DIY Spring wreath

My mom is moving tomorrow, she just bought a new townhouse. I'm helping her move, but wanted to give her a little housewarming gift. I made this wreath with her favorite flowers, hydrangeas, and her favorite colors. I hope she likes it!!

I made the burlap wreath awhile back, used it for St. Patty's day.  For mom's wreath, I added the bright green burlap ribbon. Since the regular burlap was already woven into the slats of the wire frame ( pretty damn tightly, I must say), I decided to just tie the green burlap ribbon on with some green twine-yea, green. Some I picked up in a little 3-pack from the dollar store "just in case" I might need it. 

In this picture you can see the long green twine tails hanging over the sides, I learned the hard way that tying twine is easier with longer pieces, so I just go back and cut the ends off so they can't be seen. 

I had these huge hydrangea flowers I'd used in a vase last summer, I just chose 1 of each color and used them on the wreath, along with the leaves. 

I cut the stems off leaving only an inch or so on each bloom, the leaves slid off the stems.  Then I arranged them how I wanted and started gluing them on with my glue gun. 

Love how it turned out!

The colors match her home and decor perfectly!  

DIY Simple Easter egg door hanger

As part of my seasonal decor, I usually have a small something that I hang on our coat closet door.  I like having that little bit of fun as I walk down the hall to the kitchen , or I can see whenever I have to get a jacket or scarf or whatever. 

April is my Easter month, so I made this cute little Easter egg hanger to put on the door. Using my Cameo, I cut an egg template for the hubby and he cut an egg out of some of our wood stash. 

This pic is me testing his cut against the template from the Cameo, he done real good!  (Yes, I'm aware that's not proper English, but it fits so oh well). 

Next I spray painted the egg white, I used 2 coats to make sure it was completely covered. 

Awhile back, I found this wonderful chevron painter's tape by Frogtape. This stuff is awesome! Expensive, but worth it. I got mine at Walmart for about $12. I've used it for 3 projects before this one, and still have half the roll left. So, still more expensive than regular painters tape, but saves a lot of time. 

I taped out my pattern on the egg, then used some acrylic craft paint to paint the chevron pattern. 

I wanted the hanger to be simple, so I used grey craft paint-well, actually I used grey and white. The grey I had was darker than what I wanted, so I lightened it up with some white. I used several coats letting each one dry completely. Next, I cut a design with my Cameo in black adhesive vinyl and put it on the egg using transfer tape. 

This pic is close up, so you can see its not perfect. There are a few places on the left side of the egg where the grey paint bled through and the grey acrylic paint is too thick along where the edges of the tape were. I blame this on my rugs to get this done and not taking my time to paint it carefully. I should've used lighter coats of the grey, or used a grey spray paint. But, I love it's "perfect imperfections", so I'm happy. 

Next the hubby drilled two holes in the top-and, yes, as I told him I should've asked him to drill the holes BEFORE I painted it, but oh well. I used two brads and a length of chain from a planter hanger kit to hang it. 

The brads fit and cover the holes perfectly, so my drill-after-painting poor decision turned out ok. I love how it turned out. Exactly what I was going for. Simple, classy, and FREE!  I had everything I needed to make this. I still may add a bow, but for now I'm enjoying the simple look.