Hoop Wreaths are Modern and Easy to Create

I love the look of hoop wreaths. I have made a few using embroidery hoops. I thought it would be fun to make a wreath using a wire hoop. You can find wire hoops in the craft store. Most are silver but all you need is a can of gold spray paint to transform your hoop into whatever color YOU want!

All you need is a can of spray paint

Hoop wreaths are easy to make because the hoop is the base of the wreath. You don’t need to wrap the base with ribbon or fabric – the metal of the hoop is so modern and pretty. Then just add a few simple items and you have a wreath that is perfect for your decor.

Here’s how to make a Peony Summer Hoop Wreath

Supplies:

Wire Hoop

Spray Paint (if you want to change the hoop color)

Flowers

Ribbon or strips of fabric

Directions:

Spray paint the hoop

If you want a color or different meal for your hoop, just spray paint the hoop

Add a wood block (optional)

You can add anything you want to your wreath. I added three big flowers, greenery and a wood block with a HELLO word on it. Get creative with YOURS!

Add flowers

Buy flowers to match your decor. Hot glue them onto the hoop. If you feel that they need to be more secure, you can take a small square of card stock or scrapbook paper and put that on the other side of the hoop. Hot glue the flower onto the hoop, then press the paper onto the other side of the hoop to secure it more firmly.

Add ribbon or strips of fabric

You can make a bow to add to the wreath. You can also use the ribbon at the top of the wreath to hang your wreath to your wall or door. Instead of hanging my wreath on my door or wall, I cut up strips of buffalo check fabric and made a bow. All I did was folded the fabric into loops and hot glued at the base of the loops to make a bow. Then I took a strip of fabric, tied it at the middle and hot glued the longer strip of fabric to the wire base and then hot glued the fabric bow onto the top.

Mount wreath to a fabric-covered frame (optional)

I mounted my wreath to a picture frame to create a focal point on my mantel. All I did was took a picture frame and wrapped the inside of the picture frame with buffalo check fabric. Then I hot glued the top of my wreath to the center of the fabric.

Enjoy your wreath

I placed the picture frame with the wreath on it above my fireplace. I also created a fabric bunting that matched the wreath and used the extra buffalo check fabric. You can find out how to make the bunting on my Fabric Bunting Tutorial.

Make matching pillow covers

I also created SUPER easy 10-minute buffalo check pillow covers that go with my mantel.

Here are a couple other easy summer ideas: 

Summer Magnolia Hoop Wreath 

This wreath is SO easy to make. It seriously takes 10 minutes to assemble and looks AMAZING!

Felt Lower Embroidery Hoop Saying Wreath 

This wreath is so pretty. The felt flowers add a colorful and three-dimensional element that is beautiful.

Modern Hoop Saying Wreath 

This little wreaths use paper flowers. You can use scrapbook paper that really compliments your decor and a saying for a beautiful addition to a gallery wall in your home.

Have a Creative Day!

xoxo

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I printed the Be Bright printable in a large size with my  Canon PIXMA iP8720 Crafting Printer. I love being able to print large sizes for my home!

I think the black and white colors are fresh and clean to welcome a new year. I’ve found that having a Word of the Year gives me purpose for the year and is more effective for me than resolutions. It’s really fun to think about goals I would like to achieve for the year and what work would enable those goals to be met.

And I have a bit of a buffalo check obsession right now. So I thought it would be fun to put my word on the buffalo plaid check background. I also created two coordinating words that kind of support my main word too. TRUE and YOU. And I’ve included those free printables below as well.

Just right-click the image below or this link to download the 20×30 JPG file for printing at a larges scale printer. (It’s a big one!)

And right click the image below to print on your  Canon PIXMA iP8720 Crafting Printer

Right-click this link or the image below to download the 8×10 PDF. As always, all of these are for personal use only!

Happy 2016!!

Enjoy!

xoxo

This post sponsored by Canon; however the ideas and printable are all mine. See my disclosures.

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What screams summer more than a Red and White Party??

 I love large Buffalo check. And I thought it would be fun to try to make a DIY painted Buffalo Check fabric for a little End-0f-School Party!!

