the kids' craft week starts today.
but on friday my neighbor amy and i got together to make ornament wreaths for us.
no kids.
we had both been collecting old ornaments for awhile....from the thrift shop...antique store....flea markets.
we started with this.
i tried the straw wreath and amy tried the styrofoam.
mine was 18 inches and amy's was 16 inches...both from michaels.
we ripped our scrap fabric into strips.
we wrapped and hot glued the fabric the wreath.
this is what the straw wreath looked like covered in fabric.
waffle likes crafts.
before we began with the ornaments we tied ribbon onto the wreath for hanging.
(and i had a ginormous cup of coffee....)
we both had LOTS of ornamnents.
amy brought her dog miley over with her for a playdate with the waffler.
but miley could care less about waffle...she liked looking out our big windows.
we began to hot glue the ornaments down.
there was no pattern....we just started gluing them on.
amy tried putting all her big ornaments on first and filling in after with smaller ones.
i put all different sizes on all around as i went.
they both worked.
and we glued.
and GLUED.
we went through A LOT of hot glue sticks...the big big kind.
we finally had to take a lunch break after two hours.
we both had no idea it would take this long.
i finally had to leave and go pick up my kids from school when we were almost FOUR hours into this project.
we must be the slowest crafters in the world.
lauren took some pictures.....
waflle loves amy more than anyone else.
more than me.
more than craig.
she is his most favorite.
this is when we quit.
i still want to add a few more really small silver ornaments throughout....when i can get to target for more.
amy went to the store and got pink for hers and it's so cute!
i will show you mine again when i finish it.
i told craig later that night "it felt really good to just sit and make that....calming"
it was a great day for crafting.
and i found my new favorite lunch....buffalo chicken wrap at karen's kitchen!
double bonus day.
i was inspried by michelle's wreath 2 years ago and so happy that i finally made it.
also we googled "ornament wreath" and there are pages of different wreaths to fill you with ideas.
our favorite was the one that used tinsel around the wreath instead of fabric....but we didn't have any tinsel.
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craft week starts today!
you can see last years craft week HERE
