Black Boa Halloween Wreath

Well, I finally finished my Halloween wreath. I just love it! The only thing is my guests will be able to see at the door and not so much at the driveway. I guess that's what I get for having a dark colored wood door. LOL! I've had a few sweet compliments, but again I had to bring it to my guests attention.

What you need:
16" straw wreath
7 black feather boas
Floral pins
Ribbon
Halloween decorations to your taste

I didn't take the plastic off the straw wreath because I knew that the straw would end up all over my floor.  My first 2 feather boas were shedding everywhere before I could finish the wreath.  The next 5 boas, I picked up the fur feather boas.  They were thinner, but seemed to work better.  The poor clerk at my Hobby Lobby tried to get me to purchase the individual feathers, after I explained to her what I needed the boas for.  Now, let me ask you one thing.  Can you imagine me hot glue each individual feather to this wreath?  I'm not out of my mind.  After I realized that she was serious, I shut my mouth.  Thanked her and purchased the fur feather boas.  That's why I had to use so many boas, but so worth it.  I just wrapped the boas around the wreath and secured it with the floral pins.   I tied a decorative ribbon at the top for hanging purposes and made a bow on the wreath with the ribbon left over.  Have fun decorating! 

The wreath shown at my front door. 

Easter Wreath

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This bunny has been busy, busy preparing for Easter. A while back, my cousin Laura, posted this wreath with hopes to get one made up.  She got the idea from another blogger/crafter. 

Kristen's Creations posted this beautiful wreath tutorial last month and I fell in love with it.  Fortunately for me, I found just about everything that she used for this wreath at Hobby Lobby for half price.  Yes, I purchased everything shown for half the price.  There is quite a bit of work time to get everything just right.  This is a large grapevine wreath.  I worked on it during my spare time (ha), so it took me approximately 3-4 days to complete.  It turned out to be much bigger than I thought it would be, but I love it.  At first, I wanted to display this Easter greeting on my front door.  Uh huh, not going to happen because it's too big and thick. 

Kristen displayed daisies with her wreath.  As much as I love daisies, I thought it would be special to display the dogwood instead.  If I could have found small white Easter lilies, I probably would have added them too.  Instead, I used dainty pink and lavender Spring flowers. 

I liked the lavender mesh ribbon that Kristen used, but they were out of stock, so I used baby blue.  It doesn't show in the photo, but I found that the mesh ribbon to be quite cumbersome to work with.  In Kristen's instructions, she states to cut the ribbon 1 yard in length strips to tie around the wreath.  Well, my problem with that was the ribbon wanted to unravel right where I just cut it.  I was beginning to worry that I had made a mistake.  After I finished the project, I went back over it and just trimmed where it was needed.  It looks much better and I'm pleased. 

Katie had a fit when she got home this afternoon to see our wreath.  Beings it is too big for the front door, I've placed it on our Dining Room wall.  The same wall that I'm trying to find the perfect mirror for under $100.  LOL! 

If you would like to make this wreath or one similar, you can find the tutorial on Kristen's Creations' website. 

Happy Crafting!