I absoloutely LOVE Christmas decorating. Sadly, I am all about that premature Christmas decorating around the house (don't worry, I wait to decorate the outside until thanksgiving)! But to me, inside is fair game. I needed a new door wreath, and came across a few cute ideas for a Rudolph wreath, and decided to give it a shot! Enjoy! so this was a fairly cheap wreath. I think I got all my supplies for around $35-40 from Michaels (with a 20% off coupon!) for this wreath you'll need wire door wreath (whatever size works for you) 2-3 rolls of burlap (I had 2light rolls and 1 dark roll) 4 picks of sorts to use as anters (mine were tree branch picks.. if they have antlers, even better!) bow, or ribbon to make bow large ornament or bell to use for nose (mine is a bell) pipe cleaners hot glue the fun part about a wreath like this, is it's so interchangeable so you can customize it however you'd like! start making your wreath by weaving the burlap through the wires. Since I used two colors I did two of the light, one of the dark, and braided them together of sorts when I was weaving them into the wire. (In the picture above was before I had decided to use two colors) after you finish all the burlap, time to attach your nose and anters! I had tied them on with my pipe cleaner, and then hot glued them to ensure that they stayed in place. be sure you give everything time to dry or you'll have to continue to glue, as it may all fall apart continuously like mine did 🙃 dont forget, the fun part about projects such as this, is to make it your own! To get a little creative. ENJOY! -Mischeif Managed-
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If there is anything I love in this world (aside from that sweet hubby of mine) it is a good glass of wine, and DIY crafting! Lately life has been so hectic that I haven't really given myself a good evening to relax and just craft. So last night a good friend of mine and myself decided it was time to combine our two favorite things, and have ourselves a sweet little craft night. I have wanted to, for quite some time, make some sort of holiday decor out of my empty wine bottles I've saved. (And it seems I have quite a lot of bottles I've saved) I searched through Pinterest for a few hours and finally got a rough idea of what I was going to make. If interested you'll need: •3 empty, clean wine bottles (any size will do, mine came from a Moscato D'asti) •1 tube white acrylic paint •1 tube blue acrylic paint (I used turquoise, but you can always change for the color of your choice) •J and Y letters •1 snowflake of sorts for your "O". •6 or so decorative picks for top of bottle (depending on how full you like) •faux snow •modge podge •Paint brushes •hot glue gun (Side note: with the excepting of the bottles, glue, and brushes, my supplies were only $14 at Michaels, and they always have coupons!) then comes painting! At first I thought that using some sort of sponge would work better than a brush (I'm not a very good painter.. don't laugh), so if/when you make them, it wouldn't hurt to give the sponge a try! Who knows, it might turn out looking even better. So when I painted, I did a total of two layers of blue on my J and Y letters, front and back! And three layers of white on the wine bottles, as they were such a dark color. make sure before you attempt to put your letters or snow on your bottles that you let it fully dry.. it will save you several attempts at re-painting and washing paint off your fingers! next step is putting your snow on. I took a small brush and brushed on the modge podge over the top 3 or so inches of the bottle, and sprinkled my snow very generously. I did this over the trash, so it was less of a clean up I would have to do later. Then comes applying the letters! As wine bottles are oddly shaped and the letters aren't meant to wrap around to fit perfectly, there's only one spot on each letter (and snowflake) that can apply to the bottle. I put a generous amount of hot glue on each of those spots and held it on the bottle until it was dried completely. last comes putting in your decorative picks, and finding a shelf in the house! The fun party about this project is there are so many ways to mix it up. Changing the colors, changing the letters (maybe do Noel next time??).. because really.. who is ever going to run out of empty wine bottles? 😉 enjoy! -Mischeif Managed- |
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