Did you guys have a great holiday weekend? Ours was fantastic! We went home and I got to spend some quality cuddling time with my one week old nephew. I love how snuggly lil babies are! Anyways - when we drove home the hubby was driving. And when he drives up to our house, he always drives around the "other" way to our house. I just drive up to the side where the garage door is, he comes around the other way. So as we drove up, I got a much better view of the front door. And whoopsy - my spring sign was still up.
Well, this presented an excellent opportunity to come up with a new summer wreath. I was flipping around online last night and found these cute napkin rings on MarthaStewart.com. I loved the idea of the little flowers made out of ribbon - so I decided to use this idea to make some flowers for my wreath.
Fold it up accordion style and then run a needle with some thread through the short end (aka - where I am holding it pinched).
Knot the thread and then fan out the pleats. Put a little fabric glue between your two ends and voila - an adorable flower!
Next to attach the flower to my grapevine wreath - I ran a bobby pin through the flower.
Then you just find a nice lil vine and slide it on there.
I grouped them in threes. Ta-da! Finished wreath - I think it is sooo adorable! I especially love my bandana print ribbon I found!
So what about you? Got anything fun and summery on your door?
Linking this up to
Trash to Treasure with Kimm @ Reinvented
Get Your Craft On with Kim @ Today's Creative Blog
Boardwalk Bragfest with Jan @ Bobbypins Boardwalk
Fabric Fun Thursday with Kim @ Cheap Chic Home
And I am adding this to the CSI Projects Martha Stewart Challenge.
Get Your Craft On with Kim @ Today's Creative Blog
Boardwalk Bragfest with Jan @ Bobbypins Boardwalk
Fabric Fun Thursday with Kim @ Cheap Chic Home
And I am adding this to the CSI Projects Martha Stewart Challenge.
I love the ribbon! Such a fun wreath!!
ReplyDeleteYou know. This Christmas I am going to make my own. Thank you for inspiring.
ReplyDeleteI love it!! How cute! I have a wreath just like that, waiting...now I know what for! However, I am a little intimidated when it comes to sewing of any kind....hmmm...maybe I'll have to get over that hurdle, because that's just stinkin' cute!
ReplyDeleteThose are perfect! Love them.
ReplyDeleteWow--how adorable--it looks fantastic!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the tutorial too--
such a great idea and yours turned
out perfect!
HUGS,
Cindy Adkins
Too cute, Jess. And congrats on making the top 10 over at CSI! Wow! I really need to get some home decor projects going, but I've been too busy painting clients' pieces.
ReplyDeleteI was quite impressed by your skill. I have no skill although I do like to attempt things like scrapbooking and such. My welcome sign was created by Coconut Palm Designs (http://www.coconutpalmdesigns.blogspot.com/). It's a peaceful Muskoka chair scene.
ReplyDeleteThanks for popping by my blog.
LisaDay
This is great. I'm horrible at crafting - so thank you for the tutorial on how to create the little flowers! It looks so pretty!
ReplyDeleteAlyssa
What a great idea for the 4th of July! This project would be perfect to share for my Tips and Tricks linky party going on right now.
ReplyDeleteI would like to invite you to visit the cottage, and join in on the fun for all three of my linky parties:
ASK THE YANKEE - MONDAYS
TIPS & TRICKS TUESDAY
TIME TRAVEL THURSDAY
You can get the details here:
http://thebrambleberrycottage.blogspot.com/2010/06/brambleberry-cottage-linky-party.html
Hope to see ya there!
Liz @ the Brambleberry Cottage
http://thebrambleberrycottage.blogspot.com/
Jess, those are THE sweetest little flowers. I love the ribbon that you chose to use for them. The wreath is so darling. Wonderful tutorial. Thank you for sharing this perfect "bragable" on the Boardwalk Bragfest. I love it!
ReplyDeleteVery cute...going to check out your blog!
ReplyDeleteYour wreath is so happy and festive!
ReplyDeleteJess, this is so cute. What a great idea using the napkin ring inspiration. Good luck on the CSI challenge. Thank you for linking to FFT :).
ReplyDeleteThat is so adorable! That has really inspired me to get a wreath out before the 4th of July! It's just so cute! Thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteI loved this idea so much I ran out to my local $1 ribbon bin and bought some cute colors. My son's birthday (polka dot themed) was in a few days and this would have been a cute decoration for the door. I found one problem, to get the cute circle accordian look, it has to be thick ribbon like 1in+ I still made my ribbon wreath, but mine ended up looking more like flowers :)I plan on posting my experience while linking to your blog so people can see you're cute spin from the original napkin ring idea.
ReplyDeletePS, I loved your star addition, it was perfect "pop"