Valentine's {Love} Wreath

I finally got my Valentine's wreath done!

It's been a work-in-progress all week.

Why, you ask?

Cuz I've been taking care of my sick children who, by-the-way, are still not better!

So sad :(

I'm starting to get cabin fever.  For real.

Anywho . . .

I wanted to do a yarn wreath because they are so. darn. cute.

I bought a straw wreath at the thrift store a few months ago and kept it for future use, so I pulled it out for this project.

 {That's right - I got it for one dollar!}

I kept the plastic wrapping on the wreath - I thought it would be pretty messy if I took it off.

Then I started wrapping the yarn.  I started by wrapping it around once and tying a knot, like so:

Then I kept cutting long lengths of yarn and wrapping/tying:

I'm not gonna lie, it took FOREVER to wrap the whole wreath!

And it wasn't totally perfect, but I knew I was putting some embellishments on it so it didn't bother me.

For the embellishments, I cut out a heart on some cardstock using my cricut.  Then I traced it onto some burlap:

I cut out the burlap, then, using spray glue, glued the burlap onto the cardstock:

I have a bag full of lace scraps and decided to put those to use.  I hot-glued some lace on the outside of the burlap heart:

{I originally had two hearts of different sizes.  This is the one I didn't use.  Just in case you were wondering why it has different lace than the one I used :) }

It needed a little something more so I decided to back-stitch something onto it.  I used the burlap as my guide and back-stitched "Love" with a little heart.  I love how it turned out!

Using some more lace scraps, I made some lace flowers.

I just held the lace on one end and rolled it up:

Then I hot-glued the end to the roll:

Next I hot-glued a piece of felt on the bottom to keep it from unraveling:

Then I glued my flowers onto my wreath, along with the heart:

So freakin' cute, huh?!

I wanted to hang it by ribbon on my door but couldn't figure out how to do it.  My husband suggested we staple it to the top of the door.  I knew I kept him around for something :)

I really love how this wreath turned out.

It's got a fun vintage feel to it.

Plus, the wreath cost me a total of about $3.00!

I had everything on-hand except for the yarn.

Oh how I love being thrifty :)

Framed {Be Mine} Printable

I framed my {be mine} printable!

Remember the Glitter Frame I posted about back in October?

That's what I framed it in!

I think it looks super cute, all sparkly and fun :)

What are you framing yours in?  

I'd love to see!

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So, I had all these plans for crafting and blogging this week.

Well, those plans went out the window - I've been playing mommy 

{actually I play mommy everyday to my two girls, but I've been playing mommy to my sick four-year-old.  And the poor girls has been really sick}.

So here's to hoping she gets better soon so that life can resume again!

But I do have to admit, it was nice staying in my jammies all day yesterday and cuddling with my sweet girl :)

A new must-read book!

Okay, guys, this is SERIOUS business!

I love reading and I love finding out about new books that I need to read.

I read Matched by Ally Condie over the Christmas holiday and it is AWESOME!

If you liked The Hunger Games trilogy, then you will {LOVE} this book!

Not only is it a great story, but Ally Condie is a fabulous and very talented writer.  She sucks you right in and paints a beautiful picture for you with her wonderful words and story-telling.  I was really sad when the book was over and kept thinking about the story and the characters.  A lot.  That's when I know the author RoCkS!

So for real, you need to read this book.

Plus, I was on the author's blog and found out she's from the town I live in!

How rad is that?  

That's right.  I said rad.

Do you guys have any must-reads I need to know about?

Comment on and tell me about them!

Free {Be Mine} Printable!

I'm finally getting started on my Valentine's Day decor!

I feel like I'm behind on the game - I've already seen some amazing Valentine's projects out there in blogland!

To kick off my Valentine's posts,

I'm giving you guys a free printable!

It's simple, but that's what I love about it.

If you want to download it, right-click and then save it to your computer.  Then become a follower of Loving Every Second!
{You might need to click on it first to make it bigger, then save it to get the best quality download . . .}

I haven't printed mine off yet, 

but it will be best as a 4x6 or 5x7.

I will be back soon with some fun Valentine's Day projects and tutorials!