Mini Pods Thanksgiving Wreath

This is a wreath I made last year, but since I am all about reusing (and so totally poor), up it went for this year's Thanksgiving decor. I love the fall-ness (is that a word?) that it brings into my home; it is simple both to make and to display.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

1. Wreath form (I used a twine one that I already had)

2. A pack of mini pods (I found mine at Michaels)

3. Glue Gun

4. Ribbon

It's a relatively easy project. It is a little boring though. Just go around and glue your little pods to the wreath form, pressing tightly. TIP:  if you're watching TV or a movie while doing this project, make sure you look at what you're doing when using a hot like lava glue gun. Just sayin'.

Here's another close up for you. Add some ribbon and hang wherever your heart desires. 

You can hang it on your front door, or in front of a window or on the mantle. 

Here's mine one the mantle.

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Chevron Wreath {Tutorial}

I have been wanting to make a chevron wreath for awhile, but of course...like anything else, I find myself procrastinating ALL.THE.TIME. This was a very easy project and can be done with any kind of fabric.

For this project you will need:

- wreath form (if you have a foam one, it will turn out more uniform, 

but I only had this ugly twisted thing and using what I have is my kind of project)

- canvas (or burlap, or felt, or fabric, or ribbon)

- main feature fabric (you'll need one 3-4 inch wide strip of fabric. 

I cut out along the width of my fabric)

- glue gun

TUTORIAL

As you can see in the picture above, there are legos all over the place in the background. It's just how I like pictures to be - with a very artsy background...ha! (right....it had nothing to do with the fact that I'd rather craft than clean up the toys all over my living room floor).

Step 1. So I basically just wrapped my canvas fabric around occasionally adding some hot glue to keep it in place. I don't have a picture of the next step, but I just took my chevron fabric strip and sowed it by hand, so I can gather it at the to make a long ruffle, enough to go around my wreath

Step 2. The last step was to hot glue my chevron ruffle to the canvas covered wreath form. And that's it.

Step 3 - I just hung it up by sliding the wreath holder in between the canvas and my ruffle, but you could probably finish the project properly and just hot glue some ribbon on the back making a loop to hang the wreath from.

Step 4 - is an actual step back to admire your new wreath. 

The project took 20 minutes to complete, so put it on your crafting calendar and whip it up in no time.

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Peppermint Wreath - for $1!!!!

This is a project I have wanted to do since september (yes, I think of Christmas even in September) and could not wait to start on Christmas projects. Here's my $1 peppermint candy wreath...sAweet!

I started out by piling up everything I thought would work for this wreath. The only thing I bought was the bag of star light mints from the Dollar Store.

I wrapped my wreath with some wide ribbon, to make it a little more even. But if you have a foam form, that would probably work even better. I was going for a cheap project and so I used what I had. Important tip: make sure you have enough ribbon BEFORE you glue your ribbon. As you can see I didn't. I decided to go ahead and make the wreath with only half of it covered with ribbon.

Then, I remembered I had the cutest washi tape ever, and just wrapped the rest of the wreath with that. It would've been nice to have it all covered with the tape. Oh well. Cheap, impatient and really interested in the movie I was watching with my hubs while doing this project.

I just glued the candies in no particular pattern. Put enough glue to cover the whole back of the candy, but not too much, because it will ooze out and not look pretty. I would press it down with my finger for a few seconds, to ensure proper adhesion.

When I finished gluing the peppermints, I went back and added a few red cake decorating beans in the spots where it looked kind of lonely empty.

Add some ribbon to attach it, make a cute bow and you're done! Super cute holiday wreath for $1.

Just a little disclaimer and tip: this project can get boring, so watch a movie while doing this. However, be careful not to burn your finger with your hot lava glue gun, like I did here.

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Mini Pods Wreath

Here's a wreath I started making back in September, but after a very unhappy mishap with my glue gun AND a two month separation, I just finished in time for my fall/thanksgiving decor. 

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

1. Wreath form (I used a twine one that I already had)

2. A pack of mini pods (I found mine at Michaels)

3. Glue Gun

4. Ribbon

It's a relatively easy project. It is a little boring though. Just go around and glue your little pods to the wreath form, pressing tightly. TIP:  if you're watching TV or a movie while doing this project, make sure you look at what you're doing when using a hot like lava glue gun. Just sayin'.

Add some ribbon and attach wherever your heart desires. 

Hugs,                                                                                                                       

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Book page wreath

Here's another awesome project made by my awesome friend and blog contributor, Lindsay. Behold, a book page wreath.

and here's a close-up...

Hopefully I can make a tutorial with pictures. But for now, just a few instructions and tips:

1. Rip pages from a book you will not use for reading or that is not a precious work of art (this one is a dated dictionary)

2. Start folding them horizontally in an accordion-like manner

3. Take a wreath form and attach ribbon for hanging

4. Go around the wreath and hot glue the folded pieces of paper to the wreath. When you finish one layer, proceed with a new circle.

Enjoy!

Hugs and happy fall,

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