Easter Wreath in a Picture Frame

I got myself my very first glue gun the other day. And I'm certain that Martha Stewart is afraid of the competition now. And there is a reason to be! :). I had been wanting to get one for a while and only recently discovered how inexpensive they were. Go figure. Walking in the store with your eyes open might pay off. Well, it did. This time.

I decided to make an Easter wreath for our door.I wanted something different and knew that utilizing a picture frame was a definite requirement. I already had a picture frame that I had acquired for free, so what else was there to think about?

So, out came the craft supplies and here is the outcome of my creative juices:

In case you are interested, then here is what I used:

- scrapbook paper (I used it to cover the picture frame)
- plastic eggs (of course)
- gold thread (looked cute, but you can use anything you want)
- foam sheets
- tulip, regular flower and butterfly cookie cutters
- pencil
- scissors
- glitter
- small toy chick
- gift wrap ribbon
- willingness
- a smile

Here is how it all went down:

1) I used a bigger needle to get "un-holey" eggs "holey" so that I could hang them with the gold thread and at different heights.

2) I taped scrapbook paper on the picture frame (could have glued it but at this time I wasn't a proud owner of a glue gun yet :)

3) Then I used the cookie cutters to trace and then cut out butterfly, general flower and tulip shapes.

4) Used some green scraps for stems.

5) Cut out some extra tiny hearts (to "girl it up") and glued them on the butterflies.

6) Glued the glitter pieces where I saw fit (felt mighty powerful).

7) As a final touch, I attached a small chick on the frame (it is an Easter wreath after all).

8) Added the ribbon and the wreath was done!


Now that I look at it, perhaps I could shift the eggs around a bit but that's ok.

And as an added bonus, the day after I hung  it all on the door, we got a major snow storm with unpleasant wind and cold temperatures to top it off. My frilly and flower-y door creation looked very out of place. And cold. But... Easter is next Sunday! There isn't much time when it comes to the pre-Easter anticipation decorations. 

Snow or no snow, my wreath will stay here. There. I said it.