Hot PInk Chevron Valentines Day Wreath {Tutorial}

I can not even believe how talented this lady is! This wreath was made by Jen over at Tatertots & Jello.  I love the Chevron fabric. You have to take a look at her blog. She has been doing this for a while & you can tell. She has great ideas & easy to follow instructions.

Here are Jen's beautiful decorations & how to instrucitons in her own words :)

Great Job Jen!

I love making wreaths!! Maybe it’s a sickness. But each year I want to make a new wreath for each holiday. And Valentine’s Day ♥ is becoming one of my favorite holidays to decorate for.

In the fall I went crazy one night and ordered every single color of chevron I could find. And one of my favorite ones was the Hot Pink Chevron –

from Premier Fabrics.

To make this wreath:

I started off with a Dollar Store Wreath

Then I wrapped some quilt batting around the form. And cut a 3-inch wide strip of chevron fabric and wrapped it around the wreath form.

Then I took one of those foam packages of hearts — they are about $2 at your craft store.

I bought two different sizes of the hearts – one small and the other a little bigger. Then to make them 3-D I folded them a little bigger and sewed them.

Then I glued them on the wreath. I started with the big hearts and then filled in with the smaller ones.

Then I took an old window that I had and taped some polka-dotted cellophane to the back.

You could also add some colored paper to the back. Or even some doilies or fabric for color.

It’s a really easy and fun wreath for the ♥♥♥ Holiday!

How to make a Paper Cone Christmas Wreath

I fell in love with this when I saw it. This paper cone wreath is adorable & believe it or not...looks super easy to make. Even the ruffled crepe paper circle looks easy.  This wreath & the peguin party are design from Frog Prince Paperie  There are tons of party ideas, tips & tricks. Everything is so beautiful. Here are the instructions on how to make your own from the designer herself:

I am giving instructions here for the large double rowed wreath, but you can follow the same method for a single layer wreath. The materials for this project are very (very) basic:

• Cardstock in two shades of green (6 to 7 sheets of each)
• 8 inch cardboard cake circle
• 4 inch paper circle with graphics
• 5 inch paper circle in complimentary color to 4 inch graphic
• Green crepe paper (I used a roll of streamers)
• Red buttons
• Ribbon for hanging (mine is 1.5 inch red satin)
• Glue gun

Step 1: Cut your paper. The larger ring I did in the darker shade of green. These need to be cut to 4.25 inches square.  The smaller ring is a lighter green, and cut to 3.75 inches. The number of squares you need will vary depending on how tightly you roll your cones and how you place them. There are 21 large and 16 smaller cones in the wreaths in the picture above as a loose guideline.

Step 2: Make your cones!

This is probably the most important tip when making this wreath: make sure you fold all your cones the same direction. Right over left or left over right–just be consistent!

 

I went with right over left. If you’re using a heavy card stock like I did here, you absolutely have to pre-fold them so you don’t end up with glue in unpleasant places.

Just a little hot glue on the inside of the top edge–

And we have cones. I used hot glue because the paper is pretty strong, and didn’t want to stay put with double sided tape or a glue stick.

Step 3: Arranging your cones. 

It’s good to do a quick pre-flight to make sure you have enough cones to make your wreath shape. I needed a guide to show me that I had the cones all in a perfect circle, so i used my lens cap in the center. A bigger guide would have resulted in a bigger wreath!

Step 4: Gluing down.

Work two or three at a time to glue down all your perfectly placed cones. remember to step back every few and make sure everything is still lining up!

Step 5: Row two!

The top circle with the smaller cones is created the same way as the first circle. Only this time there is no guide and all the pointy ends touch. Glue them all down a few at a time with hot glue.

Step 6: Giving the center some bling. 

My 4 inch circle in the center was made from the circles in the penguin party printables. I traced a bowl from the kitchen onto red card stock to make my 5 inch circle (nothing but the best in crafting tools here!)

Using the adhesive of your choice, layer the two circles together.

Step 7: Ruffles! 

This only looks intimidating. It’s not. Real simple stitch there–just use your needle and thread to run a quick hem stitch along one of the edges of your crepe paper and pull the paper gently to gather it.

Keep ruffling until you have enough to go around the outside of your 5 inch circle. I forgot to measure this step for you–shame on me.

Turn over your layered circle and glue your ruffle around the edge.

Ta-dah! It’s ready to go in the center of your wreath! Just hot glue it down like everything else. Your option to add the buttons here.

Step 8: Hanging it up.

I glued a 1.5 inch red double faced satin to the back to hang my wreath with. Make sure you glue the ribbon down from the center to the edge, or else the wreath will fall forward when you hang it up. And that would just look silly.

And you’re ready to hang it up. I can’t wait to see all the creative variations of this out there–send them in and I’ll show them off!

I can't wait to make one of these! But I guess I should finish the paper straw & coffee filter wreaths first! :)

Here one that I made for my sons class party.

How to make Ruffled Wreath

 

Found this today at Dixie Delights. It looks like it requires a little patience. But with a price tag of seven dollars (per wreath) it is soooooooo totally worth it!

For each wreath you'll need:
14" foam wreath
400 1-4 cup coffee filters
hot glue

1. Wrap the wreath by spreading out coffee filters and hot gluing to attach.

2. I then separated about 50 filters in a big pile.  You want to fold the filter in fourths.  So, fold in half once and then in half again.  You'll want to pinch the bottom of the fold tightly but leave the ruffled part loose and ruffled.

3.  Apply hot glue to the point of the folded filter. 

4.  Attach the filter to the wreath.  I essentially covered all parts of the wreath that were seen when it's laying flat.  I figured having a flat back would make it much easier to hang.  Place them close together on the wreath.

5.  Repeat, making your way around the wreath until covered!  I used nearly all 400 filters on one wreath.

6.  I looped a wide, satin ribbon around the wreath and hung from the top of my living room bookcase with a strong staple gun staple.  Here's the finished back and finished front!

Paper Straw Christmas Wreath part one

I saw a picture of a Paper straw Christmas wreath on the newest issues of Womans Day.

 I was planning on coming home & making one, but decided to google it first. The lady over at Tatertots & Jello, apparently had the same idea. I figured that while I am creating mine, I would share hers with you. This way you can get a head start on yours. Here are the directions that she followed, I will be following up with mine soon!

Supplies

• Dollar store Foam Wreath (is what I used)
• Ribbon to wrap around the outside of the wreath
• Striped Straws (I used about 75 straws – it will depend on how wide your wreath is)
• Hot glue and glue gun
• Ribbon for a Bow

Here’s what  she did:

• 1. I wrapped the wreath with some wide ribbon, overlapping and hot glued the ends down.
• 2. Then I trimmed half of the straws — 1/3 off the ends with scissors.
• 3. I hot glued each straw on, alternating between the long and shorter straws. I held each straw parallel to the wreath so they laid flat and uniform.
• 4. I tied a bow and hot glued it onto the wreath and added a little glittered snowflake.
• 5. To hang up the wreath, I hot glued a little piece of twine on the back of the wreath, making a little loop.