Autumn Wreath

In less than 36 hours, I will be on the road to Columbus, OH with two of my favorite people and 1 new friend.  The weekend will be full of Pumpkin Spice Lattes, Ray LaMontagne and shopping!  Specifically, shopping at the Country Living Fair.  What more can a girl ask for? 

I'll be sure to document the entire experience and share all the great ideas we find this weekend.  And to Drew, Jason and Jeremy - your buddy, Justin, is available all weekend should you need any help with the kiddos.
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Last week, while we planned the final details of our Columbus trip, Lindsay and I cracked open a beer and chatted over a some moss and ribbon.

We created two different wreaths and I wanted to share the new looks with you.  

I've been eyeing this wreath in the pages of the Fall Williams-Sonoma catalog.

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Isn't she perfect? Those WS designers are genius.

Not only is she purty - she seemed pretty easy to replicate.  Since I'm not looking to spend a hundred big ones on her I would have to DIY.  But she would look perfect on my front door this Fall. 

While that wreath was my initial inspiration, it turns out that I had to improvise when I discovered Michael's didn't have mini pumpkins (sad story).

Instead, I made this.

No mini pumpkins, but I did find a bag of vase filler that looked like little tiny pumpkins.

 

 

It didn't turn out quite how I imagined.  

But, really, how often does life go as planned?

In the end, I  like the festive color and it gives my front door the Fall look I was going for...for only $12.  That's a pretty big difference from the $99 price tag on the Williams-Sonoma wreath. 

 

 

Since I only spent $12, I won't feel so bad when I try again.  Yup, I'm still on a search for the perfect mini punkin'.

 

You can see Lindsay's wreath below (on the right).  It turned out so cute! 

 

Linsday used a grapevine wreath, moss, burlap ribbon, faux wax flowers and a wooden letter to create her look.  She got her inspiration here. 

 

 

I like that Lindsay's wreath can be used year round.  And I'm pretty fond of the monogram too... 

 

While Lindsay was putting her 3 energetic boys to bed so we could finish our projects, it dawned on us that 25 years ago our Mothers were doing the same.  I have many great memories of my mom working on wreaths late at night - and she would even have her own craft nights with Mrs. C (Lindsay's mom).  Our mom's were "Pinteresting" way before Pinterest ;)

 

Thanks to both our moms for passing the hot glue guns down to us!

 

Mary    

 

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