Thank you to everyone who voted for my BOO {to you} Halloween Wreath in American Crafter Round 1!
I am so amazed at all of the support!
Thank you TONS AND TONS!
The competition is fierce this season!
All of these ladies are super talented!
I am honored to have made it to round 2!
Ok, so, Want to make a BOO {to you} Wreath for your house?!?
Well, today I will show you how!
Yay!
I wanted to use things I already had on hand, so I grabbed a grapevine wreath that was in a closet and some Krylon Primer. I gave it a good coat of primer then a coat of Krylon Metallic Silver.
I had these wooden plaques that I grabbed at Hobby Lobby a while back.
(They go on sale for 50% off often – just fyi!)
I sprayed them with Krylon White.
I also had these wooden balls.
(Ok, I have an entire drawer dedicated to wood items that are just waiting for the perfect project!)
So I gave them a good sprayin’ of Krylon White too!
While the plaques and balls were drying I gathered up my ribbon scraps.
Any of them that were black, white and orange!
See, scraps come in handy!
(yes, there was some ricrac in there as well!)
I began tying the ribbons in knots all around the wreath.
Like this:
I kept tying and tying until the wreath was covered in scrappy goodness:
I had two strips of this fun black and white fabric left over from another project.
They measured about 9 inches x 24 inches.
I laid the fabrics right sides together and stitched down one of the short ends to create one long strip of fabric.
Next I ironed the seam and then folded the long edges in about half an inch then ironed flat.
It should look something like this:
I sloppily (is that a word?!) folded the edges in then laid the wreath in it like this:
Pull the fabric and line to short edges up like this:
My handy dandy Silhouette cut out the “BOO {to you}”
and I applied it onto the large wooden plaque!
Next I took the big square wooden plaque and hot glued one end of ribbon onto the back.
I looped the ribbon around the fabric like this:
Then hot glued the other end of the ribbon to the back of the plaque making sure that it was not twisted because that would not be cute…
I wanted polka dots for the white balls, so I gathered up some left over vinyl and my hole punch.
Then punched out little holes…
And stuck them onto the balls!
How easy is that?!
I used my Silhouette to cut out a vinyl crow and stuck it onto the small wooden plaque then decided to place it on the left bottom side of the wreath.
I loaded the back of the plaque up with hot glue and then…
(it would probably be a good idea to remove the tag first… but I was too lazy)
…I slapped that bad boy right onto the wreath!
Holding it in place for a few seconds to make sure it was very secure!
I did the same for the wooden balls…
Hot glue!
Slap it on there!
And that’s it!
Now you have a super cute Halloween Wreath for your front door!
This week’s challenge is “House of Order!”
… ummmm…
I am racking my brain trying to get motivated to create order in my house!
I will need your help again on Friday – so please be ready to click on over and vote!
Yay!
… oh yea and…
BOO
{to you}
Oh my, this is so cute! I love how festive it turned out! The little details are so perfect! Great job!
So very cute!
I love this. Thank you.
Probably one of the coolest Halloween wreaths EVER!!!
so darling, I love the polka dot wood balls. So cute. Great job. winks-jen
Hi, Natalie
I just love your wreath. Really cute!
Vanessa
I LOVE this wreath! So cool. I'd be thrilled if you'd link it up to my Wickedly Creative Halloween Ideas Party.
http://www.itsybitsypaperblog.com
I'm totally pinning this! So cute!!
Totally cute!!
Very cute! I love all of the adornments!
This wreath is adorable and looks so much easier than a rag wreath. Thanks for the tutorial.
really cute! love adding the wooden balls to the wreath!!
LOVE this.. So creative.I would LOVE for you to link this to my Pin Inspirational Thursdays link party happening now. TY.. Off to indulge in all this burst of creativity here..
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This is awesome!!! Love it!
Love this! You are a rock star! Congrats!!
Congratulations! Your wreath is fabulous. I love all the black and white patterns! The polka-dot balls positively make it! Spectacular!
Jenn
This is adorable!! I love it!
Love this! So so cute!! {hugs}
-Jamielyn
I ♥ Nap Time
your wreath is super cute for sure!
Good morning!! You got a Saturday Shout Out over at Sassy Sites! Come on by and grab a button!! XOXO!
Very cute! Would be great to do this same idea with the wooden balls for Christmas garland maybe? Check out my Hanging Ghost Tutorial that would go perfectly with your wreath
http://farmstylestudio.blogspot.com/2011/10/pottery-barn-halloween-hanging-ghost.html
This is incredible!!! I'd love to have it linked up at the Haunted Halloween Blog Hop at theblogentourage.com
I voted for you… LOVE this wreath!
That is fabulous!
I like cute and adorable wreaths better than spooky, so that means I LOVE yours!
gail
That is the coolest Halloween wreath that I ever did see. Featuring this tonight! Thanks for linking with air your laundry Friday again!
xo,
Jami
Wow! It looks so much more complicated than it was. Great tutorial and I LOVE IT. Really caught my eye on the linky party.