From Rags To... Wreath?

I went over to my parents house the other day and my Mom handed me a giant plastic bag and said, "Here's 10 yards of denim that a lady from Knit Well (the knit support group that my Mom runs) gave me. She bought it to make clothes for her husband but he didn't like the way the material felt. I figured you could use it for something." 
  

SCORE!!!
 

 Free is my favorite price and I'm lucky enough to have a family that regularly contributes free stuff to my crafting stash, much to Amazing Boyfriend Fiance's dismay. 
 

I brought it home and knew exactly what I wanted to make with it. 
 

 I signed up for the Craftaholics Anonymous semi-annual gift exchange and decided to make a wreath for my partner, Zoe! 

I cut my denim into 6 inch by 2 inch strips, although I wish I would have cut them longer. Maybe next time. Than I started tying them onto my wire wreath form and kept adding strips until my form was covered. 

Before I'd finished tying all my strips onto my wreath form, I attached a strip of ribbon as a wreath hanger. 

Once I had all the strips tied onto my wreath form, I still felt like it looked a little bare. 

So I decided to add a few fabric flowers, and what better to use than bandanas!

I traced out circles onto my bandanas, then used my pinking shears to cut out the layers for each flower before gluing them together.

I glued painted wooden hearts to the center of the flowers, because I felt like they needed something else there, and added pins to the back of the fabric flowers before pinning them on the wreath. 

I love how it turned out!

I hope she likes it!




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The Cure For The Post Christmas Blues

Have you ever noticed how bare everything looks after you take down all the Christmas decor? 
 

I notice it every year, especially at work since there's so much holiday decor, than one day it's all gone and the world seems a little depressing. 
  
 One of my best friends, Brandy Jeanne, has the coolest Dad-io in the world. 

(sorry about the cell phone pic, but it's the only proof we have that he rocked the pink apron)

He's all about the Christmas decor and their house is always decked out to the max, with multiple trees in the house and everything. 

But...
 

... after Christmas is over, and the holiday decorations have been packed up and put away in the attic, he goes through a post Christmas depression. 

 Since he's a big fan of my crafty endeavors, I thought to get him out of his post Christmas funk I'd make him a pretty winter wreath to hang on their front door. 

It's the least I can do since he donates all of his nice wooden cigar boxes to my craft stash. 

Thanks, Ken! 

Update 9/19/12: I've had many, many requests for a tutorial for this wreath, but I hate to let everyone know that I don't have one. I originally made this wreath with the intention of selling it in my Etsy shop, therefore I didn't make a tutorial. I've seen many tutorials for different tulle wreaths online and just adapted this wreath using the same ideas. Sorry for any inconvenience, but the materials aren't currently available to make a tutorial, so I'll have to wait until closer to Christmas when the wreath material is on sale to see if I can make another one for a tutorial.   

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