Burlap Wreath with Rosettes

It's Friday!

Woot woot!

So today I was thinkin' to myself,

"Self, why don't you have a wreath up for Fall?".

And I came to the conclusion

that there was absolutely no good reason

for it whatsoever.

So, I decided to make a wreath from

what I had available.

Burlap: check.

Hot glue: check.

styrofoam wreath: no check.

I was just about to round up the troops

and take them to the Dollar Tree to get a wreath,

when I  decided to give myself a little challenge.

I decided to look through my craft supplies

to see if I had anything else that I could

use to shape my wreath.

Turns out I had a bunch of

wire that I had completely forgotten about.

and you KNOW this girl has
plenty of burlap hanging around!

So, I decided to give it a shot.
Got nothin' to lose, right?
Worst case scenario I would end up with
a piece of junk and find myself at the
store buying a $1.00 wreath.
I think I can handle that.

So, I took my wire and shaped it
in a circle the size I wanted my wreath to be.
Then I just started polking holes in the
burlap with the wire and stared loading it on.

I didn't know what I was going for at first,
but then I realized that the more
irregular
it looked, the better.

So then I started zig-zaging the burlap,
placing the wire in from
side to side.

...and then I thought,
"hmmmmm...this might just work!"

I kept zig-zaging until I felt like it
was dense enough.
Then I used my needle nose pliers to
secure the wire.

...and then bunched the burlap
over the wire.

But my wreath needed something else.

So I made some rosettes to go on it.

 Not bad for $0, right?

I must leave you with another favorite

this week.

My adorable 4 year old had a

Pumpkin Parade

at his school.

They made their own costumes and

paraded around the church.

He did his job, stood still

for pictures, and then

immediately after his obligation was fulfilled,

he took his "stupid" costume off.

Sheesh.

He's so dramatic.

I can't imagine where

he could have gotten that from!

Happy Friday, Friends!

Hope you have a

spooktacular

weekend!