Striped Straw Wreath

I’ve been busy crafting for Christmas! One thing I have always wanted to have is a bright, cheery striped red wreath. So, this year, I decided to make one!

It is a super simple wreath to make but takes a ton of time I simply wrapped the wreath form in ribbon and hot glued paper straws all the way around.

I added these cute little snowmen to the side of the wreath.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

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Comments

Danni Baird @ Silo Hill Farm says:

December 4, 2012 at 12:11 pm

I love it! Red and White for Christmas is just classic!

Chandra Sirois says:

December 4, 2012 at 6:56 pm

I love this wreath! I saw this on Pinetrest and it was one of the reasons I just bought a ton of straws from Pick Your Plum! I would love to have you come link up to my new Linky Party “Show Me Your Plaid Monday’s”
http://www.pandpkitchen.com/2012/12/02/show-me-your-plaid-mondays-1/

Elise@growcreative says:

December 5, 2012 at 1:36 am

This is awesome! I love it!

Amy of While Wearing Heels says:

December 5, 2012 at 2:51 am

What a fun, colorful wreath. It looks like it was fun to make and it’s even more fun to look at. And, the snowmen add the perfect touch.

lizy b says:

December 5, 2012 at 3:30 am

this is so cute…and I totally wondered what I was going to do with the jillion straws I bought from pick your plum!!! perfect

twelveOeight says:

December 6, 2012 at 1:50 am

I love red and white together, and your wreath is SO CUTE!!!! Pinning now

xoxo, Tanya
twelveOeight

Christine @ First Home...Love Life says:

December 6, 2012 at 2:51 am

Cute idea! Love this!!

Andie Jaye says:

December 6, 2012 at 6:00 am

love it! bet this took some time, though, huh? thanks for linking up to tip-toe thru tuesday!

Tina from A Few Pretty Things says:

December 6, 2012 at 9:05 am

Very clever and cute!

Mel@Mellywood's Mansion says:

December 6, 2012 at 9:36 am

Wow that is so pretty, It kind of looks like candy canes, so pretty I don’t think I’d want to take it down after christmas

Heather says:

December 6, 2012 at 1:29 pm

Love how this turned out! It does seem time consuming but worth it!

Diana - FreeStyleMama says:

December 6, 2012 at 1:39 pm

So cute!

K Coake says:

December 7, 2012 at 2:23 am

So cute! I love the colors and the addition of the snow people.
KC

Karen says:

December 7, 2012 at 2:49 am

That is adorable, great idea using straws.

A to Zebra Celebrations says:

December 7, 2012 at 10:06 am

So cute and how fun!! I hope you stop by to link: http://atozebracelebrations.com/2012/12/link-party.html

Nancy

Jessi @ Practically Functional says:

December 10, 2012 at 11:10 am

How cute! I have a bunch of fun striped paper straws and this would be a great way to use them up. Thanks for sharing at The Fun In Functional!
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Tammy @ A Walk in the Countryside says:

December 10, 2012 at 12:53 pm

I can see were it would be time consuming but it turned out super cute!
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Jessi @ Practically Functional says:

December 10, 2012 at 7:44 pm

I saw these at the Winter Wonders & Holiday Happenings link party too. Thanks so much for sharing!
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Christina at I Gotta Create! says:

December 10, 2012 at 9:50 pm

Very festive! I want to try one of these someday

Thank you for partying with the Wildly Original Crowd.
<3 Christina at I Gotta Create!
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Cynthia says:

December 11, 2012 at 10:32 am

How fun! I love how something so simple can have such an impact!
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Kelly @ JAX does design says:

December 11, 2012 at 3:46 pm

That is such a fun & creative idea for a wreath! It looks great keeping it simple with the three snowmen, or it could be glammed up with sparkles and glitter and ribbon.
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cassie says:

December 11, 2012 at 8:21 pm

that is adorable!!! i love the snowman on it!
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sarah says:

December 11, 2012 at 10:19 pm

That’s awesome! Hi! I’m your newest follower and was kinda maybe sorta hopin’ that you’d hop on by my blog and follow me back!!

xoxo-
Sarah
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Ana says:

December 12, 2012 at 8:16 am

Great idea! I love wreaths and am always looking for new ways to make them.
Love your results!

Jennifer Dawn says:

December 12, 2012 at 8:44 am

What a cute idea! So glad I found your blog. I’d love for you to link these up to my weekly link party. http://thelifeofjenniferdawn.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-little-bird-told-me-link-party-20.html
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DesignFluff says:

December 12, 2012 at 2:07 pm

This turned out so cute! Now just add a mirror to the middle and you have a cute “sunburst” mirror for a kid’s room.
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Emily Benson says:

December 12, 2012 at 2:23 pm

So sweet. What a great idea to use those fun straws. It would even been fun to use red and green striped together. Thanks for sharing.
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Karah @ thespacebetweenblog says:

December 15, 2012 at 1:33 pm

so simple yet so cute Shannah!! Thank you so much for linking up!
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- admin says:
  
  December 19, 2012 at 2:10 pm
  
  Thanks! It was so easy to make but I love the way it looks.
  
Kaysi @ Keeping It Simple says:

December 22, 2012 at 6:12 pm

I LOVE how this looks!!!
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