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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Easter/Spring Wreath-redo

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Happy Easter guys!!

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:

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.
I used
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.
 So it looked like this

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.
I painted 1 layer of solid color on each of the eggs with a foam brush & placed them on a paper plate to dry over night. You will get paint on your fingers btw.


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!


I took pieces of raffia and started weaving it through,
piece by piece into my wreath.


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 tied the raffia with the egg attached on to the wreath, spacing as desired.


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.
Then I crossed the raffia & added 2 more eggs in the same fashion. and tied that to the wreath, leaving some length in the raffia so it could hang freely.
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:
And After:
And see how it fills that empty spot over the mantle so well =D

Do you like it?


~Iffy~


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9 comments:

  1. I think this wreath is fabulous. Even though Easter is over I would still hang this all spring! So pretty! Following you now!
    Holly
    504 Main

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  2. @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!

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  3. This is so cute! I love the way you painted all of your eggs. You could definitely keep this up all spring.

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  4. Love 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!
    Crysta:)
    http://www.homemakerinheels.com

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  5. @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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  6. @CrystalAww thank you very much! You are too sweet-You will be the first to feature me! Yay! Thanks so much Crysta!

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  7. @SJ @ Homemaker On A DimeHello, thanks for the invite, I will be sure to stop by. Thanks again!

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  8. Your wreath looks wonderful! I love the eggs and the earthy tones. Thank you for sharing.

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