When my husband and I moved into our apartment here in California I noticed that a few of the other residents had door wreaths, which made me want one. I knew that I needed to make something that both my husband and I would enjoy. I wasn’t going to succumb him to something flowery or otherwise “girly.”

So of course I went the technology route. I ended up taking apart my DVD player since we have a XBox we can play DVDs in. But that only gave me about 3-4 good pieces to work with. I found it amusing that the word “Play” was misspelled on the board.

DVD

While I was trying to figure out a way to get a bunch of computer parts for cheap I at least got the wreath itself ready.

From Michael’s the craft store I got an Ahland Straw Wreath Form in 12 inches. Then I took a black sparkly ribbon also from Michael’s at 2.5 inches wide and wrapped it around the wreath using needles with heads every so often to keep the ribbon in place. For hanging the wreath I pinned the two ends of a black ribbon about .5 inches wide into half a loop onto what would be the back of the wreath.

Back to the tech part. Some friends came over and they asked if we had been to Weird Stuff yet. We had not even heard of the place yet. It’s basically a big warehouse full of mainly old computer stuff. Everything from wires to full computers to a bucket of nuts and bolts 50 cents a scoop to all the things I ended up buying for the wreath.

Assembly

I laid everything out on the table that I was planning on using for the wreath. The things from Weird Stuff I got for $20. Not pictured is a keyboard and a couple other small things for future projects. So really, like, $17. Then I placed things on the wreath overlapping like a collage and just seeing how I liked the look of something somewhere and took a picture of that. I took every thing off, plugged in the heat gun, then glued everything into place using the photo as a reference.

Here is the end result: Finished

I ended up using one of those Command Strips to hang the wreath on the door. I believe that is the exact kind I bought. The wreath is kind of hefty. We tested the hook with a bag of 10 pound rat food overnight and it held. So even though it says 3 pound weight limit, it’s fine.

Although the hook holds it up well that doesn’t prevent someone from accidentally knocking it down by hitting it with their backpack cough husband cough. A few items fell off including two of the projector light bulbs, but thankfully they didn’t break and I was able to just re-glue what fell off back on.

And there you have it! A Techy Door Wreath! Door

Let me know in the comments if you would like to see more progress pictures. Taking progress pictures is something I’m not used to doing, but I also don’t want to start if people find it annoying.