Fabric Scraps Wreath

Easy Fabric Scraps Wreath

by ME

Hi, it's Flannery. Have we met?  I used to blog here. Life forced me to get sidetracked and I haven't been very creative lately. 

BUT, I am in Philly visiting Court for spring break and.......NATURALLY....I'm creatively inspired.

I'm also in no mood to leave the house (cause I'm really super lazy on vaca) so I had to make something with what Court had on hand.  

So after perusing Pinterest, I decided to recreate this fabric scrap wreath. 

Court has the best fabric scraps so it was an easy choice of projects. 

I used a wire wreath like this one and tied fabric scraps on to the wire frame. 

The wire frame had four levels.  I tied fabric onto the outermost and innermost levels.

If you wanted your wreath to be even fuller, you could fill three or even four levels.

My fabric scraps were roughly 1.5-3 inches wide and 5-6 inches long.  

It varied because I was working primarily with scraps and not cutting uniform strips from large pieces of fabric.

Though of course you could cut uniform strips.

It's also dependent on what look you like. I like that they all vary in width and length.

Do you recognize any fabric?

I tied scraps in between loads of laundry, dirty diapers and meals.  It was so easy!

At the end, I just looped a pretty piece of ribbon around the top.

It looks really sweet in Court's sewing studio.  

Makes me want to make more.

I've seen Etsy shops that sell them in specific colors like this one here.

Court had a lot of pinks and reds so I deliberately sifted through her stash for shades of blues and yellows to balance it out.  I think the navy blue brought such a fun pop of color, don't you?  

So here's to hoping I don't go another however many months without blogging.  I miss being creative and having that outlet even though the craziness of life has not allowed it.

So tell me, do you ever let life get the best of your outlets and personal needs?

Bead Wreath

I'm jumpin' on the wreath bandwagon.  There have been so many marvelous wreaths blogged lately!  It's such an easy and fun way to spice up your front door, your mantel or a wall.  Here's what I did with some beads.  What do you think?

Supplies: 

Glue gun with extra glue sticks (lots of em)

Styrofoam wreaths (I did two little ones but you can do any size!)

Beads (I got natural wood beads @ Michaels.)

Pretty Mexican oilcloth to protect your table (totally optional!!)

Start gluing!  It's seriously so easy and I did it during naptime.  

(By the way, do you see the bite marks on the styrofoam?  I totally let Ginger chew it while we walked around Michael's.  A mom's gotta do..... )

I didn't bead all the way around--just enough so that when flush against the wall there was no green styrofoam showing.  I wanted it to lay nice and flat. BUT, I do think I will go back and bead all the way around because I like it in my window and I don't want any green showing when you are looking in.

Here it is hanging in the window with a red grosgrain ribbon.  It's so versatile that you could just change the ribbon for the season.  I toyed with spraypainting it because I was originally inspired by this awesome acorn wreath but I do like the color of the beads with my chestnut woodwork.  Maybe in the future I will when I tire of it?

And again on my mantel.  Another idea for these is to put on a table with a big pillar candle in the middle.  Could be another reason not to bead all the way around....crafter's choice!

Have fun!

Wine Cork Wreath

I looooove collecting wine corks.  I usually display them in a pretty vase on the bookshelf, much to my husband's dismay.  :)  I put the corks to good use last year and made a Christmas ornament.  This year, I made a wreath!

Supplies needed:
glue gun & glue
wine corks (A LOT!)
styrofoam wreath
ribbon

I'm definitely going to make this wreath again (maybe for a lucky sister or friend!?). Lessons learned:  Next time, I will wrap the wreath with ribbon before gluing the corks, to make the spaces in between the corks less noticeable.  Also, I'm going to buy a thicker ribbon, possibly in a deep red color, to hang the wreath.  FYI, have a knife on hand in case you have to cut a cork or two in order to make them fit!

Rosette Wreath

I've been on the hunt for a fall wreath for quite sometime, but I was not having much luck. The wreaths I found were either super expensive or kinda cheesy (fake leaves & plastic flowers aren't really my thing!). But then I found these two tutorials: Fall Rosette Wreath & Frayed Rosettes. The best part about this wreath is that I made it for under $20. If you have random scraps of fabic, try this!

There are so many possibilities with these rosettes. I think I'm going to try this necklace next! Here is a tutorial if you want to join me!