Happy December Friends!
It’s hard to believe it’s the last month of the year! Seriously, where has this year gone? This is my first Christmas season as a blogger and it’s so exciting! There is so much fabulous DIY inspiration out there and I can’t believe that I get to share my own creations as well, on my little blog!
I’d like to show you my latest creation today! Do you love burlap as much as I do? It seems like everywhere you look there’s burlap, but I’m totally not over it yet! I was challenged by one of my blogging friends to take an item I found at the 2nd hand store and create something Christmasy. A while back I found this huge piece of burlap at one of the stores I frequent so when this idea came up, my wheels started thinking what I could make with burlap!
This is what I came up with…
This is seriously so easy to make and I love how they turned out! I think they’re so darn cute!!
First, I cut strips of burlap 2 inches wide and I just experimented with different lengths. The longer your strip, the bigger your rose will be. Fold the beginning of your piece of burlap in half like the picture above shows and use your glue gun to glue it together. I then began twisting and turning and every few turns I would use glue to hold it together. You really don’t need to glue at every turn or twist! A little goes a long way. When I was happy how the rose looked, I trimmed any pieces of burlap so the roses were “tidy” looking!
They look so pretty on our mantle with the greenery…
And they look so pretty strung on this old window pane that’s on our fireplace mantle as well…
There’s a couple other bloggers who are sharing what they found at the second hand store and made used it to make some Christmas décor! Their links are at the bottom so hope you hop over and check out what they created!
Have a wonderful day… wherever this finds you! Thank you so, so much for coming by! It makes my day to see your comments and have you stop by!
-Kendra
Linking to these fabulous parties:
Your Designs This Time, Time To Sparkle, On Display Thursdays, Tuesdays At Our Home, Motivational Monday, The Dedicated House, The Makers Link Party, Party In Your PJs, Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Whimsy Wednesday, Moonlight and Mason Jars, Work It Wednesday, Pin Worthy Wednesday, Wednesday Roundup, Artsy Fartsy Link Party, Inspire Me Please, Grace At Home, Creative Collection, Weekend Wind-down Party, Best of The Weekend, Super Saturday, Frugal Crafty Home Blog Hop, Share It Sunday, Talented Tuesdays,
I wish I could find some burlap like this. Your garland turned out to be very pretty. I love the idea of using something rough like burlap to make something like a rose.
Thanks AmieJo! I totally lucked out finding such a huge amount of burlap! Yay for thrift stores! Thanks so much for putting this together!
Burlap roses make everything prettier, don’t they? I love how they look mixed in with your Christmas garland!
They sure do, Amy! Thanks so much and hope you’re having a great week! xo
Aren’t you clever! I love how they look on the window pane! Burlap is just perfect for everyday and any holiday, in my opinion. 🙂 Love it!
Thanks friend! And I totally agree… the possibilities are endless with burlap! Thanks for coming by today 🙂
Beautiful! I could think of lots of cute places to use those burlap roses. Happy first Christmas blogging. This is also my first although I bought my domain in December.
Thanks so much Rachel! It’s so fun this Christmas season, isn’t it? Thanks so much for coming by!
Thanks Rachel! So many fun projects to make and share with the world of blogging, isn’t there? So glad you stopped by! Have a great week! 🙂
Kendra- we love your burlap roses. Looks like a fun project and love them on your mantel!
Thanks so much ladies!! 🙂 So glad you love them! Hope you’re week is going great!
These are lovely! Adding them to my ‘gotta try’ list! Following you from the #TalentedTueday party!
Thank you Sue! I hope you enjoy making them! I appreciate you stopping by! 🙂
Soo pretty, Kendra!! I love burlap, too!! You can do so much with it. I love that little rose garland, I need to make one!! 🙂
Thanks so much Amanda! They were so fun and easy to make! I want to make more still 🙂 Hope you have a good rest of the week!
Thanks for sharing this with us at Motivational Monday, Kendra! I love looking at your pretty flowers. 🙂 Hope to see you there again tomorrow! Hope you’re weekend is going great!
Thank you Amanda 🙂 I’ll stop in a “visit” your party tomorrow for sure! xo
I LOVE these Kendra! I really love how burlap can make girly things, like roses, more neutral. Living with all boys limits me on some decorating things!
Thanks, friend! I never thought of burlap like that, but it’s so true! 🙂 So glad you stopped by and hope your week is going great! xo
Well these are stinking cute! They look easy enough. I think I’ll give it a try!
Yes, please try them Cherie! They look cute in so many different places! Thanks so much for coming by!
This turned out beautiful. Glittery greenery and burlap, yes please! I am so glad we all got to do this post together. everyone’s projects are amazing!
I would love for you to come over and link this and anything else up on my link party!!
Thanks Jessica! I’ll be sure to link up at your party! Have a great day!
I just did a project involving rosettes last week and I think I made 36 total… I used fabric, have never made one out of burlap. So pretty!
Thank you Carrie! I bet your fabric ones are pretty! Will have to stop by… I used to make lots of fabric flowers when I made little girl hair accessories! So fun! 🙂
Love this, Kendra! You could use this all year…thanks for sharing at our Get Your DIY On party! Pinning…hope to see you January 4th…it’s all about organization! Merry Christmas! XO
Thanks Christy! So glad you stopped by! I’ll be back to link up! Hope you’ve had a wonderful Christmas too! xo