I saw this wreath this week on Home Talk. I immediately fell in love with it and Debi was nice enough to share some tricks she learned along the way. Silly things get me excited and I couldn't wait to make this! Here's my inspiration, Debi's wreath:
Debi said to glue the 3 hula hoops together first and then she used fishing line to wrap them together. I did glue them together, then glued the space in between on one side, when dry, glued the space on the other side. I did not have fishing line and didn't find any while out shopping so I am using braided twine. (I may still pick it up if I come across some while out.)
After that, it's just a matter of decorating as you will. I started with flowers. I got almost everything at the Dollar Tree; which means everything was a dollar... even what I did get at Dollar General. The flowers are part of Dollar Tree's Luau section. I got 3 Laius for a dollar. I started in the middle, to cover where glued, and wrapped each around the hoops and used hot glue to secure.
Added some accessories:
Now is time to decide and (hot) glue accessories to the hoops. I got pineapple sunglasses. Although Debi got margarita glasses, she took the backs off so the would be 'clicking' glasses. I left mine together and used the (over the ear parts) to glue to hoops. I glued 2 fish facing each other to the hoops. I got the fish and others at Dollar General for $1.00 each at Christmas time.
I added more but the middle bugged me. It needed something but what? I played some more...here's my drinking alligators:
the pair of flip flops with star fish:
The center under the Beach House sign bugged me, so I added a straw hat:
I still want to add something to the middle of the hat...
I had a palm tree ornament from Christmas but it has red and green presents at the bottom. I was starting to get frustrated until I started playing with shells. I found a shell that was the right size to cover both gifts!! I found my center piece for the hat! Once I glued the shell to the palm tree and glued the palm tree to the hat, I added a few more shells. I added 3 necklaces too.
Now is the real test: will this (biggest) hula hoop be too big for my front door? I should have checked this in the beginning...oh well. I stuck a hook, up-side-down on the inside of the door and hooked the braided twine over and TA DA!!!
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I LOVE IT!!
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little flamingo
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Cheers
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| Tree and Shells |
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added beads too
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sunglasses
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| fish |
I hope you find inspiration during your day.
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