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Sunday, April 24, 2011
Easter/Spring Wreath-redo
Happy Easter guys!!
I've had 2 children down with strep this week.....no fun at all, because it's both my girls.
I've had 2 children down with strep this week.....no fun at all, because it's both my girls.
Sydney got it Tuesday & missed 3 days of school & took Michaela to the Dr yesterday and yep now she has it too. I'm crossing my fingers that Jackson & Landon don't get it.
So Easter will be celebrated with Amoxil-poor guys.
Here is my latest crafty decor piece-finished before the sickness crept in the house
I wanted to quickly post my Easter/Spring Wreath before Easter is gone.
I saw a wreath I fell in love with over at the adventures of nick and jessica but there was no tutorial to go along with it so here is what I did:
I saw a wreath I fell in love with over at the adventures of nick and jessica but there was no tutorial to go along with it so here is what I did:
First I started with a winter wreath from Target I've had for 3-4 years and
I wanted to update it for the Spring.
an old wreath
plastic eggs
latex paint
foam brushes
paper plate
small paint brush
raffia
First I removed the berries & frosted sticks that were glued into the wreath.
Then I took 3 oops paint samples(.50 each woohoo!) that I had purchased from Home Depot.
There was brown, blueish gray, & a cream color paint.
Then I repeated that process again, touching up any spots that had dried to the plate & peeled away.
At this point I thought all of the paint would end up peeling off and revealing the colored, plastic eggs beneath.
I decided to keep going and just see how things turned out. I suppose if I had more colors of spray paint on hand I would've tried that as it would have eliminated the peeling of the latex paint.
Then I was ready for my accents,
all I did was dip the narrow, wood end of my thin paint brush into an opposite color and either put dots or
just swept back & forth over the egg, depending on the look I wanted.
I left a few solid, & some I even went back and put some more paint of the 3rd color in the same manner.
I really love how these were looking!
Once I achieved the look I imagined with the raffia, it was time to add some eggs!
I carefully opened the eggs and placed a piece of raffia at the hinge and snapped it back tightly.
I thought the opening of the wreath was a bit too open & bare, so I added a cluster of eggs.
I did this by attaching 1 egg to the raffia, as described above,
making sure it was in the center of the piece of raffia.
I took the extra length of the raffia (after I tied each egg to the wreath)
and weaved that through the wreath as well.
Finally I took a bunch of raffia and just tied a bow at the bottom of the wreath
and
TaDa....
I was going to add some purple silk flowers but didn't have any on hand, then thought a purple bow but since I have not learned how to make a bow from ribbon yet
I opted for the raffia.
Very earthy and a completely different look from what I started with.
Before:
Do you like it?
~Iffy~
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I think this wreath is fabulous. Even though Easter is over I would still hang this all spring! So pretty! Following you now!
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@Holly Holly, thanks so much! Yeah I made it for Easter with the eggs & all but then thought why not use it for Spring too? It's hanging in my family room & think it adds a little warmth to the room. Welcome friend!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute! I love the way you painted all of your eggs. You could definitely keep this up all spring.
ReplyDeleteLove Love LOVE this wreath! It is so Springy and I love how you painted the eggs! It reminds me of a pretty nest. I will be featuring it in the morning, so be sure to come grab a "featured" button!
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@Jessica @ O. Alouette Thank you, thank you! Well I had to paint the eggs, because it just wouldn't have been the same if I had kept the original plastic egg colors, haha, right? Thanks for stopping by!
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ReplyDeleteYour wreath looks wonderful! I love the eggs and the earthy tones. Thank you for sharing.
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