Cucumbers & Vinegar: wreaths

I whipped up this cutie last night with some leftover snowflake ornaments I had.

I bought this wreath at the D.I. for a buck:

I also came across this fabric and grabbed it for also only a buck:

I had a feeling I could use it for something Christmasy!

So I cut it into wide strips and wrapped it around the ugly wreath:

I used lots of hot glue as I went to hold it tightly in place.

After I got it all wrapped, it looked like this:

Not too pretty, right?

Well, this is when I added the green and gold snowflakes.

I just hot glued them on, every other.

Then, after I got the first layer done, I slipped the opposite color behind and hot glued those into place:

Very simple process and it went fairly quick!

I was surprised how well the hot glue held the snowflakes into place.

Then I spray painted a cardboard barn star that I bought at Michael's, black and suspended it from the top.

I just used an ornament hook and poked it through the fabric.

I added on some long ribbon that I had in my ribbon box, and here it is:

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AFTER:

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