Thursday, June 16, 2011

New Front Door Decoration


I have to begin with an apology about my horrible pictures. My husband bought me a really nice nikon camera for Christmas one year and I have never been able to get the thing to take really great pictures unless we are outside. The flash washes things out so bad.....
And if I dont use the flash...



UGH

I hate it when things don't work right. Especially when those precious moments are only for a second and you need that first shot to capture the moment immediately!


So I have some really terrible pictures but maybe you can get the idea of what I was going for.

I wanted to change my front door wreath to something that matches the flowers I have planted in pots. My spring wreath just wasnt cutting it!





Ok so you cant hardly even see it in this picture.... but it is a yellow and pink wreath.
I didnt have any flowers and really didnt want to spend any money on it.  So of course the ideas started flowing as I was trying to fall asleep last night. I was getting so excitied I almost jumped out of bed and started working! I made myself wait and when bub took his morning nap I cranked it out.  I decided to use fabric that I had laying around that wasn't doing anyone any good. 

I started with a pretty plaid that was given to me by my mother in law....thanks Me-maw!  I cut out a whole stack of large circles.

I then picked one circle up in the middle and used a needle and thread to sew along the bottom of the cone shape I had.

I attached more and more cones together and came out with a great flower! I used some smaller circles in the middle to give it some dimension. 

I did the same for the red flower as well.  For the white flower, I used a long strip of white fabric sewn in half.  I just wound the strip onto itself around and around and kept tacking it down with my needle and thread as I went.  As I came to the outer edges I made the wind looser and looser.


Then I cut a wide strip of fabric and tied a Martha Stewart bow to top the whole thing off.  By Martha Stewart bow I mean her style.  She taught me how to take two loops of the bow and tie them together and it makes a perfect bow every time!  Not like the old way of tying your shoelaces which makes a sideways bow usually.  





 Looks so much better! I plan on taking my camera in today and finding out how to use the darn thing!

3 comments:

  1. So cute and creative!!!! You amaze me!
    I sometimes have the exact same problem with my camera, lighting is so crucial. Have you tried different settings? Some of the different settings (like portrait mode) will shine a light like a flash moments before the picture is taken and it helps when there's no flash....just an idea. Hope you get it figured out!

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  2. I feel like I've tried everything... But I know it mist be a certain setting I'm missing. I had another camera that did better inside but I dropped it :( woops. I hope that the place we bought it can help me out. If not I'm about to drop it too!! :)

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  3. Love it! You put that fabric to much better use than I ever would have!

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