Lou's How To's :: Birthday Wreath

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Aloha Sprinklerinos,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A couple of days ago I instagrammed <span style="font-size: x-small;">('Sprinkleofglitr')</span> a picture of something I had made for Baby Glitter and I had so much interest in it, that I thought I would write a blog post for you all.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img class="photo" height="640" src="http://distilleryimage3.instagram.com/f340ec6c798e11e18bb812313804a181_7.jpg" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the image in question. It is a Birthday Wreath made for Baby Glitter's upcoming 1st Birthday Party and it was beyond easy to make.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My friend Marie in America had made one for her little girl's birthday bash and I instantly fell in love and decided to make my own. You can check her video out <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYKMeyRgAbs&feature=plcp&context=C4bab22bVDvjVQa1PpcFP2F4QxBQdxkaFyo3QVgsj1ez4UUYXaCx8"><span style="color: magenta;"><strong>HERE</strong></span></a> to see all her gorgeous party decor.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I shall give you a step by step and ebay links for crafty bits if you like to order online. Alternatively, you could pop along to your local craft store. I just like ebay because it's easy, speedy and paypal friendly- ohhh yeaaah!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Steppy by Steppy's:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">1. Get yourself a <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Craft-Polystyrene-full-round-RINGS-Wreaths-1-pc-x22cm-/350133045147?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Celebrations_Occasions_ET&hash=item51858e479b">polystyrene ring,</a> a ball of <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STILL-ONLY-1-99-King-Cole-Big-Value-Chunky-Knitting-Wool-16-colours-/220969078325?pt=UK_Crafts_Knitting_Crochet_EH&var=&hash=item7916ac2500">wool</a> in whichever colour you prefer, about 50cm (to be on the safe side- you may have excess) of <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-METRES-15MM-SINGLE-SATIN-RIBBON-20-COLOURS-/130546407744?pt=Uk_Crafts_Cake_Decorating_MJ&var=&hash=item641f6fd2fd">ribbon</a> in whichever colour you prefer, stick on <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176-4mm-2mm-self-adhesive-diamantes-stick-diamontes-gems-/130615797388?pt=UK_Crafts_Embellishments_SM&var=&hash=item64207b7b0a">gems,</a> scissors and most fun of all, embellishments!! You can go wild with whatever you would like, but I chose <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Craft-Embellishments-4-Glitter-Gem-Decorated-Cup-Cakes-Card-Making-160-/130573611984?pt=UK_Crafts_Embellishments_SM&hash=item1e66cb33d0">cupcakes</a> to give it a birthday feel. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">2. Wrap the wool around the ring. For a more full and plush appearance, wrap round a couple of times. Warning- this takes time! Sit yourself in front of a film and just enjoy the easy task and feel satisfied watching it slowly fill up.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">3. Wrap the ribbon round the ring to give it a candy cane spiral effect. Tie a bow and loop at the top so that you will be able to hang it from a hook.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">4. Add the embellishments in any pattern or design.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">5. Add the stick on gems in any pattern or design.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">6. Stand back smugly in the knowledge that you just made a Birthday Wreath.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Seriously, this is an easy peasy lemon squeezy project and could be adapted for any occasion. How nice would an Autumnul wreath look? Mmmmm, I love Autumn.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I plan on displaying this near Baby Glitter's highchair at her party so that it is in a lot of her photographs and then afterwards I will hang it in her bedroom. Maybe we'll get it out every year!<br /><br />If simple pimple baby projects are your bag, last year I wrote a post on <a href="http://sprinkleofglitter.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/graffiti-baby.html"><span style="color: magenta;">customising baby clothes</span></a> with pens and waaaayyy back in 2009 in my first ever month of blogging, I wrote a post on <a href="http://sprinkleofglitter.blogspot.co.uk/2009/09/naked-ambition.html"><span style="color: magenta;">making a tutu for a barbie doll</span>.</a> Craft-tastic! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Is this something you might try? Do you think it will make a unique decoration? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Toodlepip!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">xx</div>

Lou's How To's :: Birthday Wreath

Aloha Sprinklerinos, A couple of days ago I instagrammed ('Sprinkleofglitr') a picture of something I had made for Baby Glitter and...

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