It has been quite a while since I have first posted! I could blame it on the holidays, but I think it's just life, it gets in the way. I am always on the go and I tend to over commit, but in 2013 I will post more!
Since it is January 1st, I can happily report that I kept my 2012 resolution of taking the stairs to my office everyday. I can only count a handful of times that I did use the elevator and if I had to carry a lot of things then I took the elevator. Of course the one morning the I decided to take the elevator, the President of the company comes in the door at the same time and ended up riding with me. Let's just say that was awkward and I took the stairs every morning from there on out. For 2013, I haven't made any solid resolutions but there are obviously things that I want to work on. I want to be a better overall person. The past couple of years I have been a little hard and I think that it has in a way hardened me. I find that I am not the silly, bubbly person that I used to be. I need to focus on the good in my life, my wonderful husband, my great family and my friends. It is easy to get lost in the bad things that are happening to me and around me but I often stop and remember that there are people out there worst off then me. I have a roof over my head, two jobs, and great people around me. I hate to watch the new because there are always horrible things happening, floods, fire, murders, the government. My husband always says I live in a bubble, and I do, I try to block all of that out, its just that a girl can only process so much. Alright enough about me and my crazy thoughts on life, more about craft! I have been doing also in preparation for chirstmas gifts. My goal was to make a lot of the gifts but to do that I would have started last year! Any way I did manage to make some things that I will show off in my next post.
In closing Happy New Year and here's to a great 2013!
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Friday, November 23, 2012
Winter Tulle Wreath
Ok here goes nothing! I created this blog spot about 3 weeks ago, and ever since have been thinking about what to post. So after spending Black Friday at 3 different craft stores to get the supplies for a new wreath I figured this is it. I love making wreaths. They are the first thing someone sees when coming into your house, so I feel that they should be special. The ones at the craft stores are nice but too expensive for me. There is nothing better than someone asking where you got it and your answer is "I made it!"
My current obsession is tulle. I rectally made a tutu for part of my Halloween costume (I won third place!). I just love how fluffy it is and it is very forgiving. I am not one to be exact and measure things. Ok so here is my project, combining wreaths and tulle!
I started the project then decided to take pictures, but you'll get the idea. I started with a 12' green styrofoam wreath, 3 rolls of tulle (white, white with glitter and blue with glitter), I also had dark blue and light blue tulle from my tutu, there were 15 pieces of each and about 12' each.( I would suggest a yard of each. If it were me i would buy 2 yards, I tend to over buy to be on the safe side. I would hate to be in the middle of a project and not have enough to finish, oh yeah that happens all of the time to me!) I liked the rolls of tulle in the wedding isle, there was less cutting but it was a little more expensive.
CAUTION: The glitter tulle is VERY, VERY, VERY messy. I laid down a towel on the floor where I was working.
So i started with the dark blue and tied them around the wreath, then I added two white pieces between.
I continued around in a pattern with all of the colors. Until it was filled in. I ended up using all of the tulle that I had to make it really full. With the foam being green it wanted to make sure you couldn't see it.
Of course my dog, Nala, wanted to check everything out, she was keeping a close watch
The finished product! I used a bow from my old winter wreath, but I am not sure if I like it. I might make another one with some ribbon I picked up today. To hang it, it just used a spare piece of the white tulle and tied it around and hung it on the hook on my door.
My current obsession is tulle. I rectally made a tutu for part of my Halloween costume (I won third place!). I just love how fluffy it is and it is very forgiving. I am not one to be exact and measure things. Ok so here is my project, combining wreaths and tulle!
I started the project then decided to take pictures, but you'll get the idea. I started with a 12' green styrofoam wreath, 3 rolls of tulle (white, white with glitter and blue with glitter), I also had dark blue and light blue tulle from my tutu, there were 15 pieces of each and about 12' each.( I would suggest a yard of each. If it were me i would buy 2 yards, I tend to over buy to be on the safe side. I would hate to be in the middle of a project and not have enough to finish, oh yeah that happens all of the time to me!) I liked the rolls of tulle in the wedding isle, there was less cutting but it was a little more expensive.
CAUTION: The glitter tulle is VERY, VERY, VERY messy. I laid down a towel on the floor where I was working.
So i started with the dark blue and tied them around the wreath, then I added two white pieces between.
I made the wreath with "winter" colors. I like that I can keep it up from now until Valentines day. You could opt for more traditional Christmas colors, greens, reds, golds maybe.
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