Decorations - Hokie