My first Pintrest project

In the Pintrest world the people are represented by two separate, yet equally important groups. The people who post pictures of their crafts and the people who attempt to recreate them. These are their stories.

This weekend was my first attempt at a Pintrest project after falling in love with this holiday gem...

Bring on Christmas!!

I read the blog that it came from and it seemed easy enough - in fact it read like a foolproof craft. The perfect little Saturday afternoon project.

So I went to the dollar store to get the ornaments - not only cute but cheap!! I had to make a run to Hobby Lobby because I was missing some large green ornaments but otherwise I was on my way to wreath perfection.



The supplies




The MOST important tool in crafting :)

 Ok - so step one - bend a wire hanger into a circle

Check

Step two - hot glue the tops of the ornaments on so they don't pop off... easy enough??

Lesson one: When buying a hot glue gun - the low heat ones should read "This glue gun is a slight step up from Elmer's School Glue - it will take forever and won't stick - get the high heat unless you're five and like to eat paste."

Ok - so minor glitch but I make it work - I'm on my way to becoming a craft pro.

Wrong.

One thing the blog doesn't mention is what to do when your cheap ornaments from the dollar store break at the top... that's right... They. Broke.

But I'm optimistic - heck I've got my most important crafting tool - my Coors Light - and darnit my mom raised me to be a problem-solver.

Problem solved.

Yup - $30 later at Home Depot and I have a battery-operated pre-lit wreath. The whole time I kept trying to determine exactly how much my "cheap" craft ended up costing me. I decided to have another Coors Light instead.

After spending the next two hours trying to get my crummy hot glue gun to work... the finished product.

Super cute right? Yeah.. it was...

Lesson two: When buying a wreath hanger if you get the plastic one so it doesn't "mess up your wreath ambiance" you're asking for trouble - or at least your wreath broken and laying on the front porch.

I told Justin the house was rejecting my craft since I tried to skip over Thanksgiving decorations...

My wreath and I ended up coming out a little worse for wear - but we managed to make it. Next time though I might be using Pintrest for buying ideas instead of crafting...