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Like how I just created a new word up there?  I know you do!  Here is another one for you: Shaliz.  Look at that one like you do celebrity couples where they smash their two names together to make one ridiculous name.  No, I didn’t drink a bottle of wine and (surprisingly) have gotten a decent amount of sleep so I’m not dilirious either.  So, what am I talking about?  A Halloween spider wreath of course. 

On Friday, I had a Craft Date with Liz!  See Cra + dat = CraDat.  (Sorry but crate would have been too easy and would have ruined my word making up mojo!)  Shannah (me!) + Liz = Shaliz.  So, now that you’ve been entrusted with a handy, dandy Just Us Four decoder ring (keep it handy, you never know when I might throw out a new word), I can get into the details of our cradat.

Like all good (and bad) things, the idea for this sprung from Pinterest.

Liz and I are both pretty addicted and constantly repin each others’ finds.  So, Liz decided we needed to get together and make some of our pins.  Dozens of emails and texts (you’re welcome, Verizon, for all the money you got from those texts) later, our cradat was born and a project was chosen.  A halloween wreath.  What?  Are you surprised we are making a wreath?  Do you even read this blog? ๐Ÿ™‚
We started with a few inspiration pictures:
[Etsy], [The Speckled Dog], [Tater Tots and Jello], [Indie Fixx] via Pinterest
Halloween Spider Wreath

Then, we gathered our supplies.  This is where those emails and texts really started flying!  Like this one from me to Liz to show what yarn I already had:

Hello, lovely cell phone picture quality.

I knew I wanted to put a spiderweb in my wreath but I could only find plain felt ones.  So, I picked up some glitter spray paint and transformed it into a glitter spiderweb.

Once the spray painting was done, we left it to dry while we got to wrapping our wreaths with the yarn we purchased.  We both went with orange.

I have a little more practice with wrapping (addictions will do that to you) so I finished a little faster than Liz.

I added a darker orange yarn around the wreath for a little bit of contrast.

While I was doing that though, Liz got into a little bit of a yarn mess.

Once we were all done wrapping the wreath forms, it came time to decide what to do with them.  I pinned my glittler spider web to the back of my wreath form.
Then, I wanted to add these little glitter spiders around the front of the wreath.

Once I opened the spiders, I found the backs were hollow making my initial plan of glueing them pretty much a lost cause.  So, I used the little black wires that were used to attach the spiders to the cardboard when I purchased them.  I painted them with a little glue and covered them with black glitter to make sure they blended in well.

Liz worked on adding black yarn to her wreath while I was “painting”

Once my little spiders were attached, I had to find a way to get the big spider onto his web.  This will probably change a little because I am not 100% satisfied with it but I used a black pipe cleaner that I cut the most of the fuzziness off of.

Liz hung a HUGE spider in the middle of her wreath.

My entire family was sleeping when I finished so I had to wait until the next morning to show it to H.  I think she likes it.

Some front door shots:

And Liz’s final product:

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shannah
 

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76 Comments

  1. Very cute! Love the way your sparkly web fit just right inside the wreath! Hope your Cradat was a ton of fun! Saw you at Finding Fabulous!

  2. Those are both really cute! I love the little bit of black yarn on Liz’s and the spider web on yours is great! Stopping by from TT&J.

  3. Oh I just love your fall decor! I hope you will add your lovely metamorphosis to my Fall in Love linky party on Wednesday.

    Until then, stop by and see the under $20 makeover I gave an ugly brass light fixture.

    Happy Monday!

  4. Thanks to everyone for stopping by and leaving such great comments. I have been trying hard to visit you all but blogger and my computer are having a fight. Hopefully, I will have better luck tomorrow.

  5. Oh I just really love this! You are so creative.

    Thank you so very much for linking up to Fall In Love Wednesdays.

    Have a blessed weekend.

  6. This is very cute! I featured it on my blog today as part of my Friday Favorites. Come over and check it out ๐Ÿ™‚ Happy Friday to you.

  7. Love your wreaths!! Your daughter’s face is priceless! Thanks so much for linking up to The Creative Spark. I’ll be featuring this tomorrow! Enjoy your Sunday!
    Jenn ๐Ÿ™‚

  8. What an adorable wreath! You are so creative! It is absolutely perfect for the holiday! SO glad you shared this @ Show & Share. Thank you!

  9. Ohhh I love this so so much! And I have to say I am soo sooo wishing I had a fun crafty friend to make wonderful wreaths like this with! :o) I moved this summer and haven’t come across new crafty friends yet! Anyways… back to your beautiful project—I LOVE it!!!
    Thank you so much for linking up!!!!!! :o)
    Jaime from crafty scrappy happy

  10. Love the wreath. It is perfect. I would love for you to link this up to my Fall into Fall party that opens tonight at 8pm EST. Hope to see you there.

  11. The purple spider made the wreath pop! Great choice. Thanks for sharing at tip-toe thru tuesday. Have a great week.

  12. The wreath is just PERFECT!!!!! I want it!

    Thanks so much for sharing this at The DIY Dreamer.. From Dream To Reality!

  13. Super cute! Thank you for sharing this at my Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. Hope to see your prettiness again on Monday. Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse

  14. Super cute, um I mean creepy, wreath! I can’t wait to make one. I even have the yarn already. Love the spider web in the middle. Thanks so much for linking up to Creative Thursday. Canโ€™t wait to see what you share this week! Have a wonderful week.
    Michelle

  15. I make up new words all the time! Glad I’m not alone. Great Halloween wreath ideas. Thanks for sharing and for linking up at Throwback Thursday.

  16. Shannah!! This is a cute, creepy wreath! I’ve never seen one like it…adorable!!! PINNED

    Thanks for linking up to Throwback Thursday!

    xoxo
    Denyse

  17. How cute! I had to share this with pinterest ๐Ÿ™‚ I know a lot of my friends would love to make something like that.

  18. Great job! I was going to make a wreath & hunted everywhere for a foam wreath form. I didn’t think about covering the straw wreath with yarn. Thanks for the idea!

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  21. Stopping by to let you know I’m featuring your wreath this Friday on my Spooktacular Linky Features! Thanks so much for sharing on Made in a Day!
    Kim

  22. Stopping by to let you know I am featuring your cute wreath today on my Spooktacular Features #3! Thanks so much for linking it up! It’s awesome!
    Kim

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    1. The amount of yarn definitely varies. I think I used 1-2 packages for the solid orange. You only need a little for the darker orange and the black. I started with an 18 inch straw wreath form.