Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Old Books and Burlap

Hello to you all. 

How are you?  (I really do care…not just asking to fill space)

I know that we all love texture, right?

When making the three wreaths that I have made over the last months, I knew they would each one add the “just right” texture where I needed it.

See what I mean…

door wreath 1


door wreath 2

I love the soft textiles against this hard grainy wood.  This wreath also happened to be the garland that graced our fireplace during Christmas.    I made this out of lots of cut up pieces of burlap, an old lace tablecloth, an old white sheet and just whatever other scrap fabric I could find.  (it took a lot)


This next wreath hangs in my guest bathroom in the center of a great old frame that I picked up this summer at the fleamarket.


bathroom wreath 3

Again, I love the softness against the hard wood frame.

Over my fireplace, hangs the first wreath that I ever made.  This is my favorite because I absolutely love the fullness of the wreath and the different shades of the old book pages.  I purposefully used different books to try to get a variation of color.

mantel wreath 3


mantel wreath 2


Hard mantel…soft wreath….good combo.

I so prefer using wreaths like this that I have made over something bought. 

For someone who is really not very crafty at all, these were easy.  You know me…I like easy.

Hope you are all having a great week.  Blessings to each one of you and thanks for coming around and spending your valuable time with me.


Partying over at:  Momma Hen's Coop

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