Happy Monday! Happy July! It's going to be a good week! There's a fun holiday involved! Yeah! I am very into Americana themed items – crafts, home decor, clothes, cards, stitching…. Well, you get the idea! Our home is very decorated for the 4th of July with lots of flags and good things. I am wishing you a good week and a fun holiday with family and friends! I recently made it a goal to read more….Summer is a great time for lazy afternoons reading!! I have been an avid reader since I was very small and lately life just got busy and I stopped reading and I miss it!! Anyone else have a giant stack of books waiting on the nightstand?? I recently updated my Amazon Summer 2024 reading list if you want to check it out!!
My project for today is a home decor piece made from paper!! And card making supplies!
My project is a Paper Pinwheel Wreath! Made from patriotic papers and 4th of July theme. It's made from lots and lots of pinwheels hot glued onto a wreath form. It was a very fun project and it came together quickly and easily. This would be a really good group project because it's the same thing made over and over again and it's easy to finish in an afternoon. Here is my wreath and where it's hanging in our home – on the cabinets between the kitchen and our nook. All my supplies are at the bottom of my post or CLICK HERE!
I photo'd it on this white door so you could see the size and scale against a plain background…
In my stash, I had these buttons from Michaels so I added a few of them!
I used the AMAZING 3D Pinwheel Dies to make this project. I made about 30 large and small pinwheels but it only ended up taking about 14 pinwheels to finish my wreath. I actually thought it would take a lot more!! I die cut all my pinwheels first – sooooo easy.
Here they are before assembly – small and large ones!
I folded them over and used colorful brads to finish/close them up! This could not be more fun or simple!
On my desk…. I used a wreath form (in the supplies) and acrylic paint. I painted the wreath form blue (I forgot to take a photo of that part!) and then I used hot glue to attach all the pinwheels to the wreath form. (I only burned myself once! Ha) I glued them right under the part with the brad.
You, again, could make this project with any theme! I am definitely going to make a Halloween one. I have so many cute Halloween papers! As I continue to try to use my stash!!
After the entire wreath was assembled I generously splattered on rich gold paint for a little bit of shimmer….
My trusty sidekick Lucky was right there on my desk when I finished my project…. So I snapped a quick photo of him inside my wreath! How fun is he??!!
That's it for today! Happy July! Happy 4th! I'll be back on Thursday with a cool card with a VERY Americana theme! I can't wait to show you! I hope you'll try to make a paper wreath!
CLICK HERE to see another project I made last year with the same patriotic pinwheels idea!
