Gettin crafty

I've been really into wreath making lately. First I thought I'd try my hand at deco mesh wreath making. So of course first I watched about 10 different you tube videos on how to make them. Then I went to our local craft store to scope out the supplies. Turns out they have a wreath "designer" who will give you a demonstration on how to make a deco mesh wreath. Well. She was just a bowl of fun. Not. When I asked her about using 2 different colors in a wreath she looked at me like I had 4 heads and said she didn't think that was possible. Ha designer my foot. Anyway since I was going for summer I got red and blue mesh ribbon with some silver stars and went on my way. 

All of the tutorials I watched said to use pipe cleaners to attach it so I put the pipe cleaners on first. In the end I used only red pipe cleaners and I put them on the inside and outside loops. I redid it about 3 times before I figured out what I liked and I forgot to take pictures so this is my end result. 

Pretty cute right? Problem was it was so poofy that when I hung it on my door the screen door wouldn't close. Back to the drawing board.  This time I decided to try a burlap wreath. Again I watched some YouTube videos. Then I just decided to wing it. 

I looked for rolls of burlap but I could only find wired ribbon. At home I already had a big 2 yard piece of burlap so I decided to just cut that into strips.  I used another metal wreath form. I think it was 14 inches. For the first piece of burlap I attached it with pipe cleaner... But after that I got lazy and didn't even attach the pieces 

So basically I just looped burlap through each of the three sections of the wreath frame working my way back and forth across the frame and in between each loop I twisted the piece before looping it through the next section.

Once I had the whole wreath form filled with burlap I just went through and fluffed up my loops. I added some fun pieces... Since it's for summer I went with red white and blue for Memorial Day, 4th of July, and Labor Day!  This is my finished project! 

By the way this past week I also painted our front door. When we moved in it was a lovely shade of... Grape... Which is not quite our style and currently the house is white with black shutters so I decided to go with a bright green. In my husband'a words "umm it's lime." But I love it and it's grown on him. So we are no longer the house with the purple door but the house with the line green door. I'm okay with that!