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A Valentine’s Wreath

January 5, 2012 by Cassie 21 Comments

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I had NO plans on making a Valentine’s Day wreath today, friends. No plans. Emmy and I drove to our favorite thrift shop and found lots of great treasures! We came home with 5 vintage children’s books (sorry, but these will be used for crafts!), a book for her, a couple of vintage resin kitchen vegetables for the wall which I will paint, 5 vintage glasses to use for candles, and a heart-shaped straw wreath! I spent $5.50 on all of that. I love that place.

Anyhow, I decided to make a yarn wrapped Valentine’s wreath. I went to my craft closet and pulled out my yarn.  I found a bumpy cream colored yarn that was perfect, and more importantly, that I had enough of.  Emmy and I whiled away the last hour before picking Sawyer up at the bus stop watching a movie and wrapping the wreath.   Here is the wrapped wreath…

Once it was wrapped it was ready for embellishments.  I went to my craft closet and was going to use felt to make felt flowers, but I have a GIANT stash of vintage ornaments in all sizes, and lots of pinks and reds.   Aren’t the little vintage angels so cute?

I use them for decorations and fillers at Christmas, and planned to make an ornament wreath (but that didn’t happen!). I also had lots of silver and gold tinsel pipecleaners left.  I had used them to decorate trees in our Christmas snow globe jars we gave as gifts to teachers, and I also used several to make my heart garland yesterday.  I still had enough left.  I used two twisted together to create the word “Love” to attach as well.  I used my hot glue gun to attach the word in the upper left, and a trio of pretty colored small vintage ornaments in the bottom right.  Here is the finished product!

The hardest part of this wreath is definitely the wrapping in yarn, but I think it was worth it.  I can’t wait to get to work on my other thrifty finds!  Have you found anything good lately that inspired a spur of the moment craft?  And do you notice that I tend to work in spurs of the moment often for my crafts?  I like to fly by the seat of my pants, live on the edge, live dangerously!  Watch out because you just never know when I will whip out my glue gun!
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  1. Haute Eyes says

    January 5, 2012 at 10:10 pm

    Such a cute idea! I dont think ive ever even thought of making a wreath for valentines day!! Would love it if you could stop by my blog today and let me know what you think of my most recent posts! Thanks, love!

    xo
    Caitlin
    http://hauteeyes.com

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  2. Anne says

    January 5, 2012 at 10:20 pm

    so cute. I love that you are already pulling out the vday decor! I mean, why not, right?? 🙂 xoxo

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  3. Twice Nice says

    January 5, 2012 at 10:23 pm

    That is so, so cute! I actually scored a couple of finds myself today. You’ll like this…another owl. I love them too! He’s being beautified right now, and a double heart wooden tray thing. I have plans to start that soon. Happy Crafting!

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  4. Tanya from Dans le Townhouse says

    January 6, 2012 at 12:08 am

    Cute! I love how softly textured the yarn is. And you’re so ahead of the game 🙂

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  5. gail says

    January 6, 2012 at 12:21 am

    Love your wreath Cassie! The embellishments are perfect!

    gail

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  6. Rita says

    January 6, 2012 at 1:02 am

    I know exactly what you mean!! I was at work this week and they handed me a bunch of fabric swatches for chairs and furniture. Granted it’s just for me to refer back to, but I made sure to tell them that I couldn’t be held responsible for my actions. And my actions would probably include a glue gun 🙂
    Love your wreath!

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  7. Kelly says

    January 6, 2012 at 1:07 am

    That is so sweet! I love the silver pipe cleaner.

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  8. CSI girl says

    January 6, 2012 at 1:35 am

    Love the small ornaments and how you reused items to make a cute wreath. Love it all!!!
    Thanks for linking up to the CSI Project!!

    Smiles,
    Dee, The CSI Girl

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  9. CSI girl says

    January 6, 2012 at 1:35 am

    Love the small ornaments and how you reused items to make a cute wreath. Love it all!!!
    Thanks for linking up to the CSI Project!!

    Smiles,
    Dee, The CSI Girl

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  10. Andi @ Jane of all crafts says

    January 6, 2012 at 2:12 am

    so cute!! I love (he he) it! I really like that it isn’t typical valentine decor.

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  11. [email protected] Not Included says

    January 6, 2012 at 2:17 am

    Cute! I love the vintage ornaments. I am insanely jealous at your thrift store finds. The ones around here are so overpriced and full of junk 🙁

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  12. Lisa - A Room with A View says

    January 6, 2012 at 2:19 am

    I am so happy to see that I am not the only one into spur of the moment projects and ideas, living life on the edge 🙂 I do some quick projects while waiting for the school bus. Very cute idea and I love the texture.

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  13. [email protected] Sort Of Fairytale says

    January 6, 2012 at 3:26 am

    It’s darling and I love that you just did it on a whim! You are a creative free spirit! <3

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  14. Carmel @ Our Fifth House says

    January 6, 2012 at 3:33 am

    Sounds like you totally scored! I love that bumpy yarn – so pretty. I went to my fav vintage shop today too! I picked up a few things for my girl’s room – one item may or may not be horse related 😉 it’s a sickness 😉

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  15. Kim @ A Brush of Whimsy says

    January 6, 2012 at 8:15 am

    It’s adorable!

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  16. laxsupermom says

    January 6, 2012 at 2:13 pm

    Love the wreath! Christmas is just coming down today(we leave it up til the Epiphany,) so I haven’t even begun to think about Valentine’s Day. Your wreath looks terrific! Thanks for sharing.

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  17. Suzy www.savedbysuzy.blogspot.com says

    January 6, 2012 at 5:51 pm

    Very cute wreath! And, I like that it’s different than your usual pink and red heart overload for V-day!

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  18. Lisa @ Shine Your Light says

    January 6, 2012 at 6:36 pm

    Cassie, you are on a Valentine’s Roll! What a cute wreath with the little pipecleaner “love”. You are so clever!

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  19. [email protected] says

    January 7, 2012 at 1:00 am

    Cute piece Cassie. Nice design, with just a hint of Christmas.

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  20. andrea says

    January 7, 2012 at 9:54 pm

    I think it’s cute! The yarn makes me warm and cozy..so lovey dovey! [email protected]

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  21. Andrea says

    January 9, 2012 at 9:39 pm

    Love the wealth. So very cute. I am a fly by the seat of my pants crafter too (and very dangerous with a glue gun)!

    Reply

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