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Thursday, June 17, 2010

Birthday Balloon Wreath

When I saw this posted on How Does She AND the Nap Time Crafts blog I knew it was something that I wanted to try, and with Grant's 3rd birthday coming this weekend I knew now was the time.

So off to Hobby Lobby it was to get a straw wreath, greenery pins and a lot of balloons. I knew I didn't want to cover the back of the wreath but since you'd see it through the storm door looking out I decided to spray paint it. Next, on to finger marring, urg, I mean, pinning in all those freakin' balloons!

How Does She used the big 12 inch balloons and you can see that its a bit floppy. Nap Time Crafts used the smaller balloons but they are much harder to find. I used a combination only because I started with the smaller and 2 things happened 1) my fingers were KILLING me and I thought any way to speed up the process would be good 2) I saw quickly that I was running out of the smaller balloons so I used some larger ones so they would last. I had to spread the work out over 3 different sessions a couple of days apart just because my fingers hurt so bad but I think it was worth it....
I AM IN LOVE WITH THE FINAL PRODUCT!
Geoff said it best when he said "you're going to use that over and over again, right?!?" heck yea! I love Grant to pieces but that project would have NOT been worth it for just one weekend, plus with as cute as it is I am glad we don't have long to wait before Geoff's special day.

6 comments:

Roars said...

Woah dude! Final product is freaking awesome!! Love it!!!

Army Officer Wife said...

LOVE IT!

Lauren said...

Your wreath is even better than the example. Awesome. Hope you're all doing great in NC. L

Too Much Good said...

Oh my crafty friend. I am insanely jealous of your skills.

Unknown said...

I love your storm door with the Welcome So cute!!! And the wreath too!

Valentine said...

That's adorable! Well done!