Ornament Wreath

I am sure you have seen about 200 of these on the web, but I wanted one, so I did. I saw one at Pier One had one for at least $30, it was all red and beautiful, but mine cost $9, so ha!
Here is a link to the original wreath that others, better than me, have copied.

I used one wire hanger, glue gun, a ton of dollar store ornaments, and ribbon.

First step is to hot glue all of your ornament tops to the ornament itself so that it will not fall off. This is time consuming but worth it, and it will ensure your wreath lasts.
Next, make your wire hanger into a circular shape and make it ready for putting on your ornaments.

Put all of your ornaments on. I used 8 tubes of various sizes of dollar store ornaments. I would guess it took maybe 75 or more. The wreath is bigger, so you could use less and make a smaller wreath. As you put the ornaments on they will settle in place and start to hide the wire hanger.

Once you have them all on you can carefully close the hanger by wrapping one end around the other. This can be hard, other wise you could glue or tape the ends together, and hide it with a ribbon.

I added a ribbon, and hung it nicely on my door. It is so thick that with the storm door, the door barely closes, but it works, and I love it. Now I just need to find more time to make all the other Christmas things I want to make! Merry Christmas to all, I hope you are having a blessed holiday season. 

Turkey Towel

This year I wanted to make something special for the Grandparents for Thanksgiving. I found some cheap dish towels, and flour sack cloth at the dollar store, and we decided  to make some turkey towels.

Brady helped by making hand turkeys with paint on the flour sack cloth. I added a few embellishments, and personalized it for each Grandparent.

Then I sewed the turkeys on the dish towels.

They kind of look like Brady sewed them, but I am okay with that, and the Grandparents like them so that is all that matters. Happy Thanksgiving!

4th of July wreath

I tried over and over to make a cute Fourth of July wreath, and this what I came up with. The other options just weren't cutting it. This one is pretty plain, but it still adds a bit of patriotism.

The wreath is from the dollar store, and the stars are from the dollar bin at Joann's. Very cost effective. I tied the stars on with some bandanna scraps, and called it good.

Hope you all have a wonderful and safe Fourth of July!