Coffee Filter Wreath

I know the coffee filter wreath has been all over blogland.  I'm not sick of it though.  You may remember the wreath I have in my dining room.  Or the tree I made at Christmas.  I love some coffee filters.  Well I had a housewarming party to go to Sunday at 2:00, and it would take me about 45 minutes to get to the party.  I decided at 11 that I would make a coffee filter wreath for the party.  And I hadn't showered yet.  Best decision of the day?  Probably not.  This, my friends, is how I roll.

Thankfully, I already had my supplies.  I had a wreath form (from the Dollar Tree), coffee filters (a fresh pack that I hadn't even opened!), some ribbon, a glue gun (or in my case, three. . . don't ask please.  I don't have an answer.), and some glue sticks.

This is not a difficult project folks.  Grab a filter, fold it up in the direction of your choice, and glue.  Work around the perimeter of the form from the outside in.  And have some patience.

I like to lay out a bunch of filters while I'm working on it so I don't have to stop each time and peel them apart, etc.  It seems helpful to me.

I will say that when I made the wreath and tree previously, I glued directly onto the plastic around the form.  That wasn't an option with this one, and I HATED gluing it to the floral foam.  It just made a mess and the glue didn't adhere immediately.  It ended up being fine though.  I love how they turn out - and it's exceptionally inexpensive with a pretty dramatic result.

Crafty, Crafty

We had ourselves a crafty weekend. 

First, I made a coffee filter tree.

I would seriously cover my children in coffee filters if that wasn't weird.

Everything I glue them to comes out cute.

I first saw this on The Nester's blog.

Why does her's look bigger? 

Bigger tree thingy to start with?

I'm making the second one tonight for the other side of the table.

And putting them on cake stands.

Today we were busy, busy.

Jack painted a picture.

Then painted himself.

Then had his first bath of the day.

First of three.

What?



I made these curtains for the boys' room.

They started out just polka dot.

Then I remembered I still can't do math.

And didn't buy enough fabric.

What a moron.

No worries.

I sewed the striped on top, then put a cute ribbon in the middle.

Problem solved.

And cuter than the original.

I had extra fabric left from my dining room curtains.

And extra fabric left from the boys' curtains.

And I love monograms. . .

I used the canvas as a case, and appliqued their initials onto the front.

I will stuff them and use them as pillows for their beds.

You know, when they're made.

 (On Saturday and Sunday, only.)

The pillows will be Christmas gifts.

Because every little boy hopes for a personalized pillow under the tree.