4th of July Decor

I found a patriotic wreath on this blog that I really liked. Here's how mine turned out:

It was really easy & didn't take long. Hobby Lobby had their tulle 50% of this week...bonus! I wanted to put 3 silver stars on it, but the ones I bought were too big, so I settled for one. I love how it turned out!

Tulip Spring Wreath

I love how it turned out...it was easy, although a bit time consuming. Here are the details...sorry no step by step pictures. Supplies:

• wreath form (from a dollar store)


• 10 - 12 small tulip bud bunches


• glue gun & glue sticks


• wooden skewer wide


• ribbon

1. I forgot to do this step, but you should wrap the wreath form with ribbon first so that if you have any spaces between your flowers, you won't see the ugly green wreath.


2. Next, take all of the flowers off of the stems leaving the little plastic thingy that attaches to the stem and helps the flower bud stay together. (Does that even make sense?!)


3. Use the skewer to poke a hole in the wreath. Put some glue on the bottom end of the flower and stick it into the hole. Repeat a gazillion times. I didn't put any flowers on the back of the wreath because I wanted it to lay flat against the door.


4. If you didn't get enough flowers and you went to all of the other dollar type stores in town and couldn't find more (like me!)...this is where the wide ribbon will come in handy. I had about a 3-4" blank space at the bottom of the wreath, so I wrapped the ribbon around it and made a big bow to cover it up.


5. Last step: fold a length of ribbon in half and hot glue it to the back of the wreath. Hang & enjoy!

Easy, Cute & Poofy Valentine Wreath

I made this wreath from a heart shaped wire wreath form & yards & yards of red tulle. Here's how I did it:

Supplies:
heart wire wreath form (Hobby Lobby, $1.99)
big fat roll of red tulle (also Hobby Lobby, 40 yd. spool, $5.99) Actually this one roll wasn't quite enough for me, so I went back to get more and found a 100 yd. spool of red (it matched the red that I was using) Christmas tulle at 90% off...it was a buck! Ooh, I wished I'd found that the day before when I was there purchasing the $5.99 roll of tulle!

Anyway, I just cut the tulle into 2 1/2 to 3 inch pieces (no measuring, just eyed it) and tied them onto all the wires of the wreath form. I just tied the tulle once, not twice to make a knot. Since it's netting, it seemed to hold just fine with one tie. I bet I used atleast 60 yards of tulle, but you could get away with less if you don't want your wreath quite as poofy as mine. Give it a try...easy, cute & poofy!

~Rebecca~