hook 'em wreath.

Happy Friday, everyone!

I'm currently sitting on my couch watching Jeopardy (what else is new?) and organizing/journaling about 4 months worth of Gumby pictures. I know, I know, I totally failed at my "take a picture every day this year" project, BUT I do still have a ton of pictures and adventures to share. Somehow I will get caught up and post some of them here. Perhaps a "best of" post is in order. Hopefully I can get that done sometime soon. :)

Anyway, I thought I would share my latest craft project. I found this a few weeks ago on pinterest, and was inspired to make a Longhorn wreath as a fun way to add some "Texas pride" to our apartment. Last weekend, I went to Dallas with some other Singers alumni for Texas/OU Weekend. We were so incredibly blessed to get to stay at Tom and Lynette's (Scott's house) - it was honestly a wonderful weekend, except for the game itself. Anyway, Lynette had a few wreaths that she was getting rid of, so I snagged them to use for my project.  (Thanks, Lynette!)

Next, I went to Hobby Lobby ("hobs lobs") to get some supplies!

Ribbon was on sale for half price, so I stocked up. 

Also, wooden letters, (99 cents for 2), some extra paint, a bandanna (just in case), 

a football, a Longhorn car emblem (because it's all I could find),

and a wooden circle to mount the emblem on. 

First step: painting everything. 

I looked up a ton of pictures online for inspiration, but nothing really popped out at me.

I played around with some ideas, but none of them seemed right, 

so I decided to go with simple.

Before gluing anything, I wound and tied two different ribbons around it. 

I used clear nail polish on the ends to keep the ribbon from fraying, and

I reinforced the knots with hot glue, just to make sure they won't unexpectedly come untied. 

Next, I cut smaller pieces of ribbon to go around the edges of my Longhorn.

I also put clear nail polish on these. 

I hot-glued the white ones together at the end to make them into loops. 

Next, I hot-glued the polka-dot ribbons together, and then put the white ones on top of those. 

I glued the ribbon to the back of the wooden circle with the Longhorn emblem. 

 Finally, I did a few rounds of hot-gluing to secure the letters and such onto the wreath itself. 

Everything seems secure for now, so hopefully it will be enough. 

We'll see if it all starts falling off in a few weeks --- I might need to try another method.

That's it! Simple and easy. Not perfect, but pretty cute if I do say so myself. 

Hook 'Em!