Monogram Wreath

My old wreath was in desperate need of a freshening up. 

The sun had done a number on my red burlap roses.

This time I wanted to have a letter on the wreath, but I was too cheap to go buy a letter. Besides, who wants to purchase what you can make for yourself??? 

Jute-Wrapped Letter

Materials:

cardboard

thick jute twine

hot glue gun

Instructions:

I first free-handed a letter H out of cardboard. My letter covers an 8" sq. area (for a 16" wreath).

TJ's bags are my favorite crafting backdrop

Starting on the back, I hot-glued the beginning of my jute twine. 

Applying about 1" of glue at a time....

...I carefully wrapped the twine around, making sure each loop lay smoothly against the piece next to it.

Keep wrapping!! I'm lucky H is pretty basic letter. I decided to wrap the crossbar like so:

When you reach the end of a segment, glue a tail to the backside of your letter. 

back w/ glued tail

Continue with your next segment(s) as needed. I wrapped my H with only two pieces of twine.

I'm really happy with how it turned out! I need to make more letters for some wall art now.

This one, however, ended up on my wreath. 

I wrapped the wreath in a long strip of fabric and threw on some yo-yo's. I like how they resemble sand dollars. 

Can't wait to see what the sun does to this one. :)