Wreath #2

So ladies, I got a little carried away with my wreath and it is HUGE!!!!  I put it on the door to our apartment, but it was too bouffant for NYC...and it intruded into our neighbor's space. :) So my husband picked up my crushed spirits, and we found an alternative place for it.  I think it worked out quite nicely.

Okay, here are my suggestions, pitfalls, etc.

1)  Buy the 10 inch wreath form.  The only size they had at the store was the 14 inch, and it made the process so much longer and made my wreath too big to fit on the front door.  So unless you really want bouffant, go with the 10 inch form.

2)  Use weathered book pages.  I used one of Mitch's law school books that he didn't want to keep because the information in it is already out of date.  I felt okay about tearing up the book because it was just going to goodwill otherwise, but I think the look would be enhanced with weathered pages versus the stark white.  So go to a used book store and find a book that is falling apart and use that.

3)  Use a normal sized book.  The law book was on the larger size, and again, that added to the bouffantness.

4)  Do not overlap the pages when you are gluing them on.  I made the mistake of overlapping the ruffles for the first few layers, and as I realized, it decreased the poofiness of the ruffles.  The lack of poofiness made me add another layer or two (I lost count) and in turn added probably about another hour onto the project.  You can actually tell in the picture above that the lower layers are much more dense than the last layers.

5)  When you get to the last layer, it helped me to cut the page length so that there was less bulk to glue down.

It was a fun project, and I think it will go much faster next time.  And I will be more careful and not burn myself. :)  Also, E asked me if I thought she could do this book page wreath instead, and I actually think it would be easier than the one that C and I did.