Monday, October 29, 2012

Paint Chip Butterfly Wreath

I am not the craftiest person. I attempted scrapbooking (that ended after about 10 minutes with me wielding a glue-stick and slapping photos on pages), pottery painting (a test of my patience, especially knowing that my 'artwork' may be in a thousand pieces at any moment), embroidery (which I did as a child when I was sick in bed...and that's where I left it- sick in bed), acrylic painting (dabbled in college when I needed an outlet from endless research papers and biology labs) and wreath-making.  It turns out that the latter is actually a bit of a talent for me.  I can whip out a gorgeous semi-professional-looking wreath in about 20 minutes.  I really enjoy it.  However, my typical wreath consists of a grapevine form with artificial flowers and greenery.  I saw this example : http://www.sisterssuitcaseblog.com/2012/03/butterfly-paint-chip-wreath.html 
 and decided to give it a whirl.  I didn't realize our green fabrics were so similar until I looked at it again after I had finished- I just saw this one and LOVED it.  I also wanted to dress it up a little bit, so I did the fabric rosettes  (Yes, I MADE THOSE MYSELF- WOOHOO!) and I am not a fan of burlap/jute, so I did satin ribbon. I didn't have a butterfly punch, so I had to cut them all by hand.  And my husband wasn't too happy with my absconding with about 100 paint chips from Lowe's.  His reasoning: "Some day I will need to get one of those, and they will have to start charging for them because of people like you."  Ha.  Well, I like my wreath anyway.  It is hanging in the baby's nursery, and looks gorgeous underneath my Goodwill-found bookshelf.  Photos of that later.





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