I've made several recipes I've found on there and they were rather successful. My latest completed projects are a fall wreath and a centerpiece for our dining room table. I had been looking for a pretty wreath for our door for a while now, but had not really found anything that seemed quite right. They all seemed to have too big, dead looking flowers. You know the kind of thing your grandma would have. Now I love grandmas, they're great, but I don't necessarily love their style. So, as usual when faced with this sort of dilemma, I turned to Pinterest. And, Voila! Here is what I found.
This was much more my style! So yesterday, between breakfast and football, I went to Hobby Lobby. Even got my dear, sweet, hubby to go with me. Well, he was already with me, but he was fine with going in too. :)
I picked out my fabric as well as some other things for another project, and we went about our day. We got to spend today just lazing around the house and relaxing, which was so nice. We caught up on some of our favorite shows and just hung out. While we were watching tv, I made my wreath.
Now, I know. Mine isn't as full as the one on Pinterest. But, that was intentional. I knew that our apartment number needed to be visible. And I wanted the peephole to still be functional. So I made the strips of fabric a little shorter than the directions said. I'm pretty proud of my first crafting effort. I even did the clever trick of installing one of those command hooks upside down and using it as the hook for the wreath, see?
The other project I did today was one that I had been wanting to complete for a while. Steve and I had some pretty bottles from our honeymoon, and I hated to just throw them out. So, you guessed it. I searched Pinterest for a way to decorate and transform them. And I must say, I'm super pleased with these!
And here's a closeup of the scrapbook paper I used.
The only thing I'm lacking here is a filler for the bottles. Still thinking that one over. Maybe some dry beans or seeds? Not sure. I do know that I fully intend on replicating this project for Christmas. Which by the way, I'm already getting excited about that. I cannot wait to decorate, and bake, and put up the tree. And most importantly, to see my family. I miss you guys and love you so much! It'll be a very happy day when I see them!
I do have plans for one more project this week. Pumpkins! I've gotten paint and some ideas for decorating them, now to just carry out the plans. I'm thinking it might be a good project for Thursday, when Steve is in school for nearly forever. At least it seems like that!
I'm sorry my posts on here are so sporadic, but I'm still getting the feel for this. It's hard for me to wrap my head around people actually caring about our day to day and what I have to say about it. And oftentimes, I feel as though the moment has passed before I get a chance to write. I'm hoping with winter that I'll be able to sit and write more. I do enjoy it a lot. And I look forward to seeing what you guys think of my newfound crafty side!
