. I LOVE the way it turned out!!

Here is what it looks like:

How I Made It:

First, I found a frame in my craft room that I had found at a local thrift store awhile back. 

As you can see there is a back on this frame. It was one that was connected to the frame so I had to get that off. I took a box cutter and cut it out since I wasn't going to be needing it anyway.

I wanted to paint it a bright spring color, so I chose yellow! I got out my spray paint and got to work. I put about 6 coats of paint on. I wanted it nice and bright. 

It's a little hard to see in the picture, but there are some flaws with my spray painting job. Mostly in the corners of the frame. I wasn't happy with how it was looking. I decided to let it fully dry and then try staining it a bit. 

I was amazed at how well the stain hid the mess ups in the painting job! I just took regular stain and rubbed it all over. I did one side at a time so I could wipe off what I didn't want before it dried. Lastly I rubbed the stained rag over the decorative edges of the frame, inner and outer. to make them pop a little.

It looks so much better!! Its amazing what a little stain can do to a project!

I let that dry over night so it wouldn't be sticky at all. 

Next, comes the fun part...getting to embellish the frame! I bought some super cute sequined Easter eggs for a really good deal at Big Lots. I knew I wanted to hang these on the frame and I knew I wanted to put a big bow around it to be able to hang it up.

So first, I took some fabric I had leftover from some winter projects and cut two thick strips of fabric out. I took 1 strip and looped it around the frame and tied it in a knot:

Next, I took 3 of the Easter eggs and tied a piece of jute to them. I did different lengths to they would hang at different levels. 

Then put lots of hot glue on the jute and attached them to the piece of fabric I had wrapped around the frame. 

When the glue dried, I trimmed down the jute so it wasn't so long on top.

Lastly, I made a bow out of the same fabric I did on the loop going around. I hot glued that to the knot in the fabric.

Now we're all done!! Here is what it looks like again:

I just love the contrast of colors with the eggs and frame! 

Goes perfect for Easter!!

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Valentine's Ruffle Wreath

Last year for Valentine's I made a super cute Ribbon Wreath, 

which you can see HERE. I wanted to make another wreath this 

year for Valentine's and I really wanted to make a ruffle wreath, 

like the 4th of July one I did HERE. 

I feel like I am becoming obsessed with wreaths and I am not sure why. HAHA!! 

I got the supplies I needed to make the ruffle wreath I wanted. I had a round styrofoam wreath, but as I was in line to check out I found that someone had laid a heart styrofoam wreath in an odd spot, like they didn't want it, so I snatched it up. Its so perfect for what I wanted to do!

Here is my Valentine's Heart Ruffle Wreath:

What you will need:

-Styrofoam Wreath
-1 yard felt fabric
{I used about 3/4 a yard for the heart. If your doing a round wreath I would say you need
1 yard. May be a little more. I did mine a solid dark pink color}
-2 cases of pins
-A cup or something to trace circles with
-Pen
-Scissors

How I Made It:

First, I laid my felt out and traced what felt like 500 circles. Ok, not really, but a lot!

Then I cut them all out.

Next, I got comfy on the couch and turned on the Bachelor and pinned them to the wreath.

This is the technique I used when I pinned them in:

After I ran out of circles, I traced and cut more circles until it was complete. This took me a couple of hours to do-which also included breaks to give my hands a rest!

I pinned those on the top and sides, but not the back. Of course no one sees the back and this way it will lay flat.

When I got done covering the wreath, I got some silver sparkly ribbon and pinned that to the back of the wreath so I would be able to hang it up!

It turned out just the way I wanted it to be and am so excited to hang it up for the "Love Month!!"

What do you think of the heart ruffle wreath??

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