Remember the cute yarn-wrapped wreath I made....the one with the cute felt flowers? Well, that wreath experienced death by sunshine. What a way to go, huh? Our door faces south, and the intense sunshine proved to be highly detrimental to my hot glue job. First the flowers fell off...I re-glued...they fell off again....I re-glued, they fell off once more, and I cried Uncle. Our front door looked naked and uninviting.
So yesterday the boys and I made a Thankful Wreath. I took a styrofoam wreath form that I got at Michael's (40% off with coupon!) and wrapped it in burnt orange Homespun yarn. Lesson learned, there was no hot glue involved: I secured the yarn ends with pins. I found some cute orange and white fabric in my stash and decided that would make a nice textural accent, so around it went. This leaf template was available online, and I printed it on yellow & orange paper, and cut out the leaves that say "...is Thankful for...." We each took turns writing on the leaves, and our gratitude ranged from Jesus to our warm beds to Transformers. The pins worked well to secure the leaves to the wreath.
It's a great little reminder every time that we enter our house that we do indeed have a lot to be thankful for.
