DIY Wreaths for Summer
Recently I wrote a post detailing How To Make Paper Flowers and after making so many paper flowers it was time to find something to do with them. Coincidentally at the same time my office mate and I were looking for ways to decorate our newly organized office. We had grown very tired of looking at a bunch of beige colored walls and an unadorned door. It seemed like everyone else had decorated office doors but us. So I started thinking about what to do and remembered that I had a pretty big basket of paper flowers.
I started out not really knowing what I wanted to accept for using the paper flowers. Eventually I did what I always do and made my why to Michaels slowly searching through the isles looking for some inspiration. That’s when I saw something interesting in the section with the wooden signs ready to be painted. I found these wooden wreathes with letters in the middle from their alphabet collection. Upon lots of searching I found one with both a “K” and an “S” for our first names.
I thought to myself “surely I can make something out of this” and the wheels in my head began to churn. I brought the wooden wreathes home and got out some of my craft supplies. I found my new pack of acrylic paint. Personally I love CraftSmart Brand at Michaels because they are non-toxic, offer a lot of fun colors, and are pretty inexpensive. I got a 12 pack of 2oz bottles for around ten dollars. So my next step was to paint the wreathes which took about four coats of paint. While that sounds like a lot the actual surface of this signs weren’t that big so it didn’t take as much paint as it sounds.
After the painting was done I looked through my basket of paper flowers and picked around 20 that I thought would go with each wreath. Then it was time to fire up my glue gun and pray I wouldn’t burn myself! I glued each flower onto the wreath and voila the wreaths were instantly changed.
I had a lot of fun with this project and appreciated that it didn’t take a lot of money or supplies. The only new things going I had to purchase were the wooden wreaths themselves.
I think they really brighten up our office door and have lots of compliments from the female teenagers I work with. We might have to have an arts and crafts session soon.
What do you think? How do you decorate your work space? Do you think this is something you would try?
Ah I saw these on instagram earlier (I think so anyway…I definitely saw them somewhere) and thought they looked great! I love initial things! I made a M out of buttons for Mini’s room before she was born! Lucy xx #triballove
They were on Instagram earlier! I also love things with initials and always love the button’s I see on Pinterest. Thanks for reading and commenting lovelyxx
These are pretty! You so clever <3
Thank you Sarah that is sweet of you to say! Thanks for reading and commenting dear.
These are gorgeous! Perfect as I’ve been looking to do a E for my little one’s nursery door…you’re very talented 🙂 Thanks so much for linking up with #dreamteam Hope to see you next time! xx
Thank you dear that is so kind of you to say. I think something like this would be fun for a kids room! Thanks for reading and commenting.
These are so pretty! I am very impressed, I am the least crafty person so anything like this seems so clever to me. They are perfect for decorating your door! #dreamteam
My hope is to show people that it’s easier than it might appear. Honestly I was to nervous to really try crafting until I got out of college and had baby and bridal showers to through and decorate for. Thanks for commenting and reading dear.
These wreaths look so good! I will be giving them a try this weekend!
I don’t think that mine will look as good as these but it’s the attempt that counts right lol 🙂
I’m sure you will do a great job! Thanks for reading and commenting 🙂
You are amazingly skilled I tried to make paper flowers for a friends wedding…I was awful! I think this is a lovely way to both personalise and make an office look better…may have to try an reattempt my origami and paper skills! Thank you for linking to #ablogginggoodtime xx
I have never really tried origami but have always thought it looks beautiful when others do it. Thank you for reading and your very kind comment!
These look great. We don’t decorate our offices because it’s meant to be hot desking only and paper free.
Thank you! I’ve always enjoyed decorating my office. Makes it feel more homey.
I really do need to invest in a glue gun and some crafts and make my own little decor, these look beautiful. I’m definitely going to check out your post about paper flowers too – they look so unique and different. #coolmumclub
Thanks for checking it out! For me crafting is calming. Let me know how it works out for ya 🙂
These look lovely, I’d love these in my girls rooms!
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Wow! it turned out really beautiful… I think I want one of those for my work space too… Thanks for sharing your DIY wreathes! #KCACOLS
This is such a lovely idea! I’m going to Pin this for later as I really want to make one of these. Thanks for linking up with #coolmumclub lovely! x
Ohhh those are lovely and so creative. I generally love anything artistic and crafty and would definitely love to give it a go! Thanks so much for linking up with #KCACOLS. We hope you come back next week.
What a clever idea and so beautiful but easy to do! Thanks for sharing how to do these #KCACOLS
Oh wow these are lovely. I do love doing crafts, used to do loads. Thanks for linking to #picknmix
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Gosh, I liked the look of the flowers in the basket before you even started. Those circle wreath finds were great too. Thanks for sharing with us at Creatively Crafty Link Party #CCBG http://tryit-likeit.com/link-party-it
I loved the flowers when I saw them before. Great way to use them in other projects! Thanks for sharing with us at Creatively Crafty #ccbg 🙂