Please leave your boots at the door

This is unusual for me.  I am not normally a door-décor person.  I have a wreath for fall and a wreath for Christmas, but I don’t normally have anything up at any other time of the year.

Until now…

Some people put ice skates on their door at Christmas time—so I though, “Why not rain boots for Spring?”

I went on the hunt for some child’s rain boots, and I came up with these at a thrift store:

I liked the $4 price tag, but I didn’t think purple was the look I wanted with my orange front door!  Someone else may be able to pull it off.  Not me!

So I taped off the sole of the boots……

…and sprayed on Rustoleum "Summer Squash.”

Note:  I foolishly did not prime the boots first—and I should have.  The paint dried, but remained VERY sticky.  Like gum-on-your-shoe sticky.  Or jam-on-a-toddler’s-hands sticky.  Ugh.  Thankfully a couple of coats of Rustoleum clear coat (leftover from the faux enameled stencils) greatly reduced the sticky factor.  Now they’re only Post-It Note sticky.  Hopefully not Venus Fly-Trap sticky, since they’re hanging outside!

I spent $15 on some silk flowers at Michael’s, and $1 for a cool paper ribbon at Ben Franklin.

How did I attach the ribbon, you ask?? Staples!

Staples and duct tape.  Where would we be without them??

And that’s my version of a spring “wreath” for about $20.

I think the yellow was a much better choice than the purple, don’t you?

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This project has been featured at From My Front Porch to Yours.

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