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Bye Bye Bear, Hello Fall
by
Grace
(IC: homeowner)
5 Materials
$4.99
3 Days
Easy
Ever since Meegan @whatmeeganmakes got me into making wreaths, I've decided to make a wreath for every season, not necessarily for every holiday, but mostly by each season.
I have one each for the Spring, Valentine's day, Summer, and the Winter/Christmas, but not for the Fall. I was inspired by a project of a blogger named Michelle@The Painted Hinge. She had a simply painted white wreath and wanted to incorporate something like that in my next wreath project.
I have one each for the Spring, Valentine's day, Summer, and the Winter/Christmas, but not for the Fall. I was inspired by a project of a blogger named Michelle@The Painted Hinge. She had a simply painted white wreath and wanted to incorporate something like that in my next wreath project.
The bear was cute, but I bought this wreath mainly for its wreath material. The Bear and her belongings had to go.
They came off easily and hubby cut a piece of the board I had in my stash for the backing.
I gave a coat of gray primer because it was something I had, but I think in the future, I will invest in white primer. I thought the final product didn't look as white as I wanted it to be. Oh well....live and learn.
I gave 3 coats of white spray paint in matte finish. I gave another coat of clear varnish in matte finish as well. I painted the backing board in chalkboard paint.
After attaching the backing, I traced "give thanks" on a piece of graph paper from a stencil I had and then transfered it to the backing.
I used white chalk paint I had and hand painted the words. I think I should have done this before attaching them together. Oh well..
Hehe, it's done and I snuck in another small project I was working on.
Next step, I wanted to use these pine cones I picked up from my hubby's work. :)
When I was contemplating how to arrange the pine cones, I realized they were perhaps too tall and they would rub against the storm door and possibly get ruined, so I decided to cut them in half.
I just LOVED the color and the dry texture of the pine cones and couldn't part with any of them. Silly, isn't it? So I decided to use all of them. My DIY fairy godmother, Larrisa @ prodigal pieces also agreed that it was a good idea to use them all.
I found a roll of ribbon tape at Michael's. I used their 50% off coupon, so even though it was pricey at $10.00, I got it for 4.99 and there were 10 yards to it. It was a worthy investment I think.
What do you think? Isn't it simple and chic? I think the ribbon tape is just perfect. How would you call this style considering what the wreath used to be?
Here is the last comparison shot.
Random and sneaky. :P
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Suggested materials:
- Pre-owned wreath (Goodwill)
- Board for backing (my stash)
- Paint (my stash)
- Pine cones (hubby's work parking lot)
- Ribbon tape (Michale's)
Published September 14th, 2016 9:26 PM
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