DIY Fall Crown and Wings

Hi everyone! Today I have two last fall DIYs that I did in the month of October. This year I went to the Texas Renaissance Fair! It was so magical and so much fun! I have been to a Renaissance Fair in Florida before but this one was so much better. It is the biggest Renaissance fair in the world. Everything was so beautiful!  The shops and buildings were decorated beautifully. All with pretty fall colors. The shops had some wonderful hand made crafts. I bought a fall leaf necklace. The music was serene and beautiful as well.  Every weekend they had a different theme. I decided to go on a weekend where the theme was fairies. I LOVE fairies so I decided that I wanted to dress up as a Fall/Autumn fairy. There were a lot of women and children dressed up as fairies. There were also male fairies! Something I never thought I would see. Everyone looked great in their own unique way.  My husband didn’t dress up. He’s not into fairies but to make me happy he took me to this event. I got a lot of compliments on my make-up, crown, and wings. They asked if I made my crown and wings a lot too. Yes I did! I’m a crafter! I know they sell pretty floral crowns there at the Renaissance fair but they can be kind of pricey. So I went ahead a made my own that fit my budget. I also wanted something different and unique. I wore a red dress to go with the color scheme of my crown and wings. I wish I could have added some fall leaves on my dress but I didn’t have the time. Making the wings was very time consuming. I just didn’t have time to work on the dress.  Here is what my fall leaf crown and wings looked like!

I just love how it turned out! This crown was rather easy for me to make. Here are the materials I used. I bought most of my fall leaves at Dollar Tree. Others I already had or bought at Walmart.

I did not use those sun flowers however. They seemed too big for my head so I used the leaves instead. I started off by making a circlet with the floral wire and just started hot gluing the leaves around it. I hot glued the leaves on the inside as well so the circlet wouldn’t scratch my forehead. To make it look full I glued some leaves upright and others upside down. Lastly, I added some beaded fall wreath picks that I found at Hobby Lobby  on each side. This gave it the final look I was looking for. I wanted it to fit my personality. Bright, sparkly, and girly.

I am so in love with this fall leaf crown. I didn’t think it would come out as pretty as I had imagined it. It was just perfect. I once made a floral crown and I did not like it one bit. It looked so huge on my head. I took my time with this crown but I was so nervous it would not turn out as I had imagined it in my head. I can’t wait to use this again next year. Only I will work on a fall dress with colorful leaves like this one. On to the wings! As I mentioned earlier, the wings were very time consuming. I bought the wings at Michaels and glued all the leaves on both sides of the wings. I overlapped every leaf so there wouldn’t be any visible spots of the pink and yellow material on the wings.

That is it! I wish I could post what my overall costume looked like but I am very private when it comes to posting my pictures online. There are many people who bully you or use your photos without your permission. I don’t want to go through that. I don’t mind posting all my DIYs but when it comes to pictures of me, it is very uncomfortable. Hope you understand. Have a great day!

 

Nayeli

 

Happy Harvest Owl Wreath

Hello everyone! So here I have yet another wreath that I have created. Thanksgiving is coming up so I decided to make a this wreath and hopefully sell it. I saw this burlap owl wired ribbon at Wal-Mart and knew I had to make a wreath with it. Here is what it looks like.

I had trouble trying to figure out who to go about this wreath. The “Happy Harvest” Sign was hanging in the middle at first but I did not like that it moved to much. It didn’t feel like it was sturdy and thought it may fall. So I decided to just glue it to the wreath in the middle. The roses are made out of paper by the way. I was going to leave the wreath like that but I felt like it was too plain. You know me, I like to make my wreaths fun and want them to stand out. So I decided to make a little owl out of felt. I thought it came out pretty cute! I’m pretty pleased with this wreath. I would like to keep it for myself but I need to sell my crafts and stop keeping everything I make! lol

That is all for today! I have a new post coming up of when I went to the Renaissance Fair. I was a Fall Fairy! Have a great day!

Nayeli

Halloween Wreath

Update: I redid the photos because the photoshop I have made them way too saturated. I couldn’t get them to look less darker. It was dark and gloomy all day yesterday so the photos was dark. I used a different app to make them look a little brighter.

Hello all! Its been a while yet again since I have blogged and here we are with a last minute Halloween decor. I literally decorated for Halloween right on the day. I recently moved to a house and have been pretty busy with the move. Too bad its all going down the next day. lol Oh well, I had fun decorating even though it was last minute. This is the wreath I made to celebrate Halloween. My favorite part of the wreath is the ghost and the bow. I really love how they both turned out. Especially the bow. This was my first time making a bow like this. Usually I make a regular bow.

The ghost is made out of felt. I simply found a ghost stencil, traced it on the felt and cut out two pieces. Then I hot glued them together, leaving a gap open so that I could stuff it with pillow stuffing. The flowers were a challenge to make. First of all, I was not even sure how to go about it but I used different ribbons to make the flowers. I used black ribbon and polk a dot black ribbon to make the roses. The burlap flowers were a little harder to make because the ribbon was wired and not wide enough to make roses. So I just did the ones that are on the wreath.

The “Boo” letters I bought at Hobby Lobby. I glittered each letter with Mod Podge and orange glitter and hot glued each letter onto the wreath.  The spiders I bought at Michaels. Overall I am pretty happy with my creation. I will definitely use it again next year. This time I will decorate a lot earlier! Take care everyone!

Nayeli