Dollar Tree Challenge #4

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While summer breezes are still blowing, crafters and decorators are already creating for fall.  I wasn't going to join in so soon, but I went to the Dollar Tree and...

Well, you know the rest.  I go there for soap and toothpaste and I come out with that, plus a couple of bags of craft supplies.

Anyway...

I saw some fabulous new supplies and decided to try my hand at another mesh wreath:

No, this isn't my new challenge, but it's pretty, ain't it?

In the supplies I bought were some picks (floral stems with stuff on them besides flowers) and a fall leaf garland, plus I had a package of Dollar Tree metal words that Diana had given me.  I had a 12 x 16 practice canvas that I'd painted a few times and a 9-inch grapevine wreath I bought at the thrift store when I first moved here.  It had decorations on it that worked when I first moved but didn't go with my decorating scheme ... now that I have one.  So I took them off.

Voila!  An idea for a mixed media project.

First, I painted the canvas with antique white and a variety of browns to make the background look like wood.  Then, I took the antique white paint and dry bushed it on the wreath to make it stand out more.  I hot glued the wreath to the canvas and reinforced it with a couple of pieces of floral wire (from the Dollar Tree).  I learned that I can safely poke a hole in the canvas with a needle and run the wire through the holes and twist the ends to attach it. I twisted the picks together with floral tape (from the Dollar Tree) and attached them with hot glue and floral wire.  Lastly, I hot glued the leaves and the metal word to the wreath.

So, what do y'all think?