I have a bit of an obsession with wreaths. When I first started stalking craft blogs last summer, saving links and being inspired for Handmade Christmas 2010, I found myself seriously geeking out over every adorable wreath I came across. [especially this one, and this one, and this one, and this one….okay….that’s enough.]
Back in December, I posted a tutorial on how I made fabric flowers into brooches for holiday gifts. Not only did I make fabric flowers for fun accessories for friends, but I made dozens and dozens of the flowers to try my hand at Alisa Burke’s Recycled Rose Wreath.
For fabric to make the roses, I started with a few remnants of fabric from the craft store in a variety of blues and grays. Then I searched through my craft supplies for left over pieces of fabric, ribbon and lace in the correct color pallet. I also cut strips out of a pair of old jeans and t-shirts that I had set aside for a time such as this; a pair of jeans with holes in the knees, t-shirts covered in paint stains – clothing items that were not in good enough shape to donate, but could def be used in a craft or two along the way. Getting my recycle on 
Once I made my roses-a-plenty, I followed the instructions from Alisa Burke’s tutorial. The only change I made was covering my wreath form in strips of gray fabric to match the color theme of the roses, rather than paper. I also used hot glue rather than tacky glue to attach the flowers.
Alisa Burke’s blog is probably my FAVORITE artist blog. She is uber-talented and every post I read leaves me with an inkling to get my craft-on! I sometimes refer to her as my crafty-blog- muse 
What blog inspires you to get creative?
Um. THIS blog inspires me to get creative
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I love this idea! It turned out so cute
Wow that is so pretty!
Love your wreath and all the shades of blue…my favorite color!
So cute!
Holy Beautiful!
I love!
That is gorgeous!
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wow these are amazing!! I know what I’ll be doing over spring break : )
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Oh. my. GOSH. this is so gorgeous! Wow, I could never be this creative. Kudos to you for making this gorgeous wreath, Heather!
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Love this wreath! Great job. I just might need to make one of these myself.
I just posted about this… I am thinking of remaking a pair of jeans
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[...] to get rid of these pieces [swap with a friend, bring them to a consignment shop, donate them, or craft it up!] and replace them with some new “you” items! When shopping, don’t be afraid to buy two of [...]
Wow! That looks awesome!
Love this!!! SO pretty!!!
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