jennifer, my mentor!

years and years ago, i worked in the display department for a chain of stores call the bon ton. i had a strange, but good man named dave as my boss. he always talked about his daughter jennifer and i had met her a few times. i usually felt bad for her and her mom for putting up with dave.

almost 20 years later jennifer and i met up on face book and became fast friends.

she is EXTREAMELY crafty, loves shoes and has 2 boys. one of which is named nate!

match made in heaven i say!

well, except for the fact that she now lives in georgia and i'm in utah.

she made this fantastic wreath for christmas and i was so freaking jealous! browns and greens were the colors i wanted to use for my christmas this year. but thankfully, we are miles apart and no one will know that we copied each other!

here is jennifers wreath.

and i wanted it.

bad.

i ran to michaels for some ribbon (50% off!) but didn't like the balls.

and i didn't see any HUGE grapevine wreaths (we have an 8' door so we need a big wreath).

after hitting a thrift store, i remember that i had one in the basement i could use.

i ended up getting some green and brown balls at walmart.

here is the before.

i threw away all the red stuff but kept the green eucalyptus because it was glittery and i think i'm going to use it on one of my trees.

then i spray painted the wreath with krylon champagne nouveau.

mostly because jennifer did that.

i wrapped the ribbon around (again, see jennifer's) and made a cool looking bow.

i hot glued the balls on and i might add some more hot glue later.

(it has been windy out here)

so here is my try at jennifer's wreath.

hers is still cooler.
i might have to unfriend her.