Even though the weather is still very summer like, I have been dying to put up my fall decorations. I love seeing all the fall crafts and activities on other blogs and Pinterest. So I decided it was time to make my fall wreath. I have been looking for inspiration for several weeks, and it finally struck when I saw this simple burlap wreath at Create Craft Love.

Here is what you need:
A wreath- I got this straw wreath at Walmart for $2.50.
Burlap cut into strips
Fall Leaves and Flowers
Twine
Paint
Ribbon
Hot Glue

1. I started with this straw wreath. It was very messy once I took the plastic off, so be prepared for that. I wrapped it in the burlap and hot glued the ends down.

 

2. I arranged and glued on the fall leaves and fall colored flowers.

3. Next came the bunting. I cut out the triangles and the letters on my cricut. I cut out burlap triangles and then used the letters as stencils.

4. I was planning on stopping here, but as Husband and I looked at it we agreed that it just felt like it was missing something. So I added this ribbon around it, and glued it under the leaves.

I love the way it turned out! I love how the burlap makes it feel very rustic, and I love the fall colors. The only problem is that it is too fat to fit in my wreath holder.

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As much as I love my cereal box star wreath, now that July is coming to an end it is time for a new wreath. Some of you may already be looking to fall wreaths, but we have another two good months of summer left, so I made a summer wreath. I found this summer wreath on pinterest and it took me to Living, Loving, Crafting. I loved it right away and set out to make my own. The funny thing is that I didn't realize how similar they turned out until I went back today to make sure to get the right link for this blog post. Great minds think alike, and pick out the same paint and ribbon. I think that's how the full saying goes.

Anyway, here is what you need to make this great summer wreath.
18 inch grapevine wreath- Micheal's had the best price by far. I found mine for $5.
Flowers- I got 2 bunches from the dollar store
Numbers for your address- I got mine at Joanns for $2 a piece, but I think I could have found them cheaper elsewhere.
Ribbon
Spray Paint- I used Krylon Blue Ocean Breeze, leftover from my soda bottles project, $3.50 at Walmart.
Hot Glue

Step 1- Sand down the edges of the numbers and spray paint them. I made sure to really cover the front and sides with paint, but I didn't worry too much about the backs, except for the 3 which I didn't notice until I was about ready to glue had been sprayed backwards.

Step 2- I pulled all of the flowers off of their stems and hot glued them to the wreath. It would have been nice to have a few more flowers, but I didn't want to make another trip to the dollar store. The nice thing was that even once they were glued on it was still pretty easy for me to pop them back off to rearrange them.

Step 3- I glued my numbers on and tied a simple bow on to top it all off.

Overall a very simple wreath. I love the bright colors. It just makes our front door look so happy and inviting.

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I am so excited about the way this project turned out. A few months ago I saw a picture on Pinterest of a star made out of a cereal box. It took me awhile to decide what I wanted to make with these stars, but I finally settled on a patriotic wreath.

Here's what you'll need:
Empty cereal boxes. (It used 3 boxes)
Paint
Ink for Distressing
Wreath
Hot Glue Gun

Luckily Husband goes through a lot of cereal, so I had plenty of empty cereal boxes for this project. I started by cutting out a star pattern with my Cricut, and then I traced that on the inside of the cereal box.

 

I cut out the stars and drew on the lines. Each line goes from the tip of the point, through the middle to the corner across from it. In the end I used about 15 stars.

I folded the star in half on each line and made sure to give it a hard crease.

 

After each line had been crease I kind of smushed it together so that it would take on a 3D look.

 

I spray painted the stars. I found that the white paint didn't stick very well. It kept soaking in. I was using cheap paint so that may have had something to do with it. In the end I finally just used a sponge brush to paint acrylic paint on the white ones. The red and blue stars turned out better. I did have to do a few coats. Again, I was using $1.50 cans of Walmart spray paint. If you have nicer spray paint it might go on a little better, but in the end I was happy with my cheap paint.

I also antiqued the edges by running them along a pad of black ink.

 

 Then I used hot glue to attach each star to my Dollar Store wreath.

 

I didn't really have a plan for how I overlapped them. I just started gluing. And finally after picking off all the leftover hot glue strings, I have my beautiful patriotic wreath!

 The only downside to this wreath is that if it gets rainy I'm afraid my stars will be ruined. I might have to look for a place inside to hang it.

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