Burlap Wreath with Removable Velcro Embellishments

A few months ago the sweet girls at Fancy Road House invited me to a local blogger meetup.  I'm so glad I went because I met some really great local bloggers and had so much fun making a burlap wreath.  You can read their recap of the event here.  I just realized I never shared the details of my fun night...expect a post all about it shortly! 

Today I finally finished embellishing my wreath and hung it on my front door. 

Prior to this wreath getting hung today, our door was boring.  I didn't have a wreath hanger that fit this door because of the curve.  This is our first curved door and I was clueless what to do about a wreath hanger.

I noticed a pretty wreath on my neighbor's door a couple of weeks ago.  I asked how she hung the wreath and she told me about the removable 3M hangers.  I picked one up with a 40% off coupon at Michael's last week.

I've been wanting to add vinyl to our door for awhile so I figured I might as well get that done today too.  I used my Cricut to cut out "Welcome" in red vinyl.

I pulled out the burlap wreath and thought about just putting it on the door with out adding any embellishments.  Isn't it pretty?

I finally talked myself into adding some color to the wreath.  First I used a foam letter (our initial) from Target.

I made it cute by changing the ribbon.

Then I used fabric scraps to make a few rosettes.  I had a difficult time deciding on a color because I didn't want the wreath to be specific to one season.  I ended up putting velcro on the back of the rosettes so they could be changed through the year.

The orange and white looks perfect for Fall!

But I'm most excited to change them to something red and green in December!  The velcro will make it a quick change!

My front door finally looks welcoming!

I'm linking this post here.

 

Burlap and Felt Turkey Table Runner

Wow, November is here!  It feels like just yesterday it was summer and I was wishing for colder weather and pumpkin spice lattes.  Today I was excited to take down our Halloween decorations and get a few turkeys out in our house.  I made a very quick table runner to add some color to our kitchen.  This little turkey was made completely with supplies I had at home.

I used a plate from my daughter's tea set and a coffee can lid to trace the turkey's body on burlap.

The other pieces were cut from felt with out a pattern. 

I had a big piece of burgundy fabric in my stash that was the perfect size for a small table runner.  I ended up just pressing the edges instead of using pins before I made them pretty with my sewing machine.

I chose a fun embroidery stitch to add some character to the runner.

Bright yellow thread looked great against the darker color.

I stitched the turkey pieces with the same yellow thread.

Hot glued googly eyes finished the turkey.

My kitchen table was looking a little dull this morning.

After only half an hour in my craft room, our table is looking festive!

I'm so excited to see November!