Burlap and Sheet Music Paper Flower Wreath..

Happy Friday Everyone!  I wanted to share with you the very simple, yet sweet burlap wreath I made the other night.  I had one of those straw wreaths that I've been eyeing and wondering what to make with it.  I started out by wrapping it in a cream colored cloth, but everything I put next to it just looked dull and a little boring.  So I decided to try the burlap.  The burlap added some much needed texture and made for a nicer background for everything I placed on top of it.

 I pulled out my trusty hot glue gun and glued the sheet music paper flowers to it.

I then thought it needed a touch of color.  But the question was what to put with it.  Flowers were out since I was already using paper flowers on it.  Should I put some greenery on it?  No, that looked weird.  Then I remembered I had some wooden red birds.

The red birds were just right.  I used the cream colored fabric to make the holder at the top.  Now the question is, Does it need something else?  I have a rusty Welcome sign that might be just the right thing...What do you think? 

I just pinned the welcome sign onto the wreath to see what it would look like.  I like the Welcome sign, but now I'm wondering if it needs to be painted cream or red to match the birds.  What do you think?  Thanks for stopping by.

How many coffee filters?...

Hi Everyone!  I know everyone out there in blog land has made coffee filter wreaths and I didn't want to be left out of the fun.  So here are the two that I made for the shop.  I think the natural colored one is my favorite.  It took about 260 filters for each one.  I made them while watching a movie so it didn't seem to take any time at all.  So here they are hanging up in the shop.

I think I might just have to bring this one home because I have the perfect spot to put it in.  Or I guess I could just make another one...  Well, thanks for stopping by.

Spring wreath...

My thoughts have turned once again to spring. The sun is shining but it's cold here today. Here are a couple of the spring wreaths I made for the shop. This one has green, lavender and cream pip berries.
This one has pip berries that are blue, yellow, and a pink-peach color.

I made the flowers out of tart pans. I painted them then glued a wooden circle that I painted to the center.

This is a wooden bird that I drew and cut out of some scrap 1/4" wood that I had. The wings and feathers are pieces of scrap wood cut to the right shape and attached with glue. It's hard to tell in the picture but they are dimensional. Then I painted it and sanded it. Before I attached the wings, I drilled two small holes and ran a piece of wire so I could attach it to the wreath then glued the wings so the holes would be disguised.

This one sold the day after I put it in the shop. The green one is still available. Thanks for stopping by.