Happy Father's Day

Hello friends!

I am sharing projects I did last Father's Day

 because honestly, how can you top these?

Father's Day Tie Wreath and Golf Wreath

My favorite projects ever!

Here is the tutorial for the tie wreath:

I originally found this idea on Be Different, Act Normal 

First gather up 19 ties

 If you are not a good hunter, this project can get expensive!

 Luckily, I was referred to an awesome thrift store 

where I was able to get ties from 25 cents to 50 cents! 

So this whole project was under $10 for both the ties and the 16 inchwire wreath. 

First, you have to cut 18 of your 19 ties.

 (Pick the most appropriate one to serve as your bow. 

I had a cute red polka dot one that was perfect!) 

You measure 15 inches up from the bottom point of the tie and cut straight across. 

Wrap the tie around the wire wreath until you get the desired length.

 I think I wrapped it around two and a half times. 

 Hot glue to secure but only glue on the last wrap around, 

so you can still slide the ties around. 

Continue working your way around 

and be sure to have your ties pre arranged 

so you can spread out the colors and designs.

Here is a better example of when to put the hot glue.

Woohoo! Now it just needs a bow!

I just wrapped the tie around to get the look I wanted and then hot glued it on. 

Isn't this tie perfect for a bow?

Love it!

Now onto the golf wreath!

I knew I wanted to make a golf wreath and googled and googled and couldn't find anything.

 So this is my own creation!

 I had the crazy idea to run to Home Depot and get some AstroTurf. 

I had some golf balls and asked my hubby to cut them in half. 

Not as easy as we thought so he found some light plastic practice balls and cut them in half.

 I hot glued them down along with some tees. 

I made little flags from tooth picks and felt.

 I made this bow from the cutest golf-y tartan ribbon! 

I asked my hubs to bring me a score card from their favorite golf course. 

He wrote in his dad and his brothers names and gave them all fake scores. 

You can just imagine how amazing his golf game was according to this score card :)

The Astro Turf I bought was the cheapest one they had

 and was pretty flimsy so I used a wreath form to give it some stability.

I liked the Golf Wreath SOOO stinkin much that I made one for us to keep. 

I used a grapevine wreath and glued down the whole golf balls this time.

This one is still waiting for it's score card. 

I was lucky enough to find wired ribbon that was still the lovely golf-y tartan so I much prefer this bow!

Happy Father's Day! Especially to the dads who didn't have to be!

Father's Day Wreath

I found this on Be Different, Act Normal and have been on the hunt for the ties ever since! Here is my loot!

 If you are not a good hunter, this project can get expensive! Luckily, I was referred to an awesome thrift store where I was able to get ties from 25 cents to 50 cents! So this whole project was under $10 for both the ties and the wire wreath. 

I did a huge NO NO and bought something FULL price at Hobby Lobby. You know you should NEVER buy anything full price at Hobby Lobby as everything is on sale every other week. Granted, yes, it was only $2.50, but still!

The original instructions were to get a 14 inch wire wreath, all I could find was a 16 inch. It actually worked better for me as I don't know how I would have fit all 19 ties on a smaller wreath.

First, you have to cut 18 of your 19 ties. (Pick the most appropriate one to serve as your bow. I had a cute red polka dot one that was perfect!) You measure 15 inches up from the bottom point of the tie and cut straight across. 

Wrap the tie around the wire wreath until you get the desired length. I think I wrapped it around two and a half times. I secured the first few with a safety pin like the instructions stated. 

This totally did not work for me. I ended up using hot glue. But only glue on the last wrap around, as you can still slide the ties around. (The original instructions also stated to sew the rolls to the tie flap when you were done. HA. I knew hot glue was in my future!)

Continue working your way around and be sure to have your ties pre arranged so you can spread out the colors and designs.

Here is a better example of when to put the hot glue.

Woohoo! Now it just needs a bow!

I just wrapped the tie around to get the look I wanted and then hot glued it on. Isn't this tie perfect for a bow?

As soon as I started doing this I was worried about how the ties at the top would stay straight up and not flop over. So I lined the top with hot glue and pressed it together. I didn't fold it over, just squeezed it together, to help ensure that it would stay upright.

Here is the finished back with the "pressed" glue helping them stay upright.

I LOVE it!

Happy Father's Day!!!

Now what to do with the left over tie pieces????