Now all I need is a wreath

I see such cute stands to hang wreaths from, everywhere I look in blogland someone is making one. So over the weekend I took a trip to home depot with the hubs and kiddos.  I bought my supplies and took them home to get started.

Purchased Supplies:

• 1 8ft. 4x4 (about $8.00) cut into two pieces (they will cut it for you at the store, yay step one       complete!  I had them cut the piece I was going to use at 44")
• 1 4x4 wood decorative post topper (about $6.00)
• 1 silver/bronze hook w/ screws (about $3)

Supplies On Hand:

• Gorilla Wood Glue (love this stuff, it was part of the prize pack I won over at Shanty2Chic)
• Paint-able Caulking (optional)
• Primer & Paint
• Drill
• Scrap piece of wood for base.

So like I said, step 1 of cutting the 4x4 done.

Step 2- You can use your wood glue to secure a square shaped scrap piece of wood to the bottom of your 4x4, or even use your drill to secure the pieces together with a long enough screw. Or if your crazy paranoid like me you can do both. Hehehe.

Step 3- Use your wood glue to secure your decorative wood post topper to your 4x4.

Step 4- I went around the base and under the top where my pieces were joined together with paint-able caulking, cause I'm paranoid and didn't want moisture or creepy crawly things making a home in the little spaces.

Step 5- Let all of the glue and caulk dry for a bit...go work on another craft, or feed your baby like I did. I placed a little something heavy on top to keep pressure on my pieces while they were drying.

 Step 6- Now that it's dry you can sand any rough spots you don't like, prime, then paint.  I primed mine using Rust-oleum's white primer and when it was dry I did 2 coats of Rust-oleum's Heirloom White in a Satin Finish. And for the 3rd time, I'm paranoid so I did 2 coats of a spray poly acrylic to seal it. Yes, yes, it's not even going to be out in the weather really...it'll sit on our covered porch next to our door, but still.

Step 7- Once the Poly acrylic spray is dry you can add your hook. I used the drill we're "borrowing" from my dad to drill the pilot holes and then used it to screw in the screws.

Voila! You're done, ready to sit it by your door and hang all of your cute holiday wreaths on it.  Now if only I had a wreath!