My Thanksgiving Wreath

I whipped up another cute fabric wrapped wreath, this time using neutral colors, lace, a tiny "give thanks" banner to remind us to be thankful.

And while we are on the subject of being thankful...I have much to be thankful for.

I am thankful for my Jeff who has been working so hard at his day job that his projects around the house have been stalled.  However, he still makes dinner almost every night. I am thankful for his humor, creativity, ingenuity, tasty cooking, kindness, and unconditional love.  Awe.

I am thankful for my sweet Wesley who impresses me every day with how much he is growing and learning.  He is the sweetest kid, so happy, and flexible.  

  

I am thankful for my family and especially my mom who drives 2 hours one way each week to watch Wesley for us.  Then she cleans our house and does our laundry.  Really?!  Yes!

I am thankful for my friends!  It took Jeff and I such a long time to find good friends after we got married and it was worth the wait.  We have some of the most amazing friends that would do anything for us.  Its nice to know that you have people to call on in a pinch!

I am thankful for my job!  I wish I could stay home with Wesley, but I am so thankful that I have a good job doing something that I feel is important and worth while. And I get to work with great people.

Lastly, but most importantly, I am thankful for a powerful God who loves me and knows me and sacrificed his son so that I can have everlasting life with him in Heaven.  The greatest gift of all.   AND he blessed me with all this other great stuff!

Super easy fabric flower tutorial

This weekend I changed up my front door wreath and added these easy fabric flowers for Spring!  I thought I'd show you all how I did it because I have not seen this technique on blogs before.  And it is really super easy.  Its my favorite way to make flowers because nothing has to be exact and you only need a few supplies.

Easy Fabric Flower Tutorial:

Supplies:

Fabric Scraps

Scissors

Hot glue gun

Step one: Cut a long strip of fabric.  I usually make mine about 3 inches wide and 15-20 inches long.  But you can do whatever size you want.  I thicker strip will make a larger flower, and the length will determine how fukll the flower is.  I like to have different sizes in my arrangement, so I just vary the size of strip I start with.  Notice, my strip isnt even even at all.  I love that it doesnt have to be exact because I cant cut straight to save my life. My piece of fabric was also very wrinkled...it still works!

Step 2: Fold stip in half length wise, and press (with your fingers, not an iron).

Step 3: While it is still folded, cut small stripes down the length of your big strip.  Start on the folded end and dont cut all the way through (go about 3/4 of the way down). 



Step 4: Add a dap of glue to one end and start rolling the strip into itself. 

Step 6: Keep rolling (or I like to wrap, once I get it started), adding glue as you go along to keep it together, until the whole strip is rolled up. 



It should look like this.

And when you flip it over, you have a pretty little flower.

Optional step 7: If you like the look of your flower you can stop here, but if you want it to have a more loose or messy feel to it, then start cutting the "petals" in half.

When you are finished cutting all your petals, it will look like this.

I used straight pins to attach the flowers to my wreath.  You could also use hot glue to attach them as well, but then you wont have an interchangeable wreath like I do :)

FYI- the rest of the wreath was made by wrapping yarn around and around and around a straw wreath I purchased from Joann's.  Then, I cut pieces of fabric about 1-2 inches wide and 4-6 inches long and simply tied them in a knot in the middle (like you are tying your shoe).  I made about 20-30 of those pieces and just layered them on my wreath, adhearing with glue gun.  It creates a nice background for the different flowers I add each season. 

Now go and make yourself a pretty little spring wreath with fabric flowers!