Wreath

My wonderful mother let me use her glue gun to start my spring wreath (since I killed mine making my last crafty project). I got my idea for this wreath from this site.  First I gathered my supplies: 1 yard of burlap (3 strips and the rest in sqares), a glue gun, and a foam wreath.

Next I wrapped the strips around the wreath and hot glued it into place. Then I took the squares, folded them up, and glued them to the wreath. The original blogger did a much better job explaining, so if you want to make one be sure to check it out.

The original blogger used pins to push in the pieces of burlap, but I hot glued them. Let me tell you, I got MANY burns on my fingers. About half way through this project I was wishing I had used pins instead. Once I had finally gone all the way around the wreath I needed to make some flowers to brighten it up. I cut strips of colored fabric, folded it in half, and glued it. Then I cut slits in the fabric, rolled it up, and presto-a flower!

I made 4 flowers for the wreath and tried to match one to the color of our door. I think I got pretty close:

To finish it off, I tied a yellow bow at the top. Here is the finished product:

After 3 1/2 hours of crafting our door is all ready for spring!