I found this wreath recently on a trip to the "vintage shop." That's what my sisters and I call "Value Village." "Vintage Shop" sounds more on trend, right? Hee, hee.
I fell in love with it because it reminded me of a similar wreath my mother had hung in our farmhouse for many years when I was a child. It was just like this - pinecones, a mix of real nuts, and little red berries. Very brown and very seventies.
I had to laugh, though, when I arrived home with it because the first thing my husband said was, " My mom had one just like that when I was growing up!"
Even though this brownish wreath brought back some fond memories, I knew I couldn't leave is AS IS - it was just TOO rustic for me. So off came the ugly plaid bows and out came the can of spray paint!
TA-DA!! Big change here. And I love it. It took about 3 layers of paint, each time spraying at a different angle so that I could get in behind the cones and nuts and paint all around them.
Once the paint was dry, I added a bit of sparkle by glue-gunning some shiny pearl beads amongst the cones and nuts.
Here it is on our front door. I like how it looks snow-covered and stands out clearly against our dark-blue door.
Now - does it need a bow? I have thought about this for several days now. I was thinking just a big white one. Hmm...what do you think?
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Boy does that bring back memories. My grade one class at Mount Carmel also made two wreaths and Father Mooney hung them in the church for years at Christmas.
ReplyDeleteThat's a gorgeous wreath!! I LOVE it!! I would leave it as is..no bow is my vote:D
ReplyDeleteVery pretty. I used to make those ~ back in the 70's. Telling my age I'm afraid. My Mom still has one I made her for Christmas long time ago. Maybe I can talk her into painting it white. I vote no bow. Newest follower.
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This is super pretty! I love this! I found you through Craft Envy and am becoming your follower as soon as my little fingers are done typing this! Have a great Saturday-stop by and see some of my wreaths if you get bored! www.potholesandpantyhose.com (search wreaths!)
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It's amazing what some spray paint will do! I love the end result. I have to say when I saw the original, it brought back memories for me too. My mother had one almost exactly like that. Now I am tempted to ask her if she still has it... Seriously though this looks very high end. Thanks for visiting my blog and your kind comments. I am glad you did, I'm your newest follower.
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That is gorgeous.
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I love this idea. I may be at the thrift stores tomorrow. Take care.
ReplyDeleteIt looks amazing I love it. I would go a red bow but thats because I love read. I think it looks gorgeous as is though. Thanks for your lovely comments about my colours I actually scrapped that one and started another one for this little project as the theme is rainbow but I do love those colours and I think I will make one with those colours for our house. Granny stripes are great. xx
ReplyDeleteI thought that was Mom's wreath... but then I remembered hers was eaten by mice one fall. Looks great!
ReplyDeleteTotally Amazing! I think I am going to get some great ideas from your sire! Thanks S.T.
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