this is how it happens.

I finished this wreath last night, and now it's happily hanging on our front door. Whenever I post pictures of a craft project, I'm often asked how I do it all. Every time I'm asked this, I have to laugh, because it often takes a monumental effort to finish anything around here {just ask my mister}.  In the spirit of this post, I thought I'd share a little of how this wreath came to be.

There were:

• 5 days of working on this 15 minutes at a time - between snacks and coloring and playdates and cleaning up + 2 nights of work between her bedtime and when I collapsed into bed
• 1 very messy table scattered with felt scraps and drips from the glue gun {remember, for 5 days}
• 1 irritated husband {see above}
• 1 sink of dirty dishes {repeat, several times} 
• 26 curse words
• 2 times throwing the whole thing into the trash can
• 52 tears {mine}
• 3 pinterest searches
• 1 {very minor} burn from the glue gun 
• 489 tears {hers} resulting from said burn
• 1 princess bandaid
• 16 encouraging words {hers}

{this is the first version of the wreath, before I gave the lace a haircut}

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In truth, the wreath isn't my favorite. I do love the way the flowers came out, but that's about it. And you know what, I'm going with it, imperfections and all. Because it's good enough. And we made it together. And that's the most important thing of all.

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{and on a more serious note, I've been asked for a tutorial for these flowers. I have a few more flowers to make, and I'll post my process as soon as I can}

Comments

[Ina]

Absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE your process description! It's so familiar (doing with the girls OR without). I love the wreath. And hey what if it's not perfect! It still looks wonderful. <3 When I make something and it's not perfect I think back to my quilting days (ok... more serious quilting days) when I learned from the best that no quilt is perfect without some mistakes/not so perfect bits in it. Hope you have a wonderful day!

[Kat]

26 curse words. Is that one for each letter of the alphabet? I'm curious as to the contents ;)

It's a very sweet wreath, the more so for all that went into it. Way cuter than my invisible one.

[John]

I was irritated by the minor burn (below) not the mess (above). I'm used to the craft mess! ;)

[Ina]

Nicole, please head to my blog when you have time. There's a little something for you! :) Have a wonderful day!

[Mad]

Gorgeous! She will cherish the time you spent with her not perfection... And not needing to be perfect is also such a powerful lesson, besides it looks absolutely gorgeous!