{"id":7618,"date":"2012-01-26T22:11:34","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T04:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/?p=7618"},"modified":"2012-01-26T22:11:34","modified_gmt":"2012-01-27T04:11:34","slug":"cupcake-liner-wreath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/26\/cupcake-liner-wreath\/","title":{"rendered":"Cupcake Liner Wreath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m normally quite the homebody, but over the weekend, I really just reached a point where I needed to get out of the house for a little bit. \u00c2\u00a0My destination? \u00c2\u00a0Hobby Lobby! \u00c2\u00a0I had the crafting bug, and wanted to do something for Valentine&#8217;s Day. \u00c2\u00a0I don&#8217;t have ANY Valentine&#8217;s decorations. \u00c2\u00a0Not a one. \u00c2\u00a0So I thought I&#8217;d remedy that, starting with this wreath. \u00c2\u00a0Now I&#8217;m know I&#8217;m a few years behind the curve with <a href=\"http:\/\/tatertotsandjello.com\/2010\/01\/whimsical-valentine-wreath.html\">using cupcake liners for wreaths<\/a>, but I&#8217;ve run across <a href=\"http:\/\/mycreativedeparture.com\/2011\/01\/24\/fun-with-cupcake-liners\/\">a few of these on Pinterest<\/a> lately and thought this would be an easy, relatively mindless craft for me to tackle in this post-baby haze I&#8217;m in right now. \u00c2\u00a0(My pictures aren&#8217;t the greatest&#8230;they were taken on a particularly stormy day here&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Valentines-Wreath.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7623\" title=\"Valentine's Wreath\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Valentines-Wreath.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Valentines-Wreath.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Valentines-Wreath-300x255.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First, I covered the wreath with ribbon. \u00c2\u00a0I actually forgot to buy ribbon for this step, but I found some red glittery ribbon in my stash to use. \u00c2\u00a0It was sheer, but I made it work anyway.<\/p>\n<p>It seems there are several different techniques for how to fold your cupcake liners for a wreath. \u00c2\u00a0I decided to keep things simple and just folded my cupcake liners in half. \u00c2\u00a0I originally tried folding the cupcake liners more, didn&#8217;t like the section I glued, and ripped them all off. \u00c2\u00a0I&#8217;ve seen that technique used effectively, but for some reason I couldn&#8217;t get the hang of it.<\/p>\n<p>I applied hot glue to a small section (maybe 1 inch) then stuck on the cupcake liners as quickly as possible. \u00c2\u00a0Then repeated all the way around the wreath. \u00c2\u00a0I used about 250-275 cupcake liners.<\/p>\n<p>Once I finished the cupcake liners, I hot-glued these felt flowers (also purchased at Hobby Lobby).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Valentines-Wreath-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7624\" title=\"Valentine's Wreath 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Valentines-Wreath-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Valentines-Wreath-2.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Valentines-Wreath-2-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An easy wreath for Valentine&#8217;s Day!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Valentines-Wreath-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7626\" title=\"Valentine's Wreath 3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Valentines-Wreath-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Valentines-Wreath-3.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Valentines-Wreath-3-246x300.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/26\/cupcake-liner-wreath\/\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m normally quite the homebody, but over the weekend, I really just reached a point where I needed to get out of the house for a little bit. \u00c2\u00a0My destination? 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