How to Make A Tissue Paper Wreath

So I finally got my act together and put together a tutorial on the tissue paper wreath I did. I found this tutorial online, but it wasn't that detailed, so here's how I made mine based off of the few pictures she posted.

 

Supplies:

• Styrofoam wreath (Mine was square, but you could probably use the round one. There were two Styrofoam wreaths at the store, one was a little more dense than the other, I got the less dense one, seemed easier to poke holes in.)
• A stick to poke small holes, I used a bamboo skewer that I use when making kabobs.
• Tissue paper (mine was 20"x 30"), I used about 35 sheets of paper (I bought off of eBay, way cheaper!)
• Glue gun
• Scissors
• Ruler

 

 

 Step 1:

 

Measure paper, I used 5"x7" rectangles, it seemed to work for me.

 

 

 

Step 2:

 

Cut paper, I quilt, so I have a quilting set up, but scissors work just as good.

 

 

Step 3:

 

Stack and fold the tissue papers. Every 5-6 single sheets I folded, I would fold a two sheets together. You don't have to do this, but I would guess if you don't want to make it as full, you could do the double sheets and space out the holes a bit more.

 

 

 

Hard to type this out, but...first you folded it in half once, then folded it in half again, and then twisted the bottom corner into a tight point.

 

 

For those of you visual learners here's a quick video 

 

The folds and twists do not have to be uniform or neat, but the tighter you get your point the easier it will be to put into the styrofoam when time comes.

 

Step 4:

 

Once you have a huge pile of tissue papers (FYI: this was about half of how many I ended up using)

 

 

You can start putting them into the wreath. I found that 5 holes across made for a really full wreath.



Step 5:

Glue the tissue in place, I found that putting a small amount of hot glue at the surface of the whole worked best. If you shove the glue gone in the hole, it will melt the Styrofoam, so try not to touch it, and just put it in on the surface, then when you stick the tissue paper in hold it there for a few seconds.

 

 Repeat this a million times, okay that's an exaggeration, but a lot of times. I just did the top and the outside, for the outside I found that 3 holes works best. I also alternated, so I would work on one side then move a little bit down and work on the side. If you try to do the sides in a row, the glue isn't dry enough and they tend to fall out. Hope that makes sense, it's hard to explain. I then added a Minnie Mouse head and called it a day.

I made a quick 3 minute video of the whole process for your viewing pleasure as well. I know I am a video learner, so I did both video and pictures.
 

 Don't worry it just seems a lot more daunting than it really is, put on a good movie and go for it! If you make one send me the pictures! I'd love to see them.

 

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Fall Challenge and First Jobs = Random Post

Guess what is back? The Style Challenge! If you haven't signed up to get a list of clothes and then 21 days worth of outfits, it's not too late to sign up and join in on the fun!

Outfits just started on Monday, so I only have 2 to show you today. Let's get started. Here are the two outfits.

Day 1:

This day was a total and complete fail. It called for burgundy pants*, and I got a pair, but they are at the tailors getting hemmed...darn, huge fail on when I told him I could pick them up, oops! So I substituted red pants*. I don't have a blush blouse either, haven't found one that I like yet, so I substituted this cute polka dot shirt that I got from Forever 21 (can't find online).

Even though it's not the styled outfit, I really liked this outfit and I'm not sure if I would have put it together on my own.

Day 2:

Day two was a half fail, it called for an orange sweater, while I do love orange, I just never found one that I liked enough. Actually to tell you the truth I didn't really look, I tried to shop from my closet on this one. A lot of the stuff I got, like the Boyfriend Jeans (similar*), I bought at the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale, so I basically spent my Fall outfit money then. Totally worth it! Every time I wear this sweater Mr. always complements me and says how much he loves it. I forgot to take a picture of the back side, but it has a cute zipper that goes a little bit down my back.

These jeans, are so, so comfortable! I have a pair of boyfriend jeans from Old Navy, which are comfy too, but these are super comfy and I loved the distressed part. I've never owned a pair of distressed jeans. I guess I always thought, why pay for holes to be put into your jeans...haha. I would however size down, I bought my own size and by the end of the day I was pulling up my pants. Still comfy though.

Stay tuned for next weeks outfits, you'll get 7 outfits, provided I get my burgundy pants* back!

On to a random:

So Andrea from Momfessionals has a every other Tuesday link up that I totally forgot about yesterday, so I'm joining in today. Today's topic is Your and your spouses first job.

I wish I had some pictures for you. But I don't, darn. So let's just get into it, I'll find some pictures on the interwebz so you don't get too bored. I started babysitting at 12, now and days, I couldn't imagine leaving my kids with a 12 year old, by themselves all night. I mean I did take a babysitting class at the hospital, but seriously 12. Taking care of kids, one family I babysat for at a 5 and 3 year old, the other one a 7, 5 and 3 year old. Crazy times. Anyway, before I start, I have to tell you when Mr. and I first started dating, he claims that I have worked everywhere. Every time we would pass something, he claims I would say, hey I used to work there...you be the judge.

When I was almost 16, I got a job at, yep that's right Subway, I was a sandwich artist:



Found this on Katlin's Blog - She's a fellow sandwich Artist too

The owner of this subway also owned Dryers Ice cream which was next door, but shared a back room, so we went back and forth between Subway making sandwiches and Dryers scooping ice cream. Actually I do still have both uniforms in a box in the garage...or wait, I actually think it's in Mini Fox's closet.

This is John Harrison, when I Googled, Dryers Ice Cream Employee I got a bunch of pictures of the ice cream and him. so I chose him. He's the taste tester for Dryers, he's tasted over 200 millions gallons of ice cream over 42 years, crazy! Read about him here.

