Mesh Wreath

I accomplished the burlap wreath so I moved on to the mesh. It's so adorable on my front door for the holidays. 

Supplies

1 roll of the long mesh. 31 feet long. I think it's 21 inches wide. Sold in every color. Normally $7.99-9.99 a roll. Hobby lobby has on sale this week 1/2 off. Usually every other week it's on sale there. This Christmas wreath took the whole roll. 

The UGA wreath was a roll of the 21 inch wide of the red and a whole roll of 31 feet long probably 6 inches wide mesh. I bought unfinished letters to spell at Dawgs just to make it my favorite SEC team!! 

You pull the loops through the wreath frame like I did with the burlap in the previous blog post. I kept it on the spool and didn't cut it. I went every other red to black. It took so dedication and patience using different colors but it still only took about 30 minutes. 

Burlap Wreaths

I wanted to make a burlap wreath. I saw them everywhere but didn't know how. A friend of mine sat and did them and they are sooo easy. I made some to sell at a Christmas Festival so hopefully they fly off the shelf!! 

Supplies

18 or 21 inch wreath frame 

3 yards of burlap

Ribbon for your bow

To do:

Cut strips of burlap about 6 inch wide. I cut them about a yard long. 

Getting the first 4-5 loops it looks wrong but it starts to get better. 

Make a loop in the middle. Then pull up a loop in the top then the bottom. Push the fabric loops tight together each time adding a loop. Stuff the ends once the strip is done. Do this all the way around. 

I bought the letters at www.craftcuts.com. They were unfinished. The script letters are 12 inch tall and 1/8 inch thick. The 2nd time I ordered them 1/4 inch thick. I used spray paint to paint them. Goes a lot faster them painting them!! 

Chevron burlap initial frame

I got this as a gift and thought it would make the best teacher gift. 

I bought all the supplies at Hobby Lobby. Make sure you get them 1/2 off. If it's not on sale when you go it will be the next week. They rotate every other week.

5x7 frame

Metal letter

Chevron burlap

Hot glue gun 

Cut the chevron burlap. I traced the glass.

Glue the burlap to the glass. Then stick it in the frame. Them glue the letter to the burlap 

And just like that it's all done!

Countdown to Christmas Plate

Supplies

Charger

Chalk paint 

Stickers or silver paint pen

Ribbon

Paint the inside with chalk paint. Let dry and paint another coat. If you have pretty hand writing you can write it yourself 

Attach the bow to the top and you're ready to go. 

Personalized pillowcases party favors

Supplies 

Pillowcase

Fabric

Heat bond

Iron

So I had the great idea for my sons 9th birthday to so an outdoor movie. I thought it would be fun for everyone to bring a pillow to lay on and they got their favor to cover it. Note to self don't invite 25 kids hahahaha. These letters were all cut by hand. I have a cricut machine on my Christmas list now. Though it did take a while everyone loved it!

I went on the internet and bought the pillowcases. Just google white pillow cases. These are stiff and they are ones they say are used in hospitals. Once they were on the pillow they don't seem bad at all and my son has never said it's uncomfortable but it feels heavily starched 😀. 

Go to the fabric store and buy different colors of fabric. I got a yard of each and have a TON left over and I did 25. So you decide which colors and how much for your project. 

Lay out your fabric. I cut a strip about 3 inches tall. I then cut the same strip of heat bond. Follow those directions to apply heat bond to the fabric. (Iron it on)

Then trace your letters BACKWARDS. So that when you apply to your pillow case they are the right direction. 

Once all your letters are cut out. Tear the back of the heat bond off, put your letters on the fabric in order and iron. I used the heavy heat bond so it would say good. Just like that your done!

We used a projector and a home made screen and the kids loved the party!!

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