DIY cotton wreath

Hello!


     I don't know about you all, but Mondays come too fast and for me they fly by instead of drag on. First off I'm happy, but kind of sad, that the mystery mutt and her owner have been reunited and our house is restored to its regular crazy! She was really a sweetheart and slept the entire time she was with us. Luckily her owner was just as sweet and SO thankful to have her back. Okay, back on track- A few days ago I stumbled upon a cotton wreath someone had made out of cotton balls, a vine wreath and craft paper. Saturday night, against my better judgment I stayed up way too late trying to conquer this project. I'm not sure when my Saturday night excitement became crafting, but I assume somewhere between the first peanut and the second. I'm okay with it. Anyway, the supply list for this is basically nothing!

• GLUE GUN & GLUE STICKS
• GRAPE VINE WREATH ( I purchased mine at Wal-Mart for around $5.00)
• BAG OF COTTON BALLS (These I had on hand, but from the Dollar Store $1.00)
• CRAFT PAPER or BROWN PAPER BAGS (optional, I didn't use)
• BURLAP (optional, for hanging purposes)

     I didn't take step by step photo's, but trust me, it's self-explanatory. The whole reason I started this was because I did not want to purchase the faux cotton stems at $6.00+ a piece OR the dried cotton plants from Hobby Lobby that are right around $10.00. Let alone buy a cotton wreath, if you haven't checked the prices on those , yikes! First off, you're going to want to put your favorite Netflix series on because step one is the most tedious. In order to get the fuller look and as close to the faux cotton as possible, I took the cotton balls and stretched them. Which sounds fairly simple, but it was not. I chose to group approximately three cotton balls per "fluff" on my wreath. So once you have finished your entire Netflix series of choice, you are ready for step two. If you choose to add the craft paper or paper bag to the bottom of your "fluff" , I would suggest you do that now. I would assemble the "fluffs" and glue the paper straight onto the bottom of each individual "fluff". If you're confused about this - Pinterest, my friends. I didn't have craft paper or bags on hand so I opted out. Third, you will need to start to pull a few sticks out from your wreath. A few here and there will be plenty. Finally, after you realize 10 years of your life is gone, you are ready to attach your fluffs. I honestly had no plan for this step other than to place them randomly. I put some on the ends so they would stand out and some tucked into the wreath itself. I would recommend you put the glue on to the wreath and NOT onto the fluff. Ouch. To be frank, I got lazy and stopped gluing the pieces on and started more or less shoving them onto the branches...that resulted in me putting the fluffs back on the wreath after I got it hung up (USE THE GLUE). I used some burlap ribbon to hang on an old ladder and voilà!

     I promise it's not as bad as I made it out to be.  That's all for now! See you back Thursday!