Pinterest Success!

Fall is in the air which means it's time to get your craft on. I blame Pinterest for the never ending crafts that I want to do. Soooo.... of course when school was getting ready to start I started searching great Teacher Gift's for the first day of school. Bad Idea! There are countless ideas out there but I finally settled on my favorite. Survival Kits!! What Teacher doesn't need these? Was I searching for brownie points? Of course! It never helps to butter up the Teachers that will have your child all year long. Also, they deserve so much for all that they do.

So I went here and did exactly what she did. Of course mine was a little different because you can't find the same exact things.

Here are mine:

 

I got the baskets at Target which were not a bad price at all. I let my kids pick out the goodies so they could have a hand in this as well ;) After all, it is from them. Haha! The Starbucks cups were actually a steal, I couldn't believe how inexpensive they were so I added a gift card inside the cup as well. So cute, right? I love how they turned out! (Excuse the horrible pictures, I forgot to take a picture before we loaded them into the back of my car to take them to school)

My newest obsession is burlap. I LOVE burlap. So of course I have wanted a burlap wreath for quite some time but I don't want to pay that hefty price tag for one. I mean really?!?! I was scared to even try one because I figured that it would be way too complicated and it would be the death of me. I started looking, started pinning and found a blog that swears it's so simple and easy to do! So I took off to Hobby Lobby determined to find what it is that I needed. Hobby Lobby = Burlap Heaven. So much burlap!! 

I started off with this blog but for some reason I found it confusing. I wasn't really sure how she was threading the burlap. So I searched again and found this blog and once I combined the thoughts on the two blogs I got it. I would switch back and forth and just incorporate what each lady was saying and find my own way. I was very pleased at how easy and fast it was to do. I decided to add things to my wreath and with that I just kind of had to wing it because I didn't really feel like searching anymore. However, I did search on how to do a bow and found this. (Sorry it's not a direct link but I couldn't get it to open for some reason) I have never seen an easier way of someone explaining how to do a bow. I again took her words but made it my own but again it was simple and easy. 

So here is how my burlap wreath turned out:

I love it! I am going to add our last name initial to it but I have to paint it and just haven't done that. And you may be wondering why the orange and blue? Well, I figured since College Football kicks off this weekend why not start our decorating now? Yes, I am one of those girls that enjoys College Football and actually understands it ;) 

So there you have it, my Pinterest Success stories... for now! I see a lot more in my near future and I think I am officially addicted to making burlap wreaths. I'm sure I'll have one for every occasion. :)