Spring Board with Crepe Paper Rose Wreath

{Spring Has Sprung!}

Here at the Smith house anyway!

I know it's a bit early, seeing that we just had a freak snowstorm today... but i just feeeeel the sunny days, flip-flops and pretty colors around the corner! I wanted to make a happy reminder that those warmer temps are around the corner, so I came up with this fun wreath and plaque.

Here's how I did it...

I had an unfinished wood plaque that I purchased at my local wood craft supplier

(It measured about 11.5 x 12.5 inches)

I painted, with a foam brush, the entire board with this green timberline paint... LOVE this color!

I distressed the edges of my board really well with sandpaper, then I just took a foam brush and a bit of regular white craft paint and swiped the edges of the board with the white, where my wood was exposed. After that I took a damp rag and started wiping off the white a bit... so it wasn't so stark looking.

DON'T FREAK: When I did this... some of the green started to rub off a bit and get a little lighter... even though my board was totally dry and still looked totally awesome!

I just started messing around with my (almost) dry, white paint tipped foam brush, feathering out the leftover white paint a little here or there... running it down the middle and then wiping it off a bit. You can't mess it up :)

After I had the board just how I wanted it I applied my "SPRING" vinyl and then some clear acrylic, gloss sealer to give it a finished shine

Then I added my cute crepe paper rose wreath!

I made it with an 8 inch, round wreath form and used the same technique as the ball forms, from earlier.

To adhere it to the board I just pinned some thick white ribbon to the back of the wreath form, strung it over the top of the finished wood plaque, positioned it where I wanted, and then hot glued the ribbon to the back of the board.

I love all of the pink that these crepe paper roses add to my spring decor!