Gobble Gobble

I have been feeling quite crafty over the last week and couldn't wait for the weekend to arrive to get started on a project - which first meant a trip to Hobby Lobby and Michaels since I do not have a lot of items at the house. I really am a novice at DIYing, but my recent  interest in Pinterest and DIY blogs has me wanting to try. Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, I have so many ideas that it was hard to decided where to start. I opted to begin with a Thanksgiving themed project. As I wrote last month, I didn't have a lot of inspiration for a Halloween wreath, nor did I see one I cared to buy. Originally, I planned to update the R for Christmas and or make a similar one. Well, I was inspired to create a special one for Thanksgiving, especially since we will be hosting family at our house this year. (*More on that later.) After a bit of tulle, yarn, styraphome and paint and I came up with this:

 

Mr. Turkey is now hanging outside our front door. And, despite all the rain and wind we've had over the last 24 hours, all of his feathers are still intact :) I have to say, while parts of the process were tedious, I had a lot of fun creating the wreath. It turned out just as I had hoped and it adds a bit of color to the front.

My second project from this weekend is currently drying. Once I put it together I'll take a picture and share it. I'm really happy with how it turned out and may even do another version. I really should be focusing on covering the chairs in the dining room since they really need to get done before Thanksgiving, but I am having a lot of trouble finding the right fabric. The current fabric is cream with TONS of gross stains. Drew got the table set from one of his mom's neighbors back in the day. I'm pretty sure the fabric has never been changed out. I'll also probably need to add new padding as well. Needless to say, the seats should probably be a priority, but there are so many other fun things I want to work on in the meantime that it is hard to focus.