DIY Wreath and Cat’s Meow Houses

Since I am in this front door wreath decorating mode, I just want to keep creating different wreaths. I have way more than I can use so my daughters and my mother are definitely benefitting from this new jag of mine. I always liked decorating my front door for the various seasons.  (I think I’m one of the last  people who still have a decorative flag.  I like them. It’s another way to junk up decorate the front of the house).
Anyway, I’m into it so I just give myself over to it. What the heck, there’s no sense in fighting it. When my sister starts on a jag she REALLY can keep that puppy going, but that’s another blog post. Actually, yea, that would be a GREAT blog post. She’s had so many, many jags… Yea, she’s way worse than me….(hi, Carol).
See these little houses? I was collecting them about 15 years ago. What fun! I still have them above my window sills in the living room. It’s so passe (that means out-of-date) but I still like them. Well, I had so many of them (I think that was another jag I had) that I had a few plastic boxes full of them –small plastic boxes – like a shoe box (I’m not that bad to have two big boxes full)!!
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Well, I had the idea to put them on a wreath. Great, huh? And I had a large round grapevine wreath I didn’t know what to do with so BINGO, another wreath!
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Oh, I bought a lot of little trees, a cow, flagpole, etc. to go with the houses,too.
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I just learned how to do this cool thing with pictures in Live Writer.
Isn’t that cool? And you can shuffle the pictures and have all kinds of fun with them. I just learned that today from Susie over at First Floor Flat and she has a whole tutorial on it, too. Very cool. Thank you, Susie. I love this and I just happened to stumble upon it, too. No, not from the social media SU. Just cruising around the blogs. Cruising and pinning, pinning and cruising. I have lots of pins if you go into MY Pinterest – not Carol’s. I have WAY more than Carol. hee hee
Okay, let’s keep going.
I forgot to mention that I wrapped the wreath in fabric first and turned under the edges so there are no raw edges (I hate raw  edges). That was pretty easy. I hot glued the fabric here and there.
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Here it is. I had to wire on the big, red house at the bottom but the others I just hot glued on. Hope they stay on but they probably won’t and I’ll have to reglue some back on now and then. No prob.
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Had to make another one of these…

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So there it is…another wreath. Don’t worry, more to come…
Best Spring wishes to all.

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7 comments

  1. I love your wreath! How cute are those little houses?

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  2. Thanks for signing up for the blog swap. I'm excited to have you!

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  3. Thanks so much for sharing! This is adorable... I'm a new follower! Can't wait to see more...

    Have a great weekend!
    -Heather
    Stringtown Home

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  4. That is so adorable! I need to get busy doing more of my crafting!! Anyway, Thanks for stopping by and joining my party!!

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  5. That wreath is lovely. Each house is so unique and pretty!

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  6. Very pretty wreath, super unique too!

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  7. How sweet AND unique! My aunt has a house down on Asateague Island in Virgina and there are some lovely lighthouses there. I may have to recreate on of these for her!Thanks for linking up at Get Schooled Saturday:)
    xxx
    Kim @ Too Much Time on My Hands

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I am the crafter extraordinaire (on this blog anyway.) I live with my husband, my son, David, in a cozy cape cod style house in Connecticut.

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