Pretty Spring Rain Boot Wreath

Finally it's here, the long awaited season of Spring! Whoo hoo!!!

So to help celebrate Spring's return, today I am going to share with you an idea I had to add a little pizzazz to a Michael's Craft store wreath I purchased many many moons ago.

Now I have seen both wreaths and rain boots hung as front door decor, but never the two together! So I decided to use a pair of Grace's much loved rubber rain boots from when she was just a little girl, and add them to the look of my spring wreath. 

This is Grace at age 4 sporting her spring ensemble which included her little yellow rain boots. (I love how nothing in the outfit matches except for the two boots.)

Using good old fashion floral wire, I just threaded it through the loops of the boots and then wired them to the wreath.

 A pretty green burlap bow was then added to finish it off! 

Don't those bright yellow boots really make the entire wreath pop?

I think Moe likes it too!

Happy Spring everyone, and have a great weekend!!!

XO

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Beachy Chevron Burlap Wreath made with Love

Last fall our dear friends Peggy and Ken almost lost their family's beach home to superstorm Sandy. (To read about how these DIYers refurbished and refurnished this home on a pretty tight budget, just click here.) They literally spent every weekend over the winter and spring months repairing and rebuilding the home. Well I really wanted to make something to compliment the home and congratulate them on their new and improved beach bungalow.

Using some of Peggy's favorite colors which she infused into the home in the way of the interior furnishings and accent ideas, I came up with this burlap wreath creation.

 Along with the cute little starfish, Peggy selected this chevron print burlap for the background of the wreath. I then was responsible for the overall design. 

Nothing says "beach" to me more than flippy floppys, so I grabbed a pair of little girls flips in a fun orange at my local Walmart. I then found the kid's sunglasses there for about $3.00 and on the same trip I picked up some ribbon in orange and yellow.

So I had my yellow and orange colors, but I also wanted to bring in one more color from their living room...that beachy blue! I decided to add the first letter of their family name to personalize it for them and painted it a gorgeous aqua. 

By the way this is the wire ring I used...

Now that the wreath is completed I am super excited to give it to them!

 If you wouldn't mind indulging me for a moment, I'd like to add a very personal note to this post.

 Eight years ago by complete chance, Mr. Rosemary Lane and myself met Peggy and Ken. And as the years have gone by and children came into the picture, our friendship with them has grown and deepened to such an incredible level of trust and love. We have been through so much together as Peggy and Ken both suffered family losses over the past year in addition to the devastation superstorm Sandy wreaked on their beach home. When my sister's husband Charlie was diagnosed as terminal with stage 4 lung cancer in 2010, they were there lending their love and comfort to us and Kim and Charlie every step of the journey. Our two families constantly lean on one another for help and support, almost to the point where it is hard to tell where one family ends and the other one begins. We have become that meshed together in our lives. Chris and I often say that God's hand was at work the night we met this amazing couple, and we thank Him every day for placing such beautiful and loving people in our lives. 

So this is for you Peg's and Ken...with much love!

XO

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Patriotic Burlap Wreath

Can you believe that Memorial Day weekend is only a little over a week away? Where has the time gone??? Well for me holidays equal making a craft and this time it is an Americana inspired burlap wreath. The inspiration came when I found this cute berry and star floral stems at a local gift shop called The Keeping Room.

I then found a flag print ribbon at Hobby Lobby when I was there last week. They also had a ton of colored burlap and burlap with prints.

This time I made the wreath using a wire form instead of a wire hanger.

 Then the burlap was folded in half and just woven and looped through the wire form. After you loop the burlap, open up the folds.

The ribbon was looped through the same way only not folded. I made a bow and poked in my floral stems and then anchored them to the wire form by wrapping the wire part of the stems around the form.

And voila...my patriotic wreath is done! 

Wishing you all a super day!!!

X0

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Easy Burlap Wreath for Spring

Last fall I made the prettiest little burlap wreath with nothing more than an old wire hanger and 10 feet of some 4 inch wide burlap. Needless to say it was my most popular post of 2012. (To see my fall wreath click here.) Well yesterday I took Grace down to Michael's craft store because she really wanted to buy this American Girl like doll with some of the money my parents had sent her for Valentine's day. (ALERT...mommy bragging rights here!) I really couldn't say no to her since yesterday during her last basketball game, Gracie exceeded the century mark for points scored this season.

(Her final number was 106! Wohooo!)

So as she was looking at the dolls I decided to grab some more burlap and a couple of little embellishments to create a new wreath for spring. After all it is less than a three weeks away!

I picked up these cute little clip on butterflies...

...and this darling clip on pink birdie.

To make this wreath all you need to do is open up a regular wire hanger, you know like one from the dry cleaners. This becomes your form. Bend one end of the wire into a hook and on the other end begin to feed the burlap onto the hanger in a back and forth fashion creating loops. Continue unto all the burlap has been threaded onto the wire hanger, then make another hook with the other end of the wire and hook the two ends together. Using pliers pinch the two hooks until they are closed in order to secure the circle. I twisted the burlap so all of the loops were facing in different directions.

Next all I did was grab some egg garland I happened to have in my box of Easter decorations, and simply tied it on to the hanger wire with pieces of raffia. I then bent the garland to move the eggs around to my liking. If you don't have egg garland that's OK, any type of wired spring inspired garland will just as well.

I then fiddle and fluffed the burlap, trimmed the trailing raffia and clipped on the butterflies and bird.

This wreath is really simple to whip up and can make for a sweet Easter gift.

Are getting your home ready for spring?

Til next time...

XO

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