A Musical Wreath

I've been wanting to do a wreath like this for a long time. A final piano lesson seemed like the perfect occasion to make one as a gift, so with my 10 cent, Goodwill found sheet music in hand, I set to work. What better way to spend a cold day of school vacation, right? Ignoring my children and my work and absorbing myself in a crafty project? Because, no. I didn't get my children involved. I'm kinda selfish that way.

I'm not going to tell you how many hours I spent on the dumb thing, nor how many times I picked apart hot glued paper (it CAN be picked apart, in case you didn't know) in order to end up with a finished product that wouldn't swallow up someone's front door were the wreath to be hung there. I will say this - on the last round, when the papers were once again trimmed smaller and once again shaped into cones, had you been present you might have heard some sort of declaration about the whole mess hitting the trash can if it didn't work this time!

I'm not a super crafty person. I don't 'do' Pinterest,(although I'm not opposed to following a link if I see something neat or googling how to do a project I've seen somewhere) but I've found it's good therapy to create something with my hands just for fun. I'm happy with the finished product and glad I took the time.......and now it's off to take care of the wet laundry that got piled in the basket and *cough, cough* forgotten about.......