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Easter Rag Wreath and Easter Mantel

24 Mar posted by Debbie

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I am almost done with my Easter decorations. I have just one more project to do and one minor finishing touches on another. Today I am going to show you how to make a Rag Wreath and give you a glimpse of my mantel.

Before I go any further though, I want to beg you to not judge me by my pictures. I just purchased Photoshop Elements and I am challenged at this moment. I want to do so many things and I need to sit down and learn. If you purchase Photoshop I highly recommend Erin at How to Nest For Less Photoshop series. You can find her series here. I personally need to sit down and go through her series. I have learned how to make headers and buttons but Im seriously lacking on the photo editing side.

I spotted this cute fabric at Wal-Mart and they were already cut into slices.

The slices were originally cut in 2.5″ x 41″. I cut them into 1.25″ x 5.125″. I laid them in the pattern I wanted to tie them on. Next I got a wire hanger. For my project I wanted a smaller wreath for where I was hanging it so I used a children’s size wire hanger.

I tried shaping it the best I could into and egg shape. I tied the fabric in a single knot and tied till I think I couldn’t tie anymore. Then I used my muscles and pushed the fabric together on opposite sides to open up more room. I then filled it in with more fabric.

I then hung my finished product with ribbon, push pin and placed above my mantel.

Here is a glimpse of my mantel. I am not done with everything you see below. I still need to paint my pots for the fabric egg topiaries and you will see that in a post next week.

I think it turned out cute! But, I would love to get ideas from you because it must have been a man who designed our house because who puts a fireplace underneath the staircase? I hate having to decorate it because of the slant. Do you guys have any ideas?

The egg topiaries will be featured this week but if you want to take a peak at the ribbon topiary tutorial I did you can find that here.

I hope you all have a great weekend!

I party here!

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Easter Wreath with Tulle, Ribbon and Sequin Eggs

5 Mar posted by Debbie

Last month I hosted a giveaway for a customized tulle wreath and my new friend Briana at Babblings and More was the winner. I am almost done with the wreath but wanted to show you what it looked like before I add her custom monogram initial.

Here are the supplies you’ll need:

Wreath form
4 spools of tulle
1 spool of ribbon with at least 9 yards
Eggs for embellishments

Here is how you start. Cut your tulle into 12″ long strips. I cut 22 pieces of each. I then realized that it needed to have more color to make it pop so I added the plaid ribbon you’ll see in the finished product. I added the ribbon between the yellow and green. I tied each piece in a double knot including the ribbon.

At the end I hot glued the eggs in a pattern at the bottom of the wreath and voila! You have an Easter wreath.

Here is the finished product on two different doors. My Mom, who is visiting from Florida, and I couldn’t decide which picture we liked better.

Now all I have to do is add her initial R, mod podge and glitter it. How cute is that?

Updated: Here is the final wreath with the initial added

Have you made an Easter wreath yet?

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Easter Wreath Tutorial

17 Feb posted by Debbie

I guess I love wreaths because that seems to be all I have been making lately. With Easter coming I thought it would be appropriate to make a wreath to go along with my topiary I made. You can find my post on the topiary here. By the way my pictures stink. I so need to learn how to use my fancy camera. At least the final picture with my iphone turned out fabulous! Now to the tutorial:

Items you’ll need:

Wire hanger turned into a circle. My hubby cut the handle off (FREE)
8 different ribbons-I used 35 pieces of each about 7″ long. ($20.00 for ribbon)
1 color of tulle-cut into a 5″ rectangle ($2.99 at Michael’s)
Easter eggs on wire I got at Michael’s ($8.00 for all)
Wooden Initial (Reused from my Valentine’s wreath-Michael’s $2.99)
Mod Podge
Glitter

Step one:

I laid out my ribbons in the pattern I wanted. In my last ribbon I didn’t have enough for each so I alternated with the polka dot, pink glitter and then purple glitter. Once I got halfway through I realized I wanted a little tulle so I cut a tiny 4-5″ rectangle and put the blue tulle between the plaid ribbon and pink ribbon. I already had the plaid ribbon from Costco. I got the plain organza ribbon from Hobby Lobby for $2.50 during their 50% off ribbon sale. The polka dot and glitter ribbons were from Michael’s and they were on sale as well.

I started tying the ribbon and tulle on the wire hanger in a single knot following the pattern.

Keep tying until you fill your hanger. You think you’r done tying and your not. Use your muscles and push the ribbon together on each side of the wreath. Look at the picture below. Wow, you have a lot more ribbon to add now!

You want to make it full and pretty

Here it is all full and fluffy Now you will take your wooden E and mod podge and glitter it to your liking. Add your eggs by placing them where you want, wrap the wire around the wreath and tuck in between the ribbons. Trim off the excess wire.

And now the final product:

I hung my glitter initial with the tulle I had. Easy peasy. It does take a while to make this wreath I got my boy to help me cut ribbon and tulle and I tied while watching a show. I love how this turned out. As my Kindergartner would say. That looks fancy Mom! Much much cheaper than buying a pre-made one this nice in the store

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