Creating Holiday Cheer

So, I was in Canton last month, surprise surprise, with my boo Amber. We were doing our thing we came across this cute little booth that was heavy with Halloween decor. We found these cute little candy corn wood cut outs that could be personalized for any occasion or name. I don't know why I put occasion, whose gonna put happy St. Patrick's Day on a candy corn painted in fall colors. Anyway, we decided to get us both one with our last names. We wanted to make wreaths for our doors. Well I was going to make my parents one and lets face it, I was going to make Amber's too. Love her to death, but she is as creative as her husband.......Just to give you an idea of this trip to Canton check this pick out....

There was literally no room to see out of the rear view mirror!! With that being said, it was a very successful trip!! Alright, back to the whole point of this blog........A Holiday Wreath!

We bought some grapevine wreaths in Canton for like $4 a piece, if you look up, you can see them in the back of Amber's car. Great deal on such large door wreaths. From there I went to one of my favorite stores ever, Hobby Lobby, to pick up several pieces of fall decor to add to the wreath and our cute Candy Corn Name Tags.

As you can see there's a whole lot of mess just waiting to happen. And right in the middle is my best friend for the day, my glue gun. If you look closely, you can see the candy corn. This was a real beast to add to the wreath since I was trying to glue wood to sticks. Not the easiest combination. With a little wire, and a whole lotta hot glue, that baby isn't going anywhere. Depending on how you want your wreath to look depends on the color of greenery and flowers you buy. I purchased small pumpkins, dry grasses, a few feathers and lots of orange and red berries and a few hydrangeas. Putting it all together is rather simple. Just start adding to it with all your accessories making sure one side isn't heavier than the other. Remember it's just glue, so it can be ripped off and re-applied elsewhere. Also, less is more is out the window here. We want to make a statement from the street, so a few pieces wont do the trick.

As you can see I have grasses coming from behind the name late and feathers on the other side for balance. all the colors mesh well and the only thing that sticks out is the name plate!!! PERFECT!!

It literally took me about 15 minutes!! Delivered it to the parents house and viola!!!

Thoughts.......


Oh and I did this one too.....