Patriotic Wreath

I just love Red*White*Blue!!  It makes me happy because it is a great time of year and a great day to celebrate our freedoms!

I made this using my coffee filter wreath that I made a while back that had "Spring" in the middle, I took that off and added this by using T-pins {that way I can change it out seasonally}.

I used all Canvas Corp Products {Paper, Canvas, Twine, Mini clothespins}.

Enjoy your day!

Spring Wreath and Flea Market Stuff...

I am super late posting this project since it says Spring, it is almost summer

{it feels like it}

and I am about to change out the embellishment for the 4th of July.

My cute friend, Ashley, came over a few weeks ago

 and we made coffee filter wreaths together, super easy but time consuming!

 It looks like something you can eat, like a meringue.

 I sent more items to sell at my local flea market, I love these glass containers that I bought for Kate's birthday party...I just don't have anywhere to store them.  So, I made cute tags to put on them with a little ribbon.  Hopefully they will sell, who knows!

Enjoy your day.

The Wedding Watch Party!!

Wasn't Princess Kate stunning today, I also think Prince William was dashing himself!

It was fun at the party even though I wasn't able to stick around for too long.

I just wanted to share with you the photos of the decorations that were made

for the big day!

When I was making this banner, I thought everything needs just

a touch of burlap...

This was the embellishment on the coffee filter wreath that Jessica made for the front door.

I used Canvas Corp burlap shaped heart as a perfect backdrop to the royal couple.

This was the refreshment table, the color of Alicia's dining room was perfect for the royal wedding also. Jessica found these faux branches at Hobby Lobby that we hung pictures of William and Kate plus some extended family on it. We added a little bit of chandelier crystals to it for a fancy touch.

On some of the tags, with the help of my sister...Janis, we added a coffee filter to create a wedding dress look, just for fun!

I just adore this picture of Princess Diana and her boys, she was such an amazing mother to them. Simple addition to the bottom of the branches was a strip of burlap tied into a knot with a painted {canvas corp} canvas mini heart with W & K initials on it. I also used a Canvas Corp mini clothespin and covered it with bling.

Jessica found these monogram sandwich picks at Hobby Lobby for her cucumber sandwiches, yum!

The ultimate was this fabulous Donut Wedding Cake...

Here are the little favor bags filled with the pearl-like Sixlets.

Here is a glimpse of Jessica {left} and Janis wearing their hats to celebrate the occasion.

I hope that you enjoyed seeing the watch party.

What a beautiful wedding. I wish William & Kate many years

of happiness...

Happy Cupcake Wreath to Me!!!

My creative friend, Leslie, made this little pretty for me!!

A Cupcake Wreath!

I was freaking out when she brought it to my door!

Aren't I the luckiest gal in the world?!!

I posted more pictures of it over at

Magnolia Junk

so you can see the other sides of it.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Canvas Family Wreath by Birgit Koopsen

I am seriously inspired.

Birgit Koopsen sent me this picture of her gorgeous wreath

this morning...You have to see the detail that she put

into making this!!

I am going to totally make one of these.

I met Birgit at CHA and sent her home to The Netherlands

with the Canvas Corp products she used in the wreath.

You have to go see her creative blog:

Birgit Koopsen

Thank you my friend!!

Grateful Front Door Decor...made from a Charger!!!

Yesterday I happened to look down and see my Thanksgiving chargers

 that I have and instantly envisioned it to be on my front door! 

Even though I had tons to do yesterday

{we have Young Women in Excellence tomorrow...

hopefully I will have pictures of that up soon!},

I whipped this one together fairly quick.

Another super easy project! 

I also love it when I have everything on hand

 and no "quick" trips to HobLob!

The gold actually "glows" from down the street. 

I am sure my neighbors are wondering what the heck

I have on my front door!

 Gathering stuff...

 I was able to "MacGyver" how the plate is hung from the back using a brooch pin.

 Enjoy your day!

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Jaime at Baezablog made her version here!

Halloween Wreath

I made this "scary" wreath today!

I love the brightness of the orange with the contrasting black! :)

  I used a graphic from the Graphics Fairy for the middle of the wreath.  The wreath is a 10" size.  I just wrapped the fabric around it and did a basic square knot.

It is a fun decoration companion to my Halloween front door decor here. 

Enjoy!

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Spring Wreath...made with PaperTowels!!

Leslie and I had so much fun making this project.  It took us 3 separate days to finish because of time and nap schedules.  It seriously was so easy and I would like to call it a "Free Spirit" kind of project because we didn't really worry about everything matching perfectly!

Our inspiration came from Nicole over at Made By Nicole Blog {click here to go to her tutorial}, at the end of this post I have a picture of her wreath that started it all!

Can You Believe they are made out of PAPERTOWELS?!!

We attached the flowers to a burlap wrapped wreath.  We used pinking shears cutting out several of the circles.  We "distressed" a lot of the pieces by wrinkling them up.  We even added some silk, tulle and fabric pieces.  We had fun going through our embellishment stash to had a little whimsy and bling!

{We used food coloring in 4 separate little bottles to color the white papertowels and coffee filters.  I think by using food coloring it came out more pastel than Nicole's vibrant colors.}

{You can click on the pictures for a bigger view}

I love how big Leslie made her flowers.  I am still trying to talk Leslie into either doing her own blog or guest blogging for me.  Help me let her know that we need to share her talents with everyone! ;)

In Leslie's bottom flower, she rolled a coffee filter that we also colored in a "tube" and then she made it into a circle to place more inside.  I really liked that one!

This is Nicole's wreath!  Thanks Nicole for sharing your talents with us!

Have a Bright Day!
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What Leslie and I are up to...

Come back here tomorrow, I am hosting a FABULOUS Giveaway from Ana Paula from her GET CRAFTIN' blog.

You don't want to miss it!!

Leslie and I were inspired by a wreath made from dyed papertowels,

check out it on the Made By Nicole blog.

You will seriously freak out how beautiful it is, especially to know that it is made with papertowels!

We dyed the papertowels the other day using food coloring in little spray bottles.

I used my old Bath and Body Works body spray bottles {travel size}

We are going to try to finish it tomorrow!!  It has been a fun project so far!!!