Front Door Delima

I love adding color to the outside of my home just as much as the inside.  My BFF Carli and I made Valentines Day wreaths to go on our front doors and they were fabulous.

We cut 1 1/2 inch strips of burlap in the red and white and rolled them up like rosettes.  There are tons and tons of tutorials out in blog land about how to make rosette flowers, but the simplest for me I learned from Carli.  We just tied a knot in one end of the fabric and started rolling and gluing.  You can make the flowers tight and small or loose and large.  Either way, I loved them.  Now here is my problem:

My house faces south and doesn't really have any protection from the weather.  My fabulous wreath faded in no time...  I decided that since I am so addicted to spray painting I would try something a little different this time.

I found this awesome wreath at the DI (Utahs version of the good will)  for $2.  It was a normal grapevine wreath covered in a gold baby's breath with glitter.  Some of the looks I got from others as I was carrying my treasure up to purchase were priceless.  I pulled the baby's breath off and used a utility knife to get the extra glue off, and spray painted it (of course). I am really hoping that Rustoleum spray paint can stand up to the weather here.  I wanted to add a little more to it, so I just rolled some fast rosettes in coordinating colors and glued them on. I did add a strip of fabric to where the door hanger was going to rub, because I didn't want any of the paint to chip off.

It cost me just over $2 to make considering I already had the fabric and spray paint at home.  I love when something this fun is under $5 to make.  It makes me happy to pull into my driveway and see a fun bright wreath on my door.  Hopefully it will last all summer, but only time will tell!