It's A Colourful Life: 2013

As you have probably noticed, I have re-vamped my blog! It's taken a bit of time and it's not finished yet, but I figured the website was now blog-post-worthy! It was time for some change and I am liking the lay out of the website a lot more now. You will have to let me know what you think of the changes! I know it's crazy different, but I like the vibe it has and I think it will work out great. Once it's completely finished, I will dedicate a post to the new look, but for now I just wanted to do a quick intro as to what would be coming up!

Anyways, on to the good stuff!

I was on Better Homes&Gardens website last week and saw a picture of a Christmas wreath made out of pine cones and I fell completely in love with it. It was so simple, but so gorgeous. Here's the picture:

My first thought was "I can totally make that" - so here we are, making a wreath. Here's how you do it!

Step 1: Buy/Make a Pinecone Wreath
I was lucky enough to find a pine cone wreath at winners that would work for what I needed. But if you can't find one, you can always get a styrofoam wreath ring and hot glue gun pine cones to it to make your wreath - that way you can make your wreath any size you want.

Step 2: Spray Paint
The wreath in the picture above was covered in grey spray paint. I opted for a flat white spray paint for my wreath because the walls in my house are already grey and I didn't want the wreath to be totally lost against the background - you can use whatever works for you! Silver or a similar metallic colour would also work really well.

Note: If your wreath is made out of a styrofoam wreath ring, use a water based spray paint. The chemicals in regular spray paint tend to eat through styrofoam and cause it to disintegrate. I ran into this problem before and it was a total nightmare - not knowing the difference, I used regular spray paint on styrofoam and the project I was working on melted in seconds right in front of my face. I was totally rotted.
Now you can't say I didn't warn you.

Step 3: Place Your Ornaments
Once the spray paint has dried, it's time to figure out where to place your ornaments on your wreath. I was able to find three red cardinals and some small red non-shattering christmas bulbs at Michaels but I'm sure you could find them at any craft store around now where Christmas is in full swing.

I used 4 red miniature bulbs and 5 red small bulbs. Before I attached the ornaments, I laid the wreath down flat on a table and placed the ornaments so that I could decide where I wanted to position all the pieces. Once I was happy with the look I used a hot glue gun to stick the pieces on.

Here is a picture of my final result!

Hope you all enjoy the wreath as much as I do!

First off, I have to apologize for my long hiatus. I could go into the descriptive details, but it basically comes down to this - life happens and here we are. Big things have happened - I am engaged to the most wonderful person I know and we have built a beautiful house that I am incredibly proud of (pictures will come soon!). I am planning to not having a massive blog break again - I'd like to get my blog back up and running the way it previously was! Let's see how I do!

SO. We need to get this blog train back on its tracks - I have decided that in honour of it being November 5, I would like to do a pre-Christmas post. You can complain all you like, but I wanted to blog about something that means a lot to me. Christmas means a lot to me. Also - if I wait too long to do Christmas posts, there isn't enough time for you all to execute some awesome Christmas ideas. So really I'm doing you a favour. You're welcome.

I hope this makes all the Christmas lovers smile and all the "it can't seriously be Christmas yet" talkers appreciate the wonderful awesomeness that Christmas has to offer.

Whether your style is traditional, contemporary, or somewhere in between, the front entrance of your home has a huge impact on visitors, friends&family, or the post man dropping of your mail everyday. It's the first impression someone has before entering your home - celebrate Christmas with style by accentuating your home's most complimentary features! Check out the images below and see if you're inspired to decorate in a way that will work best for your home!