So I was supposed to come home and get everything ready for our tax preparer. It was top priority.
Instead...well that's another story.
So today in the middle of getting stuff together like a good girl, I had this thought, "I don't have a spring wreath on my door!", thinking of the family coming over tomorrow for an easter egg hunt. Well I couldn't find last years grapevine, purple hydrangea one. So... I got a little sidetracked...
I had a bunch of these straw wreaths. All from the Goodwill when blue was 1/2 price.
Thought I'd try wrapping the wreath with fabric. This cream colored gauze looked good.
I have a few odds and ends of various crocheted doilies, hankies and napkins. They would look cute on there somewhere.
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I had these doorknob plates kinda here and there. Staying with the 'door' theme...
Old keys. Great idea! It's going on a door so makes sense, right? Keys, doors. Whatever...
Some brass hammered tacks might come in handy.......
Pearl end corsage pins that I've had forever! That will make it easy...
Old ribbon with just the right colors from PicNSave before it turned into Big Lots...
Pink roses. Since I had a pale green doily, a beige doily and a pink edged hanky to turn into something on this wreath, a pink rose would be perfect...
Had this roll of beige tulle from the Dollar Tree from my son's wedding a couple years ago. I'm sure I can work that in...
So I pinned the green doily to the bottom of the wreath. I tucked 2 pieces of a broken doorplate salvaged from Mr. Bill's High School before it was torn down. I loved the ornate design! But what to do with broken pieces??? Hmmmm...They look perfect here as 'leaves' around my 'roses'.
An old hook I've been wanting to use on something...
More odds and ends
And the final product...TA DA!
This was the other doorknob plate. I used it first but switched it to the chippier one.
Now anyone coming to my house is gonna know 2 things...1) Spring has arrived at Dodo's House
2) Dodo is in trouble for not getting her taxes finished.
Someone get me some chocolate, will ya?
Oh and this is what I had for lunch..
