Monogram Christmas Wreath

I couldn't wait any longer, I had to change out my fall wreath. Although, from this photo you can't tell there is still pumpkins on my front porch. Not carved, of course, but it's going to really hurt my feelings when I am finally forced to get rid of them. 

I've been keeping my eye on wreath ideas for Christmas and LOVE monogram themes. On my recent trip to Joann's, I was delighted to find pretty much everything fabric or holiday-related in the whole store was 50-60% off. Sales everywhere. Yay. Unfortunately, everyone else knew about it too so lines were long. Yuck. 

All naked wreathes were half off (that's what I call the wreathes not yet decorated). I grabbed a mid-sized wreath (I think it came out to about $4) and the biggest paper mâché letter A (30% off all letters!).

I still needed something to spruce up the wreath so I scoured all the aisles for bells. I love bells! They're so festive! I found a little pack of red bells, unfortunately not on sale at 3.99 unless you want to use your 60% off coupon for it. Don't mind if I do! I figured I'd come up with a way to attach them and the letter when I got home.

 I just needed to get the heck outta this store with all these people in it. I've been cart-bumped by one too many senior citizens with carts full of fabric today. And by one too many, I mean there was only one. ...And she did it twice. I mean, Merry Christmas, I love you!!! :|

Thanks to my "look around-yep-that'll do" attitude, I found some wire to attach the bells to the wreath. I suppose you can use a pipe cleaner or a twisty tie or anything wire-like. I clipped that into one inch pieces, threaded through the bells and crimped them on. 

Spray paint your letter the color you want.  (Do first so it can dry while you attach your bells. Yay for time saving!). 

I did gold with glitter on top. Duh. 

I kept the little plastic tag hook on the top of the letter and looped more of the wire through it to attach it to the wreath. 

Annnnnnnd good enough for me. I'm done. (It's really just my short attention span). You can do more and there's so many possibilities: smaller letter, bigger wreath, little ornaments, pinecones, blah blah blah. Go get creative.

Time to put up Christmas lights! I want some lights framing that front door! 

Has anyone made any Christmas crafts this year? Cookies don't count.