I'm super excited to be here at A Vision to Remember! This is my first
blog swap and who better than to do it with the great Bobbie!
Her's is one of the first blogs I started following. She always has great
ideas and fun parties!
A little about me. I'm married to the man of my dreams. He is
my special helper on a lot of the hair brained projects I come
up with. Occasionally he's finishing them up as I drag myself to bed.
I have 3 daughters 11, 10 and 9 (yes it is as exhausting as
it sounds, ie. DRAMA) and a beautiful 18 month old boy.
I come from a very crafty family, but have only found my crafty gene
in the last few years. I discovered blogging about
4 months ago, and I'm hooked!
have been going crazy ever since. I call it
mommy time because that's what I tell my kids when I send
them to bed and they ask WHY? Because, I NEED
MOMMY TIME
On to the Tutorial:
4th of July Rag Wreath
I know it's a little early to be working on 4th of July
decorations, every year July rolls around and
I have nothing to put out and no time
to get anything done
Besides, I REALLY want to start Halloween and Christmas crafts,
but it's too early to do that, right??? (maybe next month)
This was a very easy inexpensive project I came up with
for our family craft night. We try to get together every few
weeks and eat food and craft.
I bought this fabric at Wal-Mart really cheap. Each wreath was about $6.
If I were to do it again, I would go with more VIVID colors,
although this matches perfectly with my house,
my front door is a burgundy color, and
it doesn't stand out as much as I would like.
Snip your fabric every 1" and rip into strips.
Then cut the strips at 6". I used about 1 yard
total, from 5 colors, for the wreath.
Take some wire hangers and bend them round
Tie the strips around the hanger in a single knot.
Squish it together as you go and fluff later.
This is my first attempt:
I was able to squish the strips together and fit a TON more fabric
Making it a lot FULLER.
I love how it turned out. It took me about 6 hours because
of all the gabbing and eating. Probably should have only
been about 1 hour. But that's what makes
crafting so much fun, right!!!
BUT WAIT....THAT'S NOT ALL
If you do this craft in the next 30 minutes, we'll throw in this
Bonus Craft - Separate Shipping & Handling may apply
(Don't you love those commercials?!?
Even my kids always say "But Wait")
Fire Crackers
for your table
I cut a 2x2 into 4", 6", and 8" lengths
Paint, glue on wick, wrap and you done.
Great kid craft, neighbor gift, anything
My cousin's version:
Aren't they beautiful? She's way more artistic than me.
Well, it's been great visiting over here at Bobbie's Blog. Come on over by
There is going to be some fun giveaways in
the next few weeks.
I love a pleated beautiful headband.
Super easy to make plus it looks really great
Line the inside of your headband with ribbon
Now start pleating the ribbon. Do it by hot gluing it down as you go.
Then when you get to the end of the headband cut the ribbon about an inch. Fold it over hot glue to the inside of the headband.
Look how awesome the headband looks. It looks great by itself.
Or even better with a pretty flower
