I mentioned awhile ago that my girlfriends and I started a monthly Pinterest craft night… but OKAY, let’s all be honest here, we refer to it as our “Wine Club.” This month we didn’t even get around to the craft part of the night 😉 But when we DO make crafts, they’re pretty awesome… like this Letter Wreath!
There really isn’t a science to it… the four of us all showed up with different sized letters, twine of different thicknesses, and a variety of ribbon and flowers. Actually, one of us decided not even to use twine! I had brought a bag full of old lace curtains that I use for crafting and she cut up strips.
Here’s our letter wreath making in progress:
WHAT YOU NEED:
- A letter! I went to Hobby Lobby and bought a flat wooden letter “D” for our last name. I had wished it was thicker, but after the twine was added, it looked just fine. They had cardboard letters that were thicker, but they were also smaller in size and I didn’t want that. My friend that used the lace cut her letter “N” out of a big piece of styrofoam because she wanted a huge letter. So, really, you can use anything you’d like!
- Twine. (Or ribbon, yarn, lace, even just mod podge on some scrapbook paper?). There’s even twine of different colors and thickness (“ply”). I realized that the smaller the ply, the more wrapping (and more work) I’d have to do, so I bought thicker 4-ply jute twine, but others used 2- or 3-ply and it worked just fine! Here’s a good image of 2-, 3-, and 4-ply. I also used the darker looking twine, while others used the lighter natural looking twine… so many choices!
- Hot glue gun (with lots of glue sticks!). I glued down an end of twine (to the back of the letter), did some wrapping, dapped some more glue on the back, wrapped some more…. When I got to a curve or area of the letter where I had to stop, I just cut my twine, glued it down, and started again.
- Scissors.
- Ribbon.
- Flowers, buttons, or any other things you want to add to make it pretty!
- Velcro (OPTIONAL). Instead of gluing my flowers directly to my letter, I glued little velcro circles to my letter and to the backs of the flowers so that they’re interchangeable. I wanted to be able to make the letter wreath festive for holidays! So at Christmas, for example, I can trade out my flowers for green and red ones 🙂
- WINE.
I don’t really have any tips for wrapping… just keep going. Some parts are more difficult to cover (like the top and bottom left sides of my “D”) and I had to stop and start more often… I even cut some strips of twine and glued them straight down on the D instead of wrapping it to cover certain areas. You can’t even tell… and besides, I covered up those areas with flowers anyway 😉
You can really see how differently we all made our letters… there are endless possibilities so get creative! I love coming home and seeing my lovely letter wreath hanging on the front door 🙂 These would also be GREAT for your children’s rooms or as a housewarming gift or at a baby or wedding shower!
What a cute idea, someone like me that is not good at crafty stuff could even do this LOL.
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Cute cute cute! I need one for my T wall!
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I love these, I seriously need a hobby lobby near me!
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Love these! I have some letter sitting in my windowsill that I bought with something similar in mind.
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Would love to know how you make the flowers on your letter wreaths thank you so much, Linda
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Emily Dickey Reply:
April 15th, 2013 at 11:31 am
The flowers were all purchased, except on the letter “K.” It’s basically a felt circle, cut into a spiral, and then wrapped around itself. After a quick google search, I found this pinterest board full of cute flower tutorials: http://pinterest.com/pagecd/felt-flower-tutorial/
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That turned out really cool! I love crafts like this that you can use your imagination and add what you like. This would make a great house warming gift. Thanks for sharing!
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Looks nice! Thanks for sharing
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These are so cute! This will make awesome gifts for each for my grand-daughter’s new rooms when they move next month. I have been searching for something—thank you!
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Need to make one of these ASAP they are adorable 🙂
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I love this idea! I think Im gonna have to make one for our front door for the holidays. It would be really cute to make a smallish one to hang in Emma’s room too!!
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So cool! They turned out beautifully! I am definitely doing this for our front door. Thank you for sharing!!
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I love this! I’ve been looking for idea for our front door that aren’t too “seasonal” so this would be perfect. I’d love to start a monthly craft/wine night too. I’m new to the area so it might be a fun way to meet people.
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