monthly wreaths

i have been making a wreath every month since october, so basically since we moved into our house. i think it's high time i finally share them with you all (only my 2012 ones, i already shared the others)

so here is my january wreath:

please excuse the poor quality of my photos, i really need a nice camera. this is with the flash, without it, it's way too dark. for this one i wrapped yarn around a frame, then i wrapped pretty, snowy looking white yarn (which you can barely see) and then i tied on those bally things. i thought it looked appropriate for the season. i hand embroidered "happy new year" on my pennants and made a banner by sewing them onto more yarn. i'm pretty happy with the way it turned out- simple but cute!

here is my february wreath:

this one was fun! katie gave me those hearts, she had extras from her wreath and i knew i wanted to use them. she gave me a bunch in all sorts of colors, but i finally decided to just use white and pink. well it was a dark pink and i had nothing on hand that dark, so i decided to try to modge podge tissue paper to get the pink dark enough and lo and behold, it worked! so after i did lots of modge podging (which i enjoy), i thought it was way too plain. what to add? how about beads! how to add them? how about with straight pins that i can just stick straight into the wreath. so i did! and i am very please with how it turned out. again, i really need a better camera!!

finally, my march wreath:

the camera does the worst job on this one, it really is much cuter than this! this one i pretty much took straight from pinterest. i have been gathering a board of wreaths for a while and have finally copied one of them. i just used a roll of kelly green, a roll of a limey green, and a roll of sparkly white tulle around a small dollar store wreath frame (cute in half) and then added a few glittery shamrock stickers to it. i was skeptical to whether or not i was going to like it for a long time, but now, i very much like it. thanks pinterest!

so my wreaths are nothing fancy but i still love them, and i love having something seasonal to greet my visitors when they knock on my door. come by and see one of my wreaths for yourself! we would love to have more friends come and visit us!