DIY Twig & Tree Branch Peace Sign Wreath

Hello my beautiful, creative friends!
Ready to spread a little peace today? 







This DIY peace sign wreath is:easy to createrequires little crafting skillscosts nearly nothingis awesome and coolMaterials needed:

One wire wreath form- costs a few bucks and is available at most craft stores. I bought this old one that I used for this project at my local Goodwill store for 50 cents!

Autumn Maple Leaf Roses

It's still summer, but before you know it autumn will be

upon us and the leaves will be changing colors and 

falling from the trees.



Why not create a beautiful bouquet of maple leaf roses? 

Craft a bouquet centerpiece for your dining table, or my favorite:

 an autumn wreath of leaf roses for your front door to 

welcome in the season.



Check out these unique leaf to rose creations

A Cottage Style Christmas

reindeer?






vintage ornament wreath






a welcoming front porch






beautiful hanging pine cones - so easy to make - beautiful rolled in glitter








snowman by simple joys paperie



rose hem tree skirt






cozy Christmas cottage




vintage silver tray wreath




simple beauty



angel wings on chair backs!






simple greens and stars say so much






beautiful






create

“Red Hots and Blue” Fourth of July Rocket Wreath {tutorial}

Fourth of July is coming up fast.

I wanted to make a festive wreath for my front door.

So I headed down to the Dollar Store and picked up a few supplies.

I used ribbon and paper I already had as well as Dimension Magic (to keep the birds from eating it) and the total for my wreath was about $4!!



"Red Hots and Blue" Rocket Wreath Tutorial

Here’s what I did:

Supplies: 

• Wreath Form


• Ribbon to wrap around form


• Hot glue and glue gun


• Three packages of Red Hot candy


• Two coordinating scrapbook papers {I used Lifestyle Crafts Sweet and Spicy Paper}


• Toilet paper roll


• Two coordinating ribbons to hang the wreath and for the bottom of the rocket.


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  Dimensional Magic, spray polyurethane or resin to seal the candies

Directions:

1. I wrapped the wide ribbon around the wreath form and secured it with hot glue.

2. Then I hot glued the Red Hot candies on the wreath. I started on the front of the wreath, then continued on the outside edges and finally glued them onto the inside of the wreath form.

3. To seal the candies, brush some Dimensional Magic over the top, or spray with polyurethane. If you brush Dimensional Magic over the top, only brush once because some of the sugar from the candies might come off once it gets wet. {I squeezed the Dimensional Magic into a bowl and brushed it on with a foam craft brush}.

4. While the wreath dries, make the rocket! There is a great tutorial for the rocket on Alpha Mom. Just follow the directions. And
to make the rocket take off, loop ribbon into three loops and hot glue
two of these on both sides at the bottom of the rocket. Then take the
other coordinating ribbon and make three loops and hot glue it into the
middle of the rocket. I made the middle ribbon loops just a bit longer than the side loops.

5. The last thing I did was take two coordinating ribbons and make a big loop through the middle of the wreath and hot glue them shut. Hide the seam at the back of the wreath.

And you are done!!

Now you have a festive wreath to celebrate this patriotic holiday for less than $5!!!

xoxo

Have a Wonderful Day!!! 



PS -- I am linking up to these fun parties - check them out!

Pottery Barn-inspired Spring Butterfly Wreath!!

Have I ever introduced you about my little sister Ashley?

She is beautiful. She’s an amazing mom. She is a great business woman. And she is so creative.

So when she asked me for a good idea for a Spring Wreath the other day, I showed her a picture that has been pinned on my Craft Room wall for about 6 months:

Pottery Barn --

And she made an even better version for her front door! Check it out. What a cute wreath for Spring!!

PB-Inspired Butterfly Wreath

Here are the supplies she used:

Here’s what Ashley says:

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  I had 2 kinds of moss. Spongy moss and large sheets of moss. Both were preserved but real.
  
  


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  I took a grapevine wreath form and started hot gluing the sheets of moss onto the wreath, wrapping each piece around to the back. It took probably 10-12 sheet pieces to cover the wreath.
  
  


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  I then took the spongy moss and glued that in the gaps and crevices to give the wreath depth and dimension.
  
  


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  I found white butterflies in the floral section of Michaels. They were attached to 12 inch long wire. I thread the wire through the moss and into the back of the grapevine wreath, wrapping the ends around a piece of the grapevine to secure. I left 2 inches of wire between the butterflies and the wreath so they could hover above and create depth.
  
  


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  Finally, I attached a large piece of satin ribbon at the top and put it on my door. Voila!
  
  


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  The project took a total of 20 minutes and was super simple!
  
  

{You can also find these wreath forms at the Dollar Store.}

I love the organic simplicity of this wreath!!!

And here it is on her front door:

{Isn’t her son Hudson the cutest???}

And if you are in the Bay Area – check out Ashley’s Boutique – Flaunt in Danville, CA.

It is the ultimate in casual cool. 

Tell her I sent you!!!

Thanks Ashley!!!

Maybe she will show us all the fun things she has been doing to her new house too! I know she has done a CHEVRON bathroom!!

xxo

PS -- Blogger has been down the past day. It deleted my guest project from Kerry yesterday -- free printables. Blogger said that they would restore the post. So it should be coming back up sometime today.. In the meantime, be sure to head over to Sweet Sanity for her awesome giveaway today!!

PSS – It’s Friday!! Come link up to the Weekend Wrap Up Party and show off YOUR ideas. I would love to feature YOU! The party starts at 6 pm {MST}.

Porch Makeover Part 1 -- Chevron Door Hanging {tutorial}

It snowed here yesterday, but that didn’t stop me from trying to Spring-ify my front porch. 

I am so ready for some warm weather!!  

I started off with my front door.

I had a unfinished wood frame in my garage, so I pulled that out. My inspiration for this door hanging is this beautiful chevron fabric I found on Fabric.com – I’m a little obsessed with it right now.

I used the same stencil that I also used for my Spring Chevron Subway Art.

First I painted the frame white and then I stenciled the chevron pattern on the wood. 

Super easy. Then I made a few fabric rosettes – I have a tutorial for those if you want to make some. And then I thought it would be fun to make a part in the middle of the frame where I can spell out different things.

 

So I printed off some words using this beautiful new paper from LifestyleCrafts (they are the people that also make the Epic LetterPress – more on that at the bottom). I love this paper. It has a sheen to it. So pretty!

 (and it's on sale this week)

I also added some pretty Washi Paper to the outside of the frame: 

I printed off a few different sayings that I can switch out.  Hello.

And Welcome.

I attached a piece of ribbon to the inside of the frame with hot glue. And then I used these cute teeny tiny clothespins from Canvas Corp. The last thing I did was added some ribbon at the top to hang it on my door.

I love how my door hanging goes along with the little canvas pennant I made a few weeks ago. I put on a little table by my front door.

And coming up tomorrow afternoon – Part 2 of my porch!!

xoxo



PS -- I am linking up to these fun parties - check them out!

PPS – Here is the winner of the LifeStyle Crafts Letterpress package: 

#35 -- Simply AJ @ Queen of My Nest

And if you didn't win --

**Lifestyle Crafts is also offering YOU  20% off ANYTHING at  lifestylecrafts.com, through the end of April (including the Epic Letterpress)!! Just type in TATERTOTS at checkout to get the discount! 

Yippee!!!