Smeared and Smudged April Fool's Surprise Blog Hop!!

Happy April Fool's Day Everyone!!! I'm SO thrilled to be here hopping with the gals on the Smeared and Smudged network!!!

Today I recreated a wreath in similar fashion to one that I made in this post. However, THIS one was done in the S&S way!!!
My thoughtful Brother In Law got me THIS book after I'd made a comment about his and how cool the pages would be as DP.

So instead of this being a nice, crisp, light looking Literary Wreath, this one is grungy, scary and creepy. NICE!I started with a 4" foam wreath or ring. I used LOTS of hot glue, tearing pages and either rolling them, fan folding them, "s" folding them, any way I could think and adhered each piece one by one. (really look at the pages if you have time....there's lots of creepiness goin' on!!!)
I then set to embellishing my wreath. I used an OLDDDDDDDD Inkadinkado bug set from maybe 18 years ago! ( lol! ) I stamped, colored and punched out an assorted array of bugs, attached them to straight stick pins whose tops I bent and littered the wreath with these pins.

I then showed it to my Gorgeous Hubby while he was doing laundry in the basement. He looked at it and initially gave it a WOW...and then studied it. I grabbed a hand of rusty bolts from a jar on his workbench and he said yes...they need to come out to look 3-D. He's always amazing as an outside eye for me. I used giant needles used for...yarn sewing? Latch hook? I don't know but I've had them for as long as I can remember in my sewing kit and have NEVER used them. And I knew that they'd be strong enough to hold the bolts with hot glue.

I did the same thing with the bolts as I did for the bugs. I found their homes, some on pins and some just randomly placed in shallower spots.
I let everything rest and really harden and then I took a thick hair elastic, hot glued it to the back (as a hanger), and glued a pretty piece of 1" wide green grosgrain ribbon to cover 60% of the elastic band. (otherwise it looks like a tangly mess of hotglue - not pretty).
I let that dry for a few and then took pics!! And it already has a home in my living room!!!
I hope you are inspired and SURPRISED by my April Fool's Day creation!!!

Here is the entire list of fab hoppers today so PLEASE leave love and kisses for all of their hard work and gorgeous inspiration!

Alison
Kelli
Meredith
Michelle
Kathi
Kim
Lisa
Danielle
Alex
Jean
Monica
Sarah
Erica
Black Dragon
Kymberly
Steph
Lady Brayton
Barb

Terra


Thanks for hopping today!!