There to greet you.

This is what our front door looked like this morning.

I hung the wreath hook on the door on Saturday even though we don't have a wreath to put there. I just thought it best to go ahead and do it rather than have to dig it back out when I did finally decide what to put there. I've had a homemade wreath in mind for months but just haven't gotten around to doing it. Well, last night I came across a very different idea for a wreath and changed it to work for me.

It's not really a wreath at all, and I am in love with it. I'm already thinking of different variations for the different seasons. FUN!! What do you think?

Here's how I did it.

I started with an inexpensive black frame and spray painted it red. (spray painting is really fun, by the way!)

Then as I waited (and waited and waited) for that to dry I went inside and grabbed one of my new, and seriously one of my most favorite, wrapping paper rolls and used the glass of the frame as a guide to cut out the backing.

Then I Mod Podged it directly onto the backing of the frame. (Notice I used outdoor Mod Podge since it will be outside)

While I waited for that to dry I grabbed some black card stock and using my trusty Cricut again, I cut out an N (N is for Newman). Then I centered it and mod podged it onto the green wrapping paper.

When the N was dry I sealed it all using the outdoor Mod Podge - I did several coats per the instructions.

When it was all good and dry I put the backing back into the frame and tied it up with some ribbon.

Voila!!

So come by and see me and my new wreath-ish creation will be there to greet you.