As you may know I am trying to redecorate a bedroom for less than $150.00. So far I am on track. I wanted to make a wreath using felt roseettes but when I looked at felt and how much it was going to cost to make what I wanted, I knew that it would be easy to spend $20.00 on a wreath if I wasn’t careful. I did what I know how to do… I shopped. I scored 7/8 yard of gray felt for $1.07 on the remnent rack. Yeah! That was enough fabric for two projects with some to spare.
I searched for instructions to make felt roses. Here is the process that I used:
I completely laid these out in reverse order. Sorry.
1. Cut out a circle from the felt. I used a plastic cereal bowl for the pattern.
2. Cut a spiral in the circle. Below that is how it looks stretched out.
3. Begin with the end you cut first, start wrapping around in a circular motion.
Hot glue on the bottom to secure the rose.
I went shopping for a grapvine wreath and was shocked that even at Walmart a grapevine wreath was going to be $6.00. I wanted to kick myself for all the wreaths that I have donated or sold in garage sales in the past. I figured that if I had donated them, others had too. I found one for a dollar at a resale shop.
The wreath had seen better days…
I spray painted the wreath white.
Everything on top of the dresser cost $4.50. I need to get some white candles but otherwise it is complete. The plaque came from a free table at a resale shop. It had a really unfortunate paint job. Whitel spray paint fixed that. The vase was $1.00 at a resale shop. It also had an awful glaze. The same white spraypaint already on hand in the Garagemahal fixed it. I used up two half cans of white spray paint for this project. I really am trying to use up what I have on hand. The silverplated candle sticks were fifty cents each.
