I have officially completed my sixth project of the year, but this is only the fifth one I’ve blogged about. (Maybe I’ll get the other one up here before the month is over!) It’s no secret that I’ve made wreaths for several holidays. My Christmas wreaths and my fall wreath are all favorites of mine. I’ve had my Easter one up until this week. It was time for a patriotic wreath.
I knew weeks ago that I needed something for summer, and I really wanted to get this done by Memorial Day…and then I went shopping for the supplies on Memorial Day. #craftplanningfail
I picked up the metal wreath, ribbon that was all on sale and my son picked up the bunch of blue glittery stars. He loved the stars, so I thought it would be fun to incorporate those (instead of finding and painting ceramic pieces, as I did for St. Patrick’s Day.) I grabbed safety pins off of a race bib I had on my dresser. I’m cheap. And resourceful.
I started with the ribbon, by safety pinning it at the beginning. I had to use both spools of ribbon to wrap the entire metal wreath. (And I secured it with another safety pin at the end. I used 4 safety pins total securing each end.
I then glued the blue stars in place with a hot glue gun. I cut their stems shorter, and tucked them into the ribbon, just so they would be even more secure.
Finally, my ceramics teacher made the white bow, which I actually pinned on rather than hot glue (because I didn’t want for the glue gun to heat up. I was lazy that evening.) And I was pretty anxious, so I hung it right away!
Have you created anything recently you want to share? And do you have patriotic items you decorate with? Last year, I painted a patriotic bear. I just remembered him and I need to find him in the garage.
This is project 5 in my goal to complete 12 projects this year! See project 1 and project 2 and project 3 and project 4 in previous posts.
teresa mccluskey says
June 12, 2014 at 12:06 amWow so cute and easy to make, I think I may make a few and pass them out as 4th of july gifts!
Robin (Masshole Mommy) says
June 12, 2014 at 3:10 amThat wreath came out awesome. I would love to hang one on my door 🙂
Kay Adeola says
June 12, 2014 at 3:44 amThat is great i like it.I would do the same i hate waiting for glue guns to heat up. But yours still looks amazing.We made a wreath at Christmas last.
Debbie Denny says
June 12, 2014 at 5:53 amThat looks beautiful. You did a great job.
Jessica says
June 12, 2014 at 8:10 amI love the simplicity in this. It would made a beautiful decoration for July 4th which is coming up shortly! You did an awesome job putting it together.
Jennifer says
June 12, 2014 at 10:20 amoh my gosh that is SO cute!! and anything without sewing I can definitely handle. I’m going to try to make this this weekend!
Krystyn @ Really, Are You Serious? says
June 12, 2014 at 10:35 amThat’s a super cute wreath! I love it and it looks so easy to make!
Chrysa says
June 12, 2014 at 11:32 amWhat a super festive wreath! Patriotic projects have a lot of functions. I love the tip about pinning the bow instead of hot gluing it on! Good luck with all your projects and I’ve enjoying them.
Jeanine @ sixtimemommy says
June 12, 2014 at 12:18 pmWow! That turned out super adorable, and it looks rather easy too. I wonder if I could come up with something for Canada??? Totally doable I think! Thanks for sharing
Jenn says
June 12, 2014 at 12:51 pmPretty! I love how simple this is. Gives me hope that I can actually do it. 😉
Betsy Mitchell says
June 12, 2014 at 12:53 pmI love this wreath. It’s perfect for the 4th of JUly.
Mitch says
June 12, 2014 at 1:26 pmThat’s great! My son would love to do this project in duct tale i am sure, he is all about DIY projects like you show!
thanks,
mItch
Shell says
June 12, 2014 at 4:15 pmThis looks super cute! I think I might be able to do this!
Carly says
June 12, 2014 at 5:28 pmThis is so cute! We are moving to a house in two weeks, just in time to put up a 4th of july wreath!
Beth@FrugalFroggie says
June 12, 2014 at 6:14 pmI am so not gifted at being crafty. I will just have to appreciate other’s talents for the gift that I greatly lack. Love the wreath!!
Liz Mays says
June 12, 2014 at 7:05 pmI love how easy this is to do. It’s also really cute and festive.
Kecia says
June 12, 2014 at 7:18 pmI love it! The blue stars really pop off the red and white.
Laura says
June 12, 2014 at 8:37 pmThe wreath looks great. I love the red and white ribbon that you used. I need to be more into holidays when it comes to my decor, especially since the kids are so hound and into them all right now.
krystal says
June 12, 2014 at 8:53 pmI love making my own wreaths. They are so fun! Love this one.
Carly Bellard says
June 12, 2014 at 9:49 pmI love this wreath! I love that is not all fru-fru like the majority of the ones I come across on Pinterest.
kathy says
June 12, 2014 at 10:47 pmWhat a fantastic idea. I love it and more importantly I may be able to do it!
Brett Martin says
June 13, 2014 at 12:25 amGreat wreath! This looks really nice.
Jenn @ The Rebel Chick says
June 13, 2014 at 12:43 amI love how bright and pretty it is! It’s great that it’s so simple to make!
Christie says
June 13, 2014 at 8:51 amWhat a beautiful piece! I love that you can keep using every year
Tracey says
June 13, 2014 at 10:40 amThat’s awesome. You did a great job, perfect for 4th of July!
StacieinAtlanta says
June 13, 2014 at 11:19 amWow your wreath came out great! It looks so festive….and best of all, it is easy!
Rosey says
June 13, 2014 at 12:59 pmThis is a perfect way to ring in the 4th of July. It’s cute as can be too.
Erica says
June 13, 2014 at 1:36 pmI love this wreath! It even looks like something that I can do easily in an afternoon. Thanks!
Debra says
June 13, 2014 at 2:20 pmEasy craft to make such as beautiful wreath. I love that you can re-use the wire frame for other wreaths throughout the year!
Danielle @ We Have It All says
June 13, 2014 at 3:34 pmAww, that is cute, it turned out great! I keep telling myself to try to make one of these for different holidays.
Angela S says
June 13, 2014 at 6:35 pmThat turned out so pretty. Something like this would look great on my front door this summer.
Joanna Sormunen says
June 13, 2014 at 6:43 pmGreat craft to do! It looks really beautiful and it’s not even difficult. Perfect for me, lol
cam | bibs and baubles says
June 14, 2014 at 12:40 amThat’s a really cool idea. It came out great. For some reason, I never think of wreaths until Christmas. I’m so missing out! LOL!
Amanda says
June 14, 2014 at 5:05 pmThis is absolutely adorable! I love it! Great job!
Virginia @thatbaldchick says
June 15, 2014 at 9:44 pmYour patriotic wreath is super cute. You’ve inspired to me get out my glue gun… or at least find it. LOL
Kim says
June 19, 2014 at 2:54 pmSo cute! which reminds me, since I officially sent out the invite texts to dinner at our house on the 4th, I suppose I should get the decorations pulled out & up 🙂
Rosie says
June 29, 2015 at 3:43 pmWow this wreath is pro! I love doing crafts and wreaths are a fav to do, sometimes they come out well…. not as I had imagined them! This is super and I’d love to try it!