mickey ears and finery

Time for more crafts!

I found a Mickey Mouse wreath on Pintrest that I wanted to make- it was 3 grapevine wreaths tied together in your classic mouse-ear shape and decorated with white flowers and leaves. 

I set out to find my supplies- tried Hobby Lobby Holy Grail first.  Believe it or not, they didn't have anything I wanted.  The wreaths were awkward sizes and I wasn't impressed with their offerings of white flowers.  Next stop was Jo-Ann Fabrics, where I found what I needed.  I bought what was basically a reel of twisty tie wire and fashioned my ears like so:

And then it sat on the pool table/ craft table for a couple days until I found flowers I liked.  

I ended up back at Jo-Ann (after another unsuccessful Hobby Lobby attempt) and wandered around their floral section for the better part of an hour.  I didn't see anything I loved and eventually just grabbed some white carnation-looking things.  As I stood in front of a wall of white ribbon looking for the perfect accent, the realization hit me like a brick to the head.  

White is boring!

I moved down to the yellows and reds and grabbed the first roll that caught my eye- a wired glittery orange ribbon wide enough to hide the twisty ties.  I then speed-walked back to the floral section, dumped the blah white nothings and immediately grabbed some giant red and orange flowers.  I went from starting to dread this project to hardly being able to wait to get home to put it together!  Pintrest is just for inspiration, ya'll.  It doesn't have to be a copy.

When I finished, this is what I'd come up with:

All my favorite colors!  Lord help me if I ever have to work with white again.  I have so so so much love for this piece!

Here are the costs:

Jo-Ann Fabrics

Wreaths: $9 for all 3 after coupon

Twisty tie stuff: $3 

Wire ribbon: $4

Flowers: $14 after coupon

Glue gun, etc: already owned

TOTAL: $30

I probably could have done a little better with cheaper flowers and ribbon, but I bought what I loved.  If this was for sale at a Disney-related store I'm guessing it would be twice that amount so I think I done good!

Side note

We Scot and I went down to the Magic Kingdom on Sunday for Dapper Day and to see the premiere of the Festival of Fantasy Parade.  Dapper Day is a fan event for the California and Florida Parks where guest dress up in their (modern or vintage) finest, in homage to the original drawings and renderings of the first ideas for Disneyland Park.  The drawings were done back in the 50s so the people in the sketches were dressed to the nines, not like the trashy ho look people wear out in public today.  So, a fan even was started to allow people to dress up and enjoy the parks the way things would have been back in the day.  Here we are:

  

I think we look quite dapper!

if you're curious, it's www.dapperday.com for future events