See that wreath up there? I made it.

And I tell you what: Every time I walk through my front door, it makes me smile. Not because it’s the fanciest or cutest wreath in the world, but because I made it.

I’m not the craftiest person you’ve ever met on the internet. But with the help of Pinterest and a tutorial labeled with words like “the easy way” and “anyone can do it,” I made a new wreath for our door. Granted, it only involved fabric and scissors, but honestly? Those are two things I really don’t like. They remind me of sewing, and that’s never a pleasant thought.

It really was easy to make. After braving the fabric section – and a surly employee who didn’t care for me calling strips of fabric “scraps” – I found a package of two yards of holiday fabric SCRAPS. I cut them into nowhere-near-uniform strips of about 6″ x 1.5″, and tied them around a stretched-out wire hanger.

Yep. That’s all.

Except, wait! That’s not all! I’ve actually done several things I’ve found on Pinterest, including:

• I printed and framed that Christmas subway art, and both my daughter and my mom commented on it!
• And the candy canes hung by ribbon? Well, I pinned that about three times, but I actually loved it even more once I did it in a few spots in my own house.
• I made the Mickey Mouse rice krispy treats and hung balloons by a string for Annalyn’s birthday party this fall. We loved (okay, a certain four-year-old loved) fingerpainting a fall tree.
• And while I didn’t wrap up the mountain of Christmas books we own and have checked out from the library, having them on hand and reading a couple each day has been a sweet surprise for my holiday-obsessed kiddo this month!

Do you actually DO the things you pin on Pinterest? What’s been your favorite project so far?

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