Dollar Store Thanksgiving wreath

All the vintage pictures at The Graphics Fairy are beautiful.  Clicking through that website is sure to stir up some kind of creativity!  While I was browsing through Christmas images, I found lots of Thanksgiving images too!  My mind started gravitating towards making some kind of Thanksgiving wreath; but it needs to be frugal, of course!  I stopped by my local Dollar Tree Store and picked up one of the 10" inch styrofoam wreaths to serve as the base.  I decided to cover the base with images by affixing them directly to the wreath base.

To start I printed out a variety of images onto a MS Word document; covering as much of the page as possible.  Then I ripped the pages into strips that were about 1/2 to 3/4 inch wide. 


Then came the fun and messy part.  I used Mod Podge to glue the back of each strip and apply it around my wreath.  I this in two layers - which worked great for coverage.  I even put a third layer in some places where I wanted the specific sayings to show on the face of the wreath.

Sorry for the blur, it was nighttime and dark!

Next,  I pulled out a couple of 3 1/4" inch wood discs to apply some images too.  Then I trimmed the edges of the discs with some doily lace (cut the edge off of a doily), and/or some twine using hot glue.

Next I made some flowers by cutting a krinkled coffee filter into progressive size circles; hot gluing and layering them. 

Then I hot glued the discs, flowers, some buttons, and some sparkly buttons (some bedazzled jewels).  I like out it turned out, and I really like the price!