I'm joining up at Kim's Dare to... Deck the Halls over at Newly Woodwards!
I've always wanted a lovely white feather wreath, but I never wanted to shell out the cash to buy one... Last year I decided I'd make one, then Michael's and Hobby Lobby were both out of white feather boas when I went to buy them! Tragedy.
This year I decided to beat the crowds and bought my boas back in October.
I love it! I still HATE the color of the front door, but I love the white feathers! So pretty... One of these days I'll get around to painting the door. Some day. I'd LOVE to buy a new, beautiful, heavy wooden door with a pretty little window in it that actually matches the style of the house and lets me see who's on the porch... But I just shelled out three grand on tuckpointing and seeing as it's actually MY house and not OUR house, that made quite a painful dent in my savings account. Boo. Sometimes being a grown-up blows.
Okay, enough bitching, time for gratuitous close-ups and an unnecessary, and fairly useless, tutorial! Yay!
Oooohh... Feathers...
I added a glittery, little clip-on bird I found in the holiday section at Hobby Lobby. His beak is funny, but he's cute.
I used the largest Styrofoam wreath Hobby Lobby had (50% off, of course).
4 feather boas, also from Hobby Lobby (Not 50% off unfortunately. Those bastards are expeeensive!)
Then I found an end, and used three straight pins to keep it in place.
Wrap, Rinse, Repeat 4 times. And you have a fluffy, fun wreath! Hooray!
This is what the dogs were up to while I was busy wrapping boas.
Must be nice.
What have you made this year? This is it for me... Have you joined in at NewlyWoodwards? If not, go now!
That wreath is very festive and sexy, too!
ReplyDeleteLove it. The all-white feathery look is so chic! Great for the whole winter too, not just Christmastime. Love that pic of the doggies. :)
ReplyDeletewhat's your beef with the front door color? what color are you going to paint it or are you going to get a new one. i want a new one that would hopefully let more light in. not happening any time soon, of course.
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry I missed this! I don't know why I did. Love the boa wreath. I have a black one that's similar for Halloween.
ReplyDelete(Also, I still have three doors to paint. Ugh. I just don't want to do it.)