April Showers Mantle

April Showers bring May Flowers.  At least that's what they say.  I'm hoping so at least.  I planted some of said May Flowers and then the Showers began.  And they continue...and continue. It should be a beautiful May! Nonetheless, I had to celebrate this beauty of rain in my home so let me introduce my April Showers Mantle!

It's hard to see, but there are little "raindrops" falling from the clouds and ceiling. Here are a few more photos to get the idea of the whole thing: 

The clouds are made from polyfill and fishing line. I just tied the fishing line around a small portion of the polyfill taped it to the ceiling.  The drops of water are glass beads from the Dollar Tree.  I hot glued the fishing line to the back of them and then attached with tape as well to the ceiling. 

This is a creamer and pitcher set that we got for our wedding.  I totally forgot I had it.  We never use it, so décor it becomes! 

I hope you enjoy and stay dry!

Easter Wreath

So I really wanted to incorporate the cross for this wreath and since it's only up for the season of Easter, I wanted it easy but simple.  I used the same grapevine wreath from my Spring Wreath and just removed the decorations to decorate it for Easter!  This wreath cost me $0 since I used supplies that I already had laying around the house!

Supplies:
Ribbon
Cardboard
Paint
Marker
Hot Glue

How to:
Trace a cross onto a cardboard box.  Then paint in the design and colors of your choice.  I raided my boys' craft paints and decided to use some polka dots. After the paint is dry, use a permanent marker to write the phrase of your choice.

I used a lot of ribbon for this design.  I actually used 2 different types of ribbon and cut them into 2 pieces.  Wrap the first piece starting at the top clockwise around the wreath.  When you reach the top again, glue the pieces together. Repeat with the smaller ribbon right on top of the larger ribbon.  Then take your second piece of larger ribbon, starting at the top and wrap the wreath counterclockwise.  Again, glue at the top, at repeat with the smaller ribbon.

Hot Glue the cross to the top and bottom of the wreath in the center and hang on your door or mantle! :)

Spring Wreath

So here is my Spring Front Door Wreath.  I had a lot of fun making this one.  Again, the idea came from Pinterest and I just gave it my touch.  This wreath cost me a little more than the $5 wreaths on my blog because I had NOTHING on hand, but since then, I've been able to reuse the supplies for other wreaths, so I'm happy!

Supplies:
Grapevine Wreath
Chip Board Letter
Spray Paint
Silk Flowers (mine are from the dollar store)
Wire Cutters or Scissors
Ribbon
Hot Glue

How To:
The most important thing to do first is to figure out where you want your flowers.  Cut them off from each bunch using scissors or wire cutters at the joints keeping as much stem as possible.  Then start placing them in between the vines to put them in place.  They will fit very nicely without glue and then you can arrange them and take them out and re-use the wreath again and again!

After the flowers are in place, tie your ribbon at the bottom.  I changed the color of the ribbon to a white one after I took the picture of course.  I think the white looked better.

Then spray paint your chip board letter.  I used a gold glitter spray paint, but you can't see it in the photo.  Hot glue your letter onto the wreath and you're done!  I hope yours turns out great!