Full disclosure. The night in question was actually an afternoon craft session. And the only questionable behavior was from my naughty cats!
I bought 10 ties for around 20 bucks at Arc Value Village.
The average price was around $1.99.
I bought a foam wreath circle from the craft store.
I needed furry help for the next steps. Not! I cut off the pointed base of the tie at 12 inches. The narrow parts I continually wrapped around the wreath form. Pinning the ties in place with 2 pronged fabric pin/tacks. Sorry no photos of those.
Akua was daydreaming.
Hana inspects my pile of cut tie parts.
Now for the decoration. I wrapped the wide pointed ends around the wreath. Pinning them in place.
Viola! I pinned decorative beads on the front to look like tie clips. It actually took 11 ties to complete the circle. I had to steal one from my husband. He hates them anyway. And he boldly stated that he wouldn't even take a job if they forced him to wear one!
I thought it would be fun to do another little giveaway. If you can guess which tie is his I'll send you a set of 8 of my original photo cards. (with beautiful Costa Rica photos)Since there's only one stripped tie(bottom left) we'll number that 1 and continue clockwise to the last tie #11 (bottom right) Just leave a comment and the tie # and description. I hope you'll play along and even pass my blog link on to other friends that might enjoy the game. And if you'd like to follow my blog be sure to do that too. I just lost 2 mysterious followers. Boo Hoo!
Blog update 3/23 We have a winner! More on that later...