Valentine's Day Wreath

Well, it's been awhile and we're one house full of sick people feeling quite cooped up!  Consequently, I've taken some (of the little) free time I had this weekend between wiping snotty noses and snuggling sleepless, coughing babies to make a little wreath.  I posted the picture on Instagram and a few friends asked if I planned to blog it.  So I decided, why not?  My blog needs a little love and maybe your door needs a little Valentine's day pizzaz.

So this is my wreath!  It was pretty simple, just time consuming.  You'll need what's listed/identified above plus a styrofoam wreath, plenty of hot glue, a glue stick, and tape!

1 --> Start by wrapping the twine around your wreath.  This takes me close to two hours and fortunately when I set about to decorate the wreath I already had the wrapping done.  I highly suggest getting cozy on your couch and wrapping while watching some good TV during nap time or after bed time.  To hold my wrap I actually don't glue the start point, I just tie it to the wreath.  This is mostly because I'm sitting on the couch and feeling lazy.

2 --> When you're done wrapping, hot glue your finally twine wraps in place and check for open spots.  I wrap quickly, so I always notice a few places were styrofoam is peeking out at me mocking after.  So I take those spots, rewrap them and glue them.  

3 --> Next, I made the banner.  This part was so easy.  I just cut a few triangles until I got the size I liked.  Then I used it as a template to cut 3 more.  Then I cut another bigger triangle and used it as a template.  I wrote "L" "O" "V" "E" on each small triangle in my cursive handwriting and then used a glue stick to glue them to the big triangles.  

4 --> Then, I cut a big piece of white ribbon I had on hand from Christmas and centered the triangles on the ribbon.  I flipped them over and then just taped the ribbon to the top of the triangles toward their tops.  I use tape because I tried glue and just made a mess of things.  Tape is easy and you can cut off any overhang.

5 --> Next, lay your ribbon on your wreath and figure out how you want it to hang.  Then glue and snip!

6 --> Almost done! Now, the roses.  I made these using red felt that was 3/$1 in the craft section and I didn't even use a whole sheet.  I just cut strips (long ways), glued, and twisted and voila - felt flowers!  Now, I've been doing felt flowers awhile.  They're the only fabric flower I've figured out thanks to a few tutorials I watched/read in the past.  I have no idea which tutorials I used so I made one for you that's nice and short if you are interested.  My husband said I should not use this video because I shot it on my iPhone reverse cam so it's bad quality and my kitchen counters are dirty and did I mention my kids were sick so I look a little terrible... but I'm going to anyway.  Mostly because I just don't want to refilm.  Please don't laugh at me.  ;)

...And I was going to put the video here in an embedded format, but it's not working on my blog for some reason!  So here is the LINK to YouTube ---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcK9wU9k49g&feature=youtu.be

7 --> Finally, using loads of hot glue, glue your flowers onto your wreath.  I practice placement before gluing so I know kind of what the finished product will look like.  :)

So there you have it!  A Valentine's Day wreath of love!  I really like it and am enjoying knowing it's on my door.  Now if only we were leaving the house more often so I could actually see it...