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Do-it-yourself!

We lived in this house for over 2.5 years now and ever since we moved in I was on a mission to find something to hang in the half bath downstairs. 
Seems easy enough, right? For me, it seemed more like "Mission Impossible". 
The problem was, that the previous owners painted the room in a light greenish color and on top of it, they wrote some french sentences on the walls. I always kinda liked it, so we left it the way it was. And by the way, until recently, we were never able to figure out what the french writing said, for all we knew, it could've been something very very bad...haha!
Anyway, we started looking at french themed artwork and never found anything that we both liked and finding anything that matched the color of the room didn't make it easier...AT ALL!
So when I stumbled upon this felt wreath on pinterest (I'm obsessed with pinterest...if you haven't checked it out yet, go do so, because it's genius, but be aware that it's totally addicting!), I just knew it would work great in the half bath and I just had to make it!

Wir leben nun schon seit Ã¼ber 2,5 Jahren in unserem Haus und ich bin schon genauso lange auf der Suche nach einem Bild oder irgendetwas, was ich unten in unsere Gaestetoilette haengen kann.
Scheint einfach genug zu sein, oder? Für mich war es eher "Mission Impossible".

Das Problem war, dass die vorherigen Eigentümer den Raum hellgruen gestrichen hatten und damit nicht genug, sie haben ausserdem franzoesische Sätze an die Waende geschrieben. Mir gefiel es eigentlich immer ganz gut, also liessen wir es, wie es war. 
Uebrigens waren wir bis vor kurzem nicht in der Lage, herauszufinden, was die französischen Saetze bedeuteten, es haette auch was ganz ganz schlimmes sein koennen und wir haetten es nicht gewusst..haha!
Jedenfalls haben wir nach franzoesischen Bildern gesucht und nie etwas gefunden, was uns beiden gefiel und etwas zu finden, was zur Farbe des Raumes passte, machte die Sache nicht gerade leichter. 
Und als ich diesen Kranz auf Pinterest entdeckt habe (Ich bin verrueckt nach Pinterest ... falls ihr es noch nicht kennt, schaut es euch unbedingt mal an, denn es ist einfach nur genial, aber ich warne euch, es macht total suechtig!), wusste ich, dass es super in die Gaestetoilette passen wuerde und ich musste es einfach basteln.


This is what you need: 
  • a 12 inch styrofoam wreath form
  • 1 yard of felt
  • straight pins
  • scissors
  • a 3 inch circle template
  • a pencil
  • ribbon for hanging

Was ihr dafuer braucht:


  • Einen 30 cm Styropor Kranz
  • ca. 1m Filz
  • Stecknadeln
  • Schere
  • Eine 7,5cm Kreis Vorlage
  • Bleistift
  • Band zum Aufhängen

First, you trace the circles onto the felt, then cut them out.
Cutting all of the circles was tedious and took forever, but after that it was super fast to attach them to the wreath. 
You need to fold the circle in half twice, so you end up with a quarter of a circle and then attach them with a pin to the wreath, pinning all of the circles as close together as possible.
That's it! 

Zuerst zeichnet ihr die Kreise auf den Filz, dann schneidet ihr sie aus.
Alle Kreise auszuschneiden war eine Heidenarbeit und dauerte ewig, aber danach ging es super schnell, um sie den Kranz befestigen.
Ihr muesst den Kreis zweimal in der Mitte falten, so dass ihr am Ende ein Viertel des Kreises habt und dann die Filzkreise mit Stecknadeln, so nah zusammen wie moeglich, an den Kranz befestigen. 
Das ist alles!
Mission accomplished!


I might have to make more wreaths in halloween and christmas colors...my favorite season is almost here...and guess what? I already found some great ones to make on pinterest!:)


Ich glaube, ich muss noch mehr Kränze in Halloween und Weihnachtsfarben machen ... meine Lieblings-Jahreszeit ist fast da...und wisst ihr was? Ich habe schon ein paar schoene, die ich machen kann, auf pinterest gefunden!:)
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  1. Hi Nadine, ich habe das Brotrezept, nach dem du gefragt hast, in meinem Blog gepostet.

    Ich hätte von dir schon gerne mal einen Tip, wie du das mit den Coupons machst, wenn du einkaufen gehst und gar nichts zahlen mußt. Ich sammle zwar auch Coupons, doch das kann ich mir noch nicht vorstellen, wie das ganz extrem funktionieren soll.

    LG Hedda aus NC

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  2. Hallo Nadine, der Kranz ist wunderschön und ich bin sehr dankbar für die Idee! Werde gleich heute noch das Material besorgen! Vielen Dank für die tolle Anleitung!Liebe Grüße
    Renisa

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  3. Mein Kranz ist fertig! Hab vielen Dank für die schöne Idee und die prima Anleitung! Ich hätte Lust schon gleich einen zweiten anzufangen...
    Mit der Begeisterung für dieses Modell hab ich jetzt schon ein paar Leute angesteckt und ich hab hierher auch von meinem Blog verlinkt!
    http://neuesausdernaehstube.blogspot.com/2011/12/gruner-kranz-fertig-oder-nicht.html
    Liebe Grüße!
    Renisa

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