Summer Rainbow Wreath

 

There are three things I’m kind of obsessing over lately. I’m actually a little ashamed to admit it. The first is rainbows. Do I need to even explain myself? I mean, what’s not to love? Pinterest, per usual, has not helped at all with curbing this obsession. It’s really only encouraged it. I mean . . . . Pinterest basically begged me to plan a rainbow birthday party for Quinn.

What’s a girl to do?

Obsession two: pinwheels. I’m not sure anything screams summer more than pinwheels. And, I mostly blame my dear friend Erin for this obsession after making 120 pinwheels for the party to celebrate her wedding. (More on that later.)

Obsession three: wreaths. In the last six months I have made three wreaths (ruffle, egg, now this . . . ). Oh how I wish I had someone or something to blame this on . . .

These three obsessions came together in a glorious collision when I saw this from Neverland Nook.

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Again, what’s a girl to do?

May I suggest . . . . this!

It’s so terrifyingly crafty, but I love it. It has brought new life to my doorway.

I won’t go into the nitty gritty details because Neverland Nook does a fantastic job of that. I will say this . . . when you are making the holes with the pin, for the love of all things holy, use a wine cork!  (I have just one or maybe two of those laying around . . . )  I made a fair number of holes in my thumb before figuring that out. I also covered my foam wreath in ribbon because I have a glass door and didn’t want to see styrofoam every time I walked past it. A nice 3 yard spool worked perfectly around the 12 inch wreath, and I just pinned it into place. {Edited to add . . . I recently saw on another blog a reference to this post and the sad result when she tried to follow my instructions . . . 3 yards was not enough! Ha! Oops. Sorry, all. Looks like it’s closer to 6 yards . . . Hmmmm . . . if only I had saved the spool I had used.}  I used 6 x 6 squares because that is a fourth of scrapbook paper. And if you are going to double side your paper, the thinner the paper the better. 

But look!! So pretty!!

{Cupcakes:  I know, I know . . . . if I stop using the occasional (or more than occasional) curse word and give up on cocktails, please hold an intervention. Thank you.}