Friday, January 20, 2012

Holiday Creativity?


My sister-in-law introduced me to these adorable wreathes. I found a tutorial here but Molly's instructions were so easy I didn't need to use it. The Valentine wreath above took me about two hours. It was more pricy than I would have liked, but it was a chance to test the waters of craftiness. I also made two Christmas ones--one for the door of my classroom at school and one for the door leading from our entry way to our living room at home.

Next time I'll take pictures as I go, but for now I'll post a table (please bear with me...I had to use HTML code, of which I know very little, to create this primitive table) listing materials and prices. I already had a glue gun and glue, so those items are not listed:



Material Cost Source
Wreath $3.99 Hobby Lobby
Yarn $1.49 JoAnn's (w/ 1/2 off coupon)
3 Sheets Red Felt 3 @ $.31 = $.93 JoAnn's
3 Sheets Pink Felt 4 @ $.31 = $1.24 JoAnn's
TOTAL $7.65


Take Aways:
  • Wrapping a wreath with yarn takes a stinking long time! The fun part was the flowers. :)
  • I really hate projects that involve fine motor skills.
  • I love seeing this wreath on the door, therefore, I think it was worth both the time and the money.

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