Ah, Pinterest. While perusing one day, I came across this wreath. I wanted to make a thoughtful and nice Christmas gift for a friend and, fortuitously, she ended up pinning the same wreath. That means it’s a winner, right? So I set to work.
I started out with 40 sheets of cardstock and made up the shapes in my Silhouette software so I wouldn’t have to cut them by hand. (If you have a Silhouette and would like the file, let me know and I can send it to you. They do sell them, but I’m cheap, so I made my own.) I rolled and glued per the tutorial (skipping the glittering part) and ended up needing another full 10 sheets of cardstock.
The project ended up taking a lot more time and materials than I had counted on, but it did turn out very nicely.
Of course, I discovered that Target has this wreath for $40 and have seen a smaller red one (very similar to the one I made) for about $20. The materials cost on this was over $15 – probably around $18. DIY fail? Maybe.
But, my friend seemed to legitimately like it, so that was fabulous. Gift fail? Nope.
2 comments:
Wow! I've seen these and love them too--- adds a little texture and color to a room without being too flashy. I wonder if there is a way to make it cheaper? Maybe larger rosettes? Or a bundle of paper with a coupon? I don't know. I always have a tough time finding the wreathe forms for inexpensive... but maybe I haven't been looking hard enough. PLEASE send me the file if you get a chance.
I like it better than Target's, fwiw. I've seen small wreath forms at Dollar Tree. Maybe they'd work?
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