January Wreath {or what's a frame doing on your door?}

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you have had a wonderful holiday season.

Being the first of the month, its time time for a new wreath on my door. This wreath came to fruition through the design collaboration of my husband and I.

A couple of weeks ago, I asked the husband if he wanted to help figure out the January wreath. He sarcastically asked if there was going to be a meeting. So I sent an evite for a design meeting, complete with food {ie our dinner}. I made him pay for his sarcasm with discussing colors and possible design ideas. Take that husband!

What we came up with was a simple snowflake design. We've always lived where winter just meant cold. Moving to Texas, I quickly learned it could mean snow too. So I {...I mean we} decided to run with that fact.

Using a picture frame as a wreath form was inspired by this little number over at Blue Cricket Designs. The picture frame was a truly hideous little number that I got for twenty five cents at a garage sale {I forgot a before picture}. Because of how thin the blue paint was, I used a coat of white enamel as a primer. 

Now I can't take credit for the pretty color. This was the husband's idea.

These little snowflakes came in a four pack from Target for $1 {before Christmas}. They were meant to be present decorations. I picked these suckers up after seeing Jen's amazing Let it Snow framed wall art over at My Own Road. 

I cut off the silver string and then hot glued white ribbon to the back of the snowflakes and the back of the frame. 

And ta da...a non-traditional wreath that was created as apart of a collaborative design process. I think the husband learned his lesson. And he actually had some great ideas!

Come PARTY with me!

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