You
would think that making a recipe would be easier than a craft for my first Mama
Pin, Mama Do post. But nope. Truth is, I can’t stand cooking. I would rather
have my teeth pulled out by a giant who doesn’t know his own strength than
cook.
Well,
that may be an exaggeration, but I think you get my drift.
I
decided to do a wreath for my first project because, frankly, I know how to do
those! See? I started off nice and easy. Ya really gotta ease into these kinds
of things. Besides, I forgot to take pictures of my first recipe, so that’ll
have to wait for another day! J
Of
course, when I made this wreath, I didn’t do it as the picture shows. I just
took it as an inspiration photo and went with my own flare. Meaning, I KISS’d
it. (Kept it simple, stup…well, that last word is banned in our house, so I
can’t put it on the Internet to be there forever! What if my kids found it thirty
years from now? I would be undermining my own self!)
But I
digress. Here is the photo of the actual pin:
Gorgeous,
right?? It’s from http://laurenscreative.blogspot.com/2011/09/fall-wreath.html
(givin’ props!).
I
LOVED her wreath but didn’t know if I could do it justice. Mostly, I was scared
of doing those felt flowers! Anyway, I truly did keep it simple, but that’s
more my thing anyway. Most of the time.
So
here’s how I did mine (photojournalism at its finest…be prepared!):
Of
course, I first had to wrap the wreath form in yarn (I must be super slow at it,
though…it took me a couple of hours!).
(Forgive
the rest of the pictures…I stand up when I can while doing projects so I keep
moving—something I learned to do in Weight Watchers, even if it makes me look
neurotic!)
After
this, I wrapped it in a gorgeous crochet lace:
After
that, I had to swallow my fear and attempt to make some felt flowers. It took a
few trials and errors, and the final product isn’t necessarily store-worthy,
but I like it!
At
this point, I get all excited and show Donkey with pride shining in my eyes. He
glanced up from his Xbox game and said, and I quote, “Cool.” *sigh* His
excitement was overwhelming. (He did truly like it when it was all said and
done, though!)
I kept
going with a couple of more flowers: purple and ivory. Of course, I don’t have
a picture of the ivory flower before it was finished but you get where I’m
going with all this.
I
ended up making three more tiny “rosebuds” to go on the side of the wreath
(they’re barely visible in this photo) just to fill it in a little more. Then I
attached a ribbon and hung it on the door!
So
while I know it’s still technically
summer, this Fall and Winter girl just couldn’t wait. I needed to hang it immediately.
And
that, my dear friends, is my first Mama Pin, Mama Do Pintervention project. J
Now
it’s your turn to stop pinning and
start doing!
~Mikal
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