After that I got a job at Big 5 through my cousin. I was the cashier, but I really did learn a lot about sports equipment, so that was a good learning experience. I only quite because I went away to college. I actually met my first serious boyfriend at Big 5.

source - This is not the one I worked at, I couldn't find a picture, so I picked a pretty looking one

When I came home from college that first year I started working with my Aunt at Sur La Table. When I first heard about it, my first reaction was, I don't want to work with old ladies. Well those old ladies were/are super awesome, and I cherish the 2.5 years I spent there. I think I liked this job the most, only because  I learned SO much about cooking, plus I got/earned free cookware in the process, win-win.

source - again couldn't find a picture of the one I worked at, so I picked a pretty one

Other jobs that I had during college, librarian (okay not really, I sat at a desk, checked out books for people and then shelved books, during finals week I stayed late so people could study till midnight. Sorry Leslie and Katie I don't think I was meant to be a librarian. I worked at a coffee cart right in the middle of the school quad, we called Alumni Mall, right next to Foley Pond (really a fountain)

source - it is a little nicer now, with the fancy scalloped awning, but otherwise looks pretty much the same

Then I worked at a conferences and scheduling place on campus. So let's recap all of my jobs:

Subay
Dryers
Big 5
Sur La Table
Library
Coffee Cart
Scheduling

That's only 7 jobs, and Mr. says I've worked everywhere, haha.

Mr., his first job was at Blockbuster. Do you guys remember them? That was his first job, kakki pants and blue shirt. He said that what he realized working there was that he didn't want a job that made him stand on his feet all day long, and that he better go to school so he could do something else. Smart guy. On and click here for the story on how Blockbuster broke up with us...I think that pretty much bring his Blockbuster days full circle.



source

What was your first job(s)?

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Another Weekend Recap on a Tuesday

Hello Tuesday, I was so happy to leave Monday behind. Right when I got to work I got the most maddening email, not what you want to see at 6am on Monday, grr...but hopefully today will be better, I have high hopes. But let's talk about the weekend first.

Friday got a box in the mail and it looked like this. Seriously fairly certain it went under the truck or two. It was so bad the original tape broke and they taped it again. Luckily it was just a pair of boots and they survived. I love them, but I bought two pairs of boots to go with my family photo outfit and the other pair looks a little better...boo.

They love opening the gaggles of packages that arrive at our house daily, note the packages behind them on the left.

Just after dinner Mr. asked Baby Fox how school was, and he said I learned some new words today, and then he proceeded to read this entire worksheet, sounding it out and everything. We are blown away.

Saturday was a super busy day,
My dad picked her up so we could head to soccer picture day and then meet us at the game later. The kids were so cute taking pictures.

Baby Fox's eyes are close, so let's hope the real deal his eyes aren't closed.

Team silly picture.

After pictures we headed straight to the game, that was at a different field in a different city and it should have taken us 15 mintue to get there, took us 45 minutes! So glad we left early, and then we called my parents to not bring Mini Fox, not worth the traffic to get there. Coach was gone for the weekend, so Mr. stepped up. He had fun, but said he wasn't going to quit his day job, haha. At least we scored 1 goal in our net...lol, we got 3 in theirs.

Practice

Game time, we have high hopes, haha, just kidding, it's 4 year old soccer and our best player was playing in the other game (we do 2 3x3 side by side games)

He's just so cute when he sucks his fingers.

When we got back the kids ate lunch and went down for a nap, and I got ready for a MNO at a Gala for Thomas House, such a great organization.

All the ladies of the evening. Turns out the third girl from the left, I went to college with and we were in the same service organization (at my college more people were in service organizations, volunteer  work, than sororities and fraternities). Such a small world!

Gotta take a selfie...too bad it was blurry. I got a clear one, but one of the girls is cut off, darn.

Silent auction, last 2 minutes and we were trying to "ebay" it, last minute bids with 5 seconds to go...didn't work, haha.

I invited this girl, whom you've seen before, but I've known her since 7th grade. So happy we live close enough to do stuff like this together.

The auction was really fun, and one of the girls bid and won an all you can eat Wahoo's taco truck for 50 people, woo hoo! I hope she invites us, fingers crossed.

Sunday the oldest kid woke up early, so I took him to the grocery store with me (usually I try to sneak out before they wake up, usually I'm there and back before they even notice).

This girl, thinking she's the Queen of Sheba.

I was trying to get a shot of her play heels she's wearing. Seriously this girl can rock a heel.

We headed to church, of course the kids favorite part is the donuts. Baby Fox was splitting the donut in half, he did an awesome very fair job.

When we got back I had told Baby Fox we would do a little science project. So we put two soda bottles together and made a whirlpool/tornado...whatever you want to call it, the kids thought it was awesome!

We just used an extra piece of sprinkler pipe and some duct tape, totally rough, but it worked and the kids didn't care what it looked like.

After naps the kids talked Mr. into going swimming, crazy kids. The pool was about 78°.

and they both went in it, several times, crazy people.

 

Practicing back floats.

To end our Sunday some pretty birds flying over head. I just love when you see birds flying in formation, it just makes me feel so peaceful and somehow makes me think of God and how he's always watching over us. Strange to think all that when you see birds, but it does.

How was your weekend? What was the best part of your weekend?

Linking up with Erin for Weekend Snapshot4, B Loved Boston and Champagne & Suburbs  for Weekending,  and Ashley at A Cute Angle for Monday Madness and  Tuesday Talk