Making a House a Home

I have to be honest with you. I am not artsy. I can draw a picture and I can cook up a meal (and I can crochet but it takes a REALLY, REALLY long time), but I cannot make pretty things for our home. Well, I couldn't until recently. And, like I said yesterday, this past week of being lost in cyberspace with our computer down, I've accomplished a good bit more than I thought I could.

Mrs. Wilt has inspired MANY of us to get creative in the home and this past weekend I actually decided to make a go of it and try to create a fall wreath for our door. Here's what I started with...



- a grapevine wreath
- some plastic apples
- a spool of some ribbon that matched the apples
- a plastic "zip" fastener
- hot glue gun



First, I decided which part of the wreath I wanted to be the top so that I could then wrap the ribbon around the grapevine wreath and hot glue it at the starting point and the ending point. I started the ribbon at the bottom of the wreath so that it would be hidden behind the apples and bow (you'll see what I mean with the finished picture). Then I used the "zip" fastener (sorry, I don't know the official name of the thing) to fasten the apples onto the back of the wreath. Lastly, I tied the bow and hot glued it into place. Voila!! A simple, fast and easy-enough-for-me wreath to welcome our guests to our home!!!

So, what do y'all think??