{The Wreath That's Technically Not a Wreath}

Hey, y'all!  Last week I got tired of having a snowflake wreath on my front door.  I mean, it's springtime now...even thought it hasn't felt like it the past few days.  So, anyway, I saw {THIS} door hanging at Second Chance to Dream, and I knew that I just had to make my own version of it.

I started with a frame from Michaels and a wooden letter that I ended up using as a template.

I painted the wreath with Martha Stewart's Pink Flamingo.

That color just sounds perfect for warmer weather, doesn't it?  Then I used my wooden letter as a template to make a cardboard letter.

I know from experience that if you use a heavy embellishment on a wreath on one side and don't balance it with something, your wreath will hang crooked.  I thought a cardboard letter might remedy this problem.

After I traced the letter, I cut it out.  Then I painted it with metallic gold paint.

And since everything is better with glitter, I mixed some extra fine glitter and Mod Podge.  I brushed a few coats of the mixture on the letter.

I brushed gold paint on three tiny clothespins because I wanted them to hold my pennant banner, which I made next.

I cut pennant shapes out of coordinating fabric and ribbon.  I hot glued a piece of trim on the top of the pennants to create my banner.  I added some rhinestones and ric-rac to my letter and hot glued all the embellishments on the wreath.

I used a Command Adhesive hook to attach the wreath to the door.

I love all the fun colors on the wreath, and, of course, I love the glitter and sparkle.

If my bright green door didn't show enough of my personality, now I have this wreath.  How do you show your personality on the outside of your house? You can see a red and aqua version of this wreath {HERE}.