DIY Christmas Decor {Wreath}

I’m posting about a Christmas project in October…what, what!  Yep, it’s true, and I have the Fall Pinterest Challenge to thank for getting me from inspiration on pinterest to actually doing something in a one week!  I’m proud to say I whipped up my 1st ever Christmas wreath AND my first “D” project since I went from Smith to Dororbek  on 2-22-2012 (more about the living room wedding here).

Here’s my Pinterest inspiration… The 1st one is from Apartment Therapy, the “S” is from Sweet Pea, and the “H” is from Flikr.

I always give myself the challenge to create a really awesome free thing, and I’m proud to announce I totally did it with this wreath! Well, I bought the ornaments last year, half off, and some at the Dollar Store! But, I didn’t have to run out and buy anything to make this wreath. My “D” monogrammed ornament wreath was made entirely from things I already had on hand. Wha to the whoo! PS This is the perfect craft to whip out the broken ornaments! PPS These are the Christmas ornaments I have in my whole house, ha! We’ve never had a real tree, always something super simple like this one last year.

I hand drew a D on the Elmer’s foam board and used an XACTO to cut it out. The metal ruler really helps for the straight side.

Next, I just started hot gluing ornaments all over the big D (for Dorobek, not Dallas!). I only had 2 big red balls, so I wanted to space them accordingly.

After I spaced out all the big ornaments, I hot glued the little red glitter balls in between. It might have been better to cover the whole thing in the red balls first. Maybe? In other news, I got inured in the making of this wreath. Please be careful with the gun…

The one big trick I learned, is stack the red balls on top of each blue. Red ball piles are a good thing it gives the wreath some dimension, don’t ya think? On a completely different note, I’ve said balls a lot in this post. Just sayin’.