Martha Mac strikes again

I had bought some super cute purple ribbon with annoying silver glittery thingies on it.  I was going to incorporate it into the purpley, silvery masterpiece but I didn't have enough.  I decided to have my friend, Nancy, make a bow for me.  I wasn't quite sure what I was gonna do with the bow once I had it...details schemtails...

So on Nancy's last day of work before retirement (lucky bish...) I brought in my ribbon & she whipped me up a bow...

I swear she makes THE best bows...ever...

 All the annoying silver glittery pieces were all.over.my.desk.

 And eventually were all.over.my.floor.

 Voila, the finished product!  Isn't it bee-u-ti-ful?!

Ok, so what to do with this bow?  Remember how I told ya'll I always, always wanted to be married?  When B-rad & I got engaged, I got so excited to buy stuff for our house.  And the Christmas before we got married, I made a wreath for our house.  Shocking, I know.  I just bought an evergreen wreath, some gold (yuck) ribbon, some white poinsettias & some other little thingies & started stuffing.  I used old bread package ties (no lie) to hold everything in place. 

So, I thought since I'd had a cleansing of all my Christmas stuff, the wreath should get the next makeover.  I'm mad at myself  because I didn't take a picture of it for you, but once I got the energy to do it, I just started ripping stuff off of it to get it done.

I put the bow Nancy made me on the bottom & then took the left over ribbon & wrapped it around.  I had several silver ornaments left over to I was going to put those on it - the trick was figuring out how.  Shauna suggested that I drill holes in the ornaments to put my wire through to attach them.  UHM, she's the one with the penis, not me...so B-rad drilled my holes for me.  (In the spirit of full disclosure, I did ask him to bring me the drill so I could do it.  However, he knows me better than I know myself & said, 'no, just tell me what you want done & I'll do the drilling...')  I had some old wire from my ill-fated jewelry making days but it wasn't rigid enough to get through the holes.  So, I had to wait for a trip somewhere to get that floral wire stuff.   While I procrastinated waited for a trip in town to get some, the wreath hung on the door...with the purple bow, ribbon & the only 3 ornaments I could get the flimsy wire through.  Ghetto, I know...

I was finally forced to go to Walmart a couple of weeks ago & they had the floral wire.  Just this past weekend when I started feeling better I decided to get the wreath done.   

Here is the final product:  (wow, the sun has really yellowed the door.  Ick!)

I fully realize it only took me a month after Christmas to finish it.  And yes, it's still hanging on our front door. I gotta get some mileage out of it before I put it away!  Pssssh!