Well, I painted my front door black and I love it. The only problem is from the road it looks like a big. . . black . . . hole. It really just looks like there is no door. I love how it looks but it just needed something. I decided that I wanted to make a fall wreath and saw a square wreath on someone's blog (sorry, can't remember whose it was - would love to give credit so if it was yours please let me know!)
I didn't want to spend much money because I'm "frugal" like that - so my budget was $10.00. I bought 5 stems of leaves from the Dollar Tree (but only used 4), a roll of ribbon from the Dollar Tree, 6 picks from Michael's (4 at .59 each and 2 @ .99 each - in the Christmas section but great fall colors), and the cardboard I already had at home.
I simply cut my cardboard into a square"ish" shape and cut out the middle (trust me, I didn't measure and it is no where near a perfect square - but in the end it makes no difference). I pulled each of the leaves off of the stems and separated into colors (I am usually not that organized but felt the need to do that this time!) Then, I simply went around the board hot glueing on the leaves. I did find that the leaves on the top looked better when I cut the stem off of the leaves some so they wouldn't show. The ones underneath you can't see so I didn't take the time to do that, plus the plastic "veins" helped the leaves keep some shape. I am tickled with how it turned out.
It looks so good on the front door, you know. . . the front door you can now see!
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11 comments:
I HEART you fall Wreath! I love the fact that it is square! I am always looking for something more unique. And the fact it is under $10...even better!
Your wreath looks great! I love that it's a square - so different. I made a dollar store wreath too but mine is the usual circle shape. I also recently painted my front door black - wanted to for over a year and finally got around to it! Great job and under $10!! Isn't being thrifty fun?!
Lori
www.thriftydecormom.blogspot.com
I painted my door black too. Your wreath is really cute. I love that it's square.
Thanks for stopping by and checking out my wreath.
Janet @ Cul-de-Sac Chic
Love the wreath..........I believe it maybe the best one I've seen on the blogs (I think it being square makes it unique)!
Love the wreath! I really like the bling you added at the bottom ;o)
A square wreath with bling- awesome! Love that it was $10!
Really, really like this. Saw someone do this on another blog but it was a circle. Can't believe the dollar store leaves are so pretty this year! Good work, Anna! :)
I LOVE THIS! Cheap is the best way to decorate! I will definitely be using this idea after to take my Halloween stuff into Thanksgiving! :)
I like the idea of a square wreath and made of cardboard. Great idea for the heavy pizza boxes. thanks, I'm giving this a try.
That is so pretty! Those colors are perfect!
Just wanted you to know I featured your craft on my blog tonight. :) YOu can check it out here:
http://leemeandthegirls.blogspot.com/2010/10/why-didnt-i-think-of-that.html
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