First, I followed a friend of mine's blog to make this great ornament wreath!
It wasn't too hard once I got my glue gun working properly.
Before I could make the wreath, I had to make some linen ornaments, that she also describes on the DIY blog. I loved how these turned out and made some burlap ornaments to go with them in a bowl for decor.
I took the linen ornaments a step further when making my friend Amy some ornaments for her Christmas wedding:
One has her invitation wrapped around the ornament and the other has her new married initials. If you want to know how I did this, I can tell you - just email me!
My sweet friend Kimberly turned 30 a few weeks ago, so I wanted to do something extra special for her. I bought some Ethiopian burlap coffee bags (they are in the process of adopting from Ethiopia) and came up with this wreath idea:
I read online about all the different ways you can make a burlap wreath and I decided to go with the small strips tied all the way around a wire-form wreath. I cut the strips to about 1 inch by 15 inches. I probably used about 60 strips. I cut a bow out of red burlap and hairsprayed it so it would not unravel as easily and be stiff enough for a bow. I figure you can mix and match bows for different seasons:
I think I am about to give in and join pintrest...enjoying using my creative side. More to come!
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