Patriotic Ribbon Wreath

Welcome to my blog!  As an "obsessive crafter" I often see projects that I'm dying to try for myself.  One of the projects on my list was a ribbon wreath. Since the 4th of July is right around the corner, I thought I'd make mine patriotic.  I'm pretty pleased with the result!  I will tell you that if you've never made one be prepared to spend some time working on it.  Though easy, this project is VERY time consuming, especially if you're making a wreath larger than 12 inches.

 I used a 12" wreath form and 16 different kinds of ribbon ranging from 5/8 to 1 1/2 inches in width.  Using so many kinds of ribbon worked because there were only 3 colors.  If you had more colors I think it might look too busy.  One of my craftng rules is: Keep it Simple.  If you think you're over-doing it, you probably are.

This wreath was a birthday gift for my mother-in-law.  So I HAD to make a card to go with it...

 The sentiment inside reads "Hope your birthday is POODLES of fun!"  I wanted to keep the same red, white and blue theme on the card but it would have looked super cute as a pink poodle on black and white too!

I also made a 16 inch wreath in the same colors.  (It was actually the first one I made.)  It took me a weekend to complete!  I'll post pictures when I find a good spot to photograph it.  =)

Happy Crafting!