diy autumn wreath.

funny story: our neighbors/friends the crawford's hate when people decorate for christmas before thanksgiving , so to be funny i put my christmas wreath up on the front door & waited to see if they would see it. cory even stated to me, "evanda take that down" & i refused waiting to see if i would get a reaction. alison & russ were driving past our house & sure enough alison told russ to look at our front door & behold the christmas wreath #winning

now, i did not have a fall wreath & we have been looking for a while, i just couldn't find one that i really really liked.

so. my sweet husband decided to stop by hobby lobby & pick out everything he thought i would like to make a fall wreath. you guys! what? how did i get so blessed with such a thoughtful man? THANK YOU JESUS. he did an amazing job bc literally everything in the bag i was obsessed with. little pumpkins, little acorns, little baby corn, feathers, sunflowers - i was surprised to say the least!

the acorns are the CUTEST!

so people have been asking me, how do you even start? well for me i always pick out the focal point & build around it. with everything that cory got the sunflowers were the biggest & i had two of them so i built around those. 

to start i put the feathers on the back of the wreath to fill in some empty spots. 

then i added the brown stuff- i say stuff because i have no idea what it is called. 

i didn't use the orange - i am saving that for another project. 

this stuff has wire so it is easy to wrap around the wire wreath frame in places to hold it tightly together. 

then i added my focal points. 

i put one on the top & bottom & then added all the flowers to fill in gaps. 

the little corn added so much of a thanksgiving vibe & the little pumpkins pulled everything together. 

you should try it! it is so fun to pull something off the shelf year after year that YOU made. this is also a reminder of my sweet husband & how thoughtful he is. seriously, do you know many guys that would do this? i love our little wreath!

what kind of project are y'all working on for fall?

cheers,

-e

crafty book.

i have started on this little book & i am so excited about the outcome and the process. i am no good at self control when it comes to hobby lobby. the clearance aisle is dangerous. look at the things i walked away with.

this little book made my creative mind start spinning. i thought what a fun way to incorporate my origrami order & a handmade photo album. if you have ever ordered from origrami you know how cool it is. you basically sign in to your instagram and order prints & i ordered mine to look like polaroids.

you just use the clasps to hold all the pages together.

i found this e & thought it was perfect. of course it was. 

i found some of the cutest little packs of tape with mustaches, fingers & glasses. i braided some thread and used the hot glue gun to hold it down.

this is one of the stamps i bought ($3).

cut out some little brown craft paper circles & put a little quote on it. i am still working on the book & i want to take my time to finish it, but you get the idea. you can do whatever you like with these things, no end to the creative, which makes me happy. i hope at the end it is filled with memories, quotes & little snippets in to happy moments in my life. 

here is another page- as you can see i just drew some triangles, painted them and did some cute little bubble letters. "est. 2011 estes" i have this picture of our first kiss that will go on this page too. so much you can do!

ronda was working on her project & i cannot wait for her blog post to be up about it. you can keep a look out for it here

look at her. gorgeous. i really am blessed with amazing, godly, gorgeous friends. she is the sweetest & there is no one else i would rather spend a saturday doing crafts with. love you mrs. ivey.

her pups were in on the action as well. this is rocko.

& bo.

i love this craft & one day i will be done & show you guys the complete project. don't you think its fun to take your time on something like this?

cheers,

mrs. estes