Thursday, January 20, 2011

Vintage Music Wreath

Today I Created | A wreath using vintage sheet music

Now that Christmas is behind us, I was looking for something that hinted of Spring. I was inspired by this Winter wreath. It is beautiful and looked fairly simple. And if you scroll down to the bottom of this previous post you will see that I found almost all of the supplies at estate sales for about $3.

I noticed that the instructions said to use a 14" wreath but mine was larger so I had to make a few adjustments. I had a lot of wreath to cover. I used almost a full bag of Spanish Moss to cover the straw wreath. Luckily I had lots of sheet music and I even used pages from an old book. These were die cut into strips using the Create-a-Bow die by Eileen Hull for Sizzix.

I die cut several Flourish #2 shapes in green and adhered them with straight pins.

I liked the inspiration wreath but I wanted to include some soft Spring colors so I added silk flowers. I love how the vintage sheet music adds a nice texture to the paper.

Here is a closeup of the beautiful sheet music.

I'm very honored to be featured at Under the Table and Dreaming.
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14 comments:

  1. I really, really like this how it turned out. The colors are magnificent...and yes, Spring like.


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  2. Very pretty wreath! May I ask if you used pins to adhere the strips to the styrofoam wreath?

    Warmly,
    Debbie

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  3. Beautiful! I'm going to pass this along to a few crafty people. Thanks for sharing.

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  4. This is so cute! I may have to borrow this idea in the future!

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  5. Hi Debbie - Yes I used straight pins to adhere the strips. The wreath I used is actually made from straw. I used straight pins (you will need a lot of these) to hold the strips.

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  6. Lynda, This is so pretty. I love the style of the loops. Thanks so much for linking to the Sunday Showcase; I greatly appreciate it. Hope you had a wonderful weekend. I'll be featuring this today, stop by and grab a featured button if you like. ~ Stephanie Lynn

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  7. this is so pretty! I agree with Stephanie. The loops make it. Fabulous job and I am so glad you linked up!

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  8. Pretty! I love the accents you added for a pop of color :) Thanks for linking up!

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  9. This is really cute! So well done!!

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  10. I want to make one of those myself! I'm just waiting for a super cheap wreath form to come along. I just can't bring myself to go out and buy a new, rather expensive, styrofoam one when I know that perfectly good forms are out there just waiting to be upcycled!

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  11. Wow, this is gorgeous!! Great job! :) :)

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  12. Oh my gosh that is just awesome! I know someone who would LOVE something like that, she's a total music freak. I'm going to send her a link to your blog.

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  13. What a great idea, it's so pretty and Springy!!!Love your technique! Thanks so much for linking up with VIF!
    hugs,
    Debra

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