Full Circle

Maybe it's the rapidly approaching holiday season... (Oh, you didn't know the holidays were right around the corner? Well, when you're as busy as I am (without another day off until Thanksgiving) you have to start planning the holidays early or they'll creep up and bite you on the butt. I just now managed to procure a Halloween costume for Violet and we're already halfway through October. But that's another story.)

Maybe it's the need to create and control something in my whirlwind life.

Whatever it is, I've been a little DIY obsessed lately. Not the actually "do" part, mind you. In my case, the D in DIY stands for Dream. But anyway, lately I've been dreaming about do-it-yourself wreaths. Check out the two I recently pinned over at Pinterest.

via Tanda Plain and Tall

Check out this amazing wreath made of coffee filters! That's right, coffee filters. How cheap and easy does that seem?! Now the only question is, how would it hold up? I'm concerned about the dust it would collect. Something this delicate seems difficult to keep clean. But how stunning would it look against a dark wall?

The other creation I keep coming back to is this:

via living with lindsay

It was made with a dollar store foam wreath and a one dollar paperback novel. That's right, this wreath is made from a ripped up book. I don't know why I find this idea so appealing - I love books! Maybe it's because my Kindle has made paper pages obsolete? Maybe because, despite my Kindle, I still want to find a way of preserving those pages?

What do you guys think? Should I make an attempt? Would it look right in my house? What fun DIY projects have you attempted (or dreamed about) lately?