As cold as it is outside right now, we know that spring is on
it's way. I usually put a different wreath on our front door,
but I think it's about time for a change. So I have been
collecting all sorts of items, tucking them away
until I had a plan.
Pretty, small treasures that caught my eye, got put
aside. This little tarnished silver crown was the piece that started the theme.
I wanted the wreath to look fairly natural.
Almost as if the bird came, found a bare wreath and
then created a home. A nesting wreath.
This little wooden bird hadn't been painted yet.
So I did the first coat on her body dark brown and the wings grey.
Once dried, I used chalk paint, and a dot of brown for her eyes.
Then she was aggressively sanded and waxed.
I hot glued dry moss, extra twigs and raffia
into all the bigger openings along the wreath.
The nest is layers of fabric, recycled paper,
burlap and a lot of hot glue.
Using some of my leftover fabric, I stencilled
a tiny WELCOME banner. Then a few skeleton keys
were aged and hung at beginning and end of
the welcome banner.
I love the texture of the wreath against
the strength of the black door.
It makes a nice contrast.
If you look closely you can see the sparkly beads
that I added. They are beads that I have had in my bead
box for about 2 years. I never could make them work in any
of my projects, until now.
I wanted just a hint of color, a little touch of blue...
yes, like a robins egg blue! The ribbon was too bright, so I Chalk Painted it.
Not an easy task, but made it look
weathered and aged.
Now I am waiting until I can do a little
planting out here....
Brrrrrrr.
I am partying with
