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| Written by Laurie Pecotte | |||
| Thursday, 12 November 2009 01:07 | |||
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Hi, my name is Laurie and I have an addiction. No, I am not talking about my scrapbooking supplies, although I know I have a definite problem there. I am talking about home decor items. You should see the amount of Christmas decorations that are about to take over my household. I have been trying to limit my spending on Christmas decorations because I have so many, but it is hard when it is around every corner starting in July. So I have moved onto another season--Fall. The last two years I have been drawn to all things Fall. When I saw Crystal's November Collection featuring the "Happy Little Owls", my heart melted. I knew I needed to give an owl a home in my house. I created this fun little wreath to hang in my house as a nesting spot for my hooting little friend. You can make your own and I will show you how.
I purchased a flat wooden wreath from my local arts and crafts store.
I wanted the whole wreath to be covered in a nice chocolate brown ribbon. I started by securing one end of my ribbon with hot glue.
Then I wrapped the ribbon around the entire wreath, overlapping the edges as I went and pulling the ribbon tightly until I covered the entire wreath. I finished by securing the end of the ribbon with hot glue. I also tied a hanger for my wreath out of the same ribbon.
I picked up these fun buttons in different sizes and colors to decorate my wreath. I loved that this button pack had traditional fall colors as well as some brighter pinks and blues to spice things up a bit.
I alternated the sizes and colors of the buttons all the way around the wreath. Again I secured the buttons with hot glue.
Next I opened up my furry little friend in Photoshop Elements 8. I used one of the 4inch owls and resized him to 6 inches. To do this go to Image > Resize > Image Size. With the constrain proportions box checked, I changed the height of my owl to 6 inches and clicked ok. I decided that I also wanted to saturate his colors to match the vibrancy of the buttons I used on my wreath. This is an easy technique and one that you can use on photos. In the layers palette, right click on your owl layer and chose duplicate layer.
Then, with your top owl layer selected, in your blending mode options chose soft light from the drop down menu. You can adjust the opacity of this layer to determined how saturated you want your image to look. I left mine at 100% to really play up the colors.
I then flattened my image, printed it, and cut it out. My owl was a little bit to flimsy to put on the wreath just as a cardstock image. I glued him onto a piece of chipboard and cut him out. This piece of chipboard is one that I saved from when I had some 12x12 layouts printed at Costco.
I wanted to jazz up my owl a little bit. I added some Stickles to the spots on his wings. Have you checked out Stickles? It is an awesome product. It is just like glitter paint, but much more user (and scrapbook) friendly. It is a fun little way to add a little extra touch to your projects.
I let my owl dry overnight and then I glued him onto the wreath. He is now sitting in his happy home on my wall, and I am a happy girl with yet another home decor item in my collection.
Credits: Happy Little Owl Wreath by Laurie Pecotte Owl: "Happy Little Owls" by Crystal Wilkerson. Buttons: Blumenthal Lansing. Ribbon: Celebrate It. Glitter paint: Stickles by Ranger Ink. Other: PSE 8, cardstock, wreath, hot glue. Products featured in this article:"Happy Little Owls" Rub-Ons & Stickers by Crystal Wilkerson
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Comments (13)
 
This is totally adorable. Love it!
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November 12, 2009
Oh, love love love it! But now I have to buy the owl kit and I was trying to be good! After thanknsgiving, we could even make owls with xmas colors! I am so glad I didn't ebay all my buttons! Great project! Thanks
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November 12, 2009
Adorable as always! I loooove buttons, so a cute little owl wreath would be so fun!
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November 12, 2009
great idea, I'm thinking a turkey would be totally cute for Thanksgiving. This would be a fun projects for kids to do too!
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November 15, 2009
Please share where you got your buttons! I love the colors and want to use them for mine!
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November 18, 2009
Amy, I got them at Michaels. They weren't in the scrapbook section. They were in with the special shape buttons over by where the kids' craft stuff is. They came in a bag of all those colors and sizes.
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November 19, 2009
yeah- love this- i am thinking a Christmas theme with a snowman instead of the owl.... thanks for the inspiration!
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December 09, 2009
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