I wasn’t sure it was going to work, but I really wanted the orange and blue chevron pattern to stay true to their design. I decided to wrap the wreath from front to back with my fabric. It wasn’t easy and it took about a bajillion pins but I finally got it to work! After hanging the wreath up in my office and staring at it for a while I decided it needed some add-ons. The bow with the fabric covered button was cute but I still needed more. I thought about adding a chalkboard cut out decal to the wreath but didn’t want the black on the wreath and wasn’t in the mood to make my own white chalkboard paint. So after a little supply searching through my ever-unorganized craft stash I had a Gru style Lightbulb moment!!
DRY ERASE BOARD!
I found a small wood circle, cut out a piece of peel and stick dry erase board to match, hot glued a little ribbon ruffle onto the back and VIOLA – a customizable Game Day Wreath! Now I can change the saying on the wreath every week depending on who my Alma Mater is playing! Brilliant right?!?
I absolutely LOVE this wreath!!! I need something like that for game day!! I already have my plaquard that goes on my door knob – “Shhh…the game is on” and “All Gator fans Welcomed”!! This is perfect!!
Go Gators!!!
-angie
So cute! Seriously … how in the world did you get the pattern to line up? Amazing!
Hi Carolyn!
I didn’t cut apart the fabric, I simply made a hole in the center and “Clipped Valleys, Notched Mountains” – here is a good visual on that phrase http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2010/08/sewing-tips-clipping-corners-and-curves.html
TOO CUTE!!! Are you just using this inside, or did you weatherproof the fabric for outside use and if so, what did you use? I’m a BAMA fan and think it would look neat if I used a B&W houndstooth fabric I have but wasn’t sure about using it outside or not.
Hi Angie,
I am using this outside. However, I have a large covered porch so I didn’t think about weatherproofing it. You could probably spray it down with some weatherproofing spray or sealer if you wanted.
Really cute!
Cute wreath! I like the dry erase idea. Go Gators!
Law Student to Life Student
http://lawstudenttolifestudent.blogspot.com/
Okay, the dry erase is too clever! You could do that for so many different themes! Great idea. 🙂
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