Here’s how I made the decorations with ScotchBlue Painter’s Tape — and it’s easy: You can do it, too, on just about any surface. I’ll show you how I made the painted bunting, tablecloth, tray and even a wreath!

To create the Red and White Buffalo Check fabric for all of the projects,  I used duckcloth, red paint, and ScotchBlue Painter’s Tape with locking edges.

 How-to: Painted Fabric Bunting and Runner, Wreath and Painted chalkboard labels

Supplies:

ScotchBlue Painter’s Tape

Paint (1 quart)

Roller and brushes

Ribbon for bunting (3 yards)

Fabric to paint (2 yards)

Here’s what I did:

Runner

To make the painted Buffalo Check material, I took a 2-yard length of white duckcloth. I like duckcloth because it is thick enough that the paint doesn’t seep through when painting on it. I laid the duckcloth out on my floor and then taped the ScotchBlue Painter’s Tape on the fabric. The scotch tape was 2 inches wide, so I spaced the tape out with 2 inches between each of the stripes. (Tip: just place a short piece of tape on each side of the “spaces” between each piece of tape as a temporary spacer — it’s easier and faster than measuring.)

Then I painted the cloth with a foam roller and red latex paint. I also added some fabric medium to the mix to make the fabric softer and wash better.

Once I finished the vertical lines, I peeled up the tape and then taped down another row of vertical lines of tape. And since houndstooth has two rows of stripes, one of which is lighter than the other, I added 20% of glaze paint to the red paint for the vertical lines. That makes these lines a little lighter and gives the overall fabric a little oomph.

I painted those lines and then Ella helped me peel the tape off of the fabric. The ScotchBlue Painter’s Tape is really amazing. The lines were flawless as we peeled them off.

Bunting

I then made the bunting and runner for the party. I created a template on a piece of cardstock for the bunting. Each pennant was 8 inches long by 4 inches wide. I traced the pennants on the painted fabric, cut them out and then paired each pennant with a white piece of duckcloth. I sewed the painted fabric pennant to each white pennant, right sides in, leaving the top open. Then I flipped the material right side out and then sewed a ribbon at the top, connecting each of the pennants together.

To create the runner, I cut out a piece of the painted fabric that was 24 inches wide by 60 inches long. And then I paired that piece of material with a plain white piece of duckcloth. I pinned the two pieces of fabric together, with the right sides in. And then I sewed it together, leaving a small gap in one of the sides. I flipped the fabric right side out through the gap and then hand-stitched the gap closed. The last thing I did was I sewed around the edges of the runner to give the runner a more finished look.

 Chalkboard Labels

To create the chalkboard labels on the red tin containers and the glass containers, I taped off the label size on each container with ScotchBlue Painter’s Tape and then I painted the inside area with chalkboard paint. I painted each area three times with the chalkboard paint and then peeled off the ScotchBlue Painter’s Tape to reveal handy chalkboard labels – perfect for entertaining!!

That’s what the chalkboard labels look like. And I love that I can change up the words on each label for different parties and occasions.

Polka-dot Tray

I also found a way to use ScotchBlue Painter’s Tape to make a polka dot tray. What I did was I took a 2 foot length of tape, then paired it with another 2 foot length of tape, sticky sides together. Then I punched out some round circles down the length. Then I peeled the two sections of tape apart and stuck them to the tray. I stenciled red paint on the circles and made a polka dot tray with them. The dots didn’t turn out perfectly, but I touched them up with a very fine bristled brush.

Wreath

I also made a wreath with the rest of the painted fabric. All I did was cut the fabric into strips and wrap them around a wreath form. I added a little yellow bow to match my door.

Putting It All Together

Then I created the red and white party. I love the red and white of the painted fabric along with the yellow of my front door. Red and Yellow are so pretty together!

I also taped off some areas on some tins and buckets for chalkboard labels for the party. I added about 3 layers of chalkboard paint to the bins and buckets. It’s an easy way to make some labels for party bins.

We had such a fun time at our Red and White Summer Party!

I just love painting fabric. This was such a fun party to create.

Let me know if you paint any fabric – I would love to see YOUR ideas! 

Have a great week!

xoxo

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