Pallet for Home: Red, White, and Two Patriotic Crafts!

Red, White, and Two Patriotic Crafts!

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Yep, today you don’t get one but TWO patriotic crafts! They’re both very simple and took me less than the a few hours to complete both.

First up…..

A very simple Patriotic Wreath. I actually had an inspiration photo in my files for along time. Since blogging I try to save the website with the photo so that I can give credit to the source but because I have had this in my files for so long I not sure where to give credit. Sorry

The wreath is so simple I think that’s why I love it so much. Plus, my house sits about 800 feet from the road so most wreaths that I hang on my front door just look like dark blobs but not this one! It just pops out and screams

“I’m Proud to be an American!”

I started with a blank wreath-form bought many years ago, I believe, from the Dollar Store. About 6 years ago, a Dollar Store opened up in my town. Less than two years later it closed. Have you ever know a Dollar Store to close it’s door? Needless to say, I have not been to a Dollar Store in years.

Next, I cut up one floral foam into several pieces and held it to the frame with floral wire.

I guess I got a little excited working on this project because I forgot to take some photographs. Here is what I did- I cut 3”x3” squares out of red felt and used hot glue and a crochet hook to poke the center of the felt square into the floral foam.

Added a blue ribbon and white star and called it finished!

The blue ribbon came off a fleece blanket that I purchased years ago! It had Velcro on the ends making it so easy to make a loop! Can you tell I try to not let anything go to waste?

I love this wreath! It didn’t dawn on me until I was actually hanging the wreath that I could use this over again for Christmas and Valentine’s Day!

Next up…..

Patriotic Vinyl Wooden Blocks

I cut up some left over 1x4 boards into three blocks, routered the edges with a round-over bit, painted the blocks, distressed the edges, and cut some vinyl on the Cricut machine. I found this font by Googling “Patriotic Fonts”.