My very best friend in high school and my long-time dance duet partner and I were pregnant at the same time, due only two weeks apart from each other.  We live a state away from each other, but it’s not TOO bad of a drive…says the woman who hates to drive long distances.  But I digress…

When it came time to have her baby shower, I knew I wanted to be the one to throw it.  Who cares that I was 8 months pregnant at the time?  I knew I could make it happen!  So, her mom and I got together and planned out the whole shindig, complete with quite a few craft projects by me.  See the whole post on how the shower was done right over here.

I made this wreath for Miss Reese’s hospital door and also used it as door decoration for the baby shower.  It took about 3 hours in total to do the entire project since every piece of tulle is tied individually, but it was a great time to catch up on House of Cards on Netflix.  Plus I was pre-baby number 2, so I was doing a whole lot of sittin’ anyway.  Here’s the supply list:

• 1 14″ White Styrofoam Wreath (I got mine at Hobby Lobby here.)
• Wooden letters
• 4 rolls of 6″ by 25 yd white tulle
• 2 rolls of 6″ by 25 yd pink glitter tulle
• Paper Flowers (I got mine at Hobby Lobby here.)
• Gold spray paint
• Gold Glitter glue

The first step was to cut the tulle in strips long enough to tie onto the wreath.  I didn’t use a ruler because, well…I didn’t want to have to bend over a ruler with a big ‘ole pregnant belly.  Instead, I pinched the end of the tulle with my hand, pulled it to my elbow and cut it.  This gave me a little under 12″ for the first strip, and then I used it as a guide for each additional strip.  I tied each strip onto the wreath and double knotted it to ensure it stayed on the wreath – just a regular tie, nothing fancy.  I trimmed around the edges when I was done to make sure it looked even all the way around.

The next part of the process was to make the letters look fancy.  I had an antique gold spray paint that I used to give a little color to the brown wooden letters.  I didn’t worry about it being perfect because the party had a few rustic touches here and there.  When it was dry, I painted some gold glitter glue onto each letter, again not worrying about perfection.  I used hot glue to attach the letters to the wreath when they were completely dry.  (Ok, maybe I didn’t wait until they were completely dry, but I was pregnant and impatient!)  I also added the flowers to the wreath while I had the glue gun ready.  A little tip from my singed fingers to yours: Make SURE you have low-temp glue sticks and glue gun.   Your fingers will thank you.

We hung the wreath on the door for Miss Reese’s baby shower, and Mommy Gabby added the sweetest little touch to the bottom – a custom sign to display her birth details at the hospital.  You can hang this in the middle of the wreath or on the bottom, like we did.  We used a small canvas, but a piece of foam core board would also work.  It’s important to have something that’s light but with enough weight to hang on the wreath.  Then, she wrote out Date, Time, Weight, and Length with blanks to fill in once the baby is born.  The last step was to add a piece of pink ribbon to attach it to the wreath and the pink edges around the canvas itself.  Ours is actually done with pink duct tape, but you can use washi tape, ribbon, or any other similar edging material.  I was pretty proud of how it came out!  The finished product looked like this:The best thing about this wreath is that it can be made to suit any color scheme or party theme.  It was super easy to make and not very time consuming.  I really enjoyed making this project for a dear friend of mine for her sweet little bundle of joy.  Who knows…maybe one day when Reese and Thomas (my new little one) are grown up, we will be making one for their bridal shower?  Ha ha!

Until next time, ya’ll!

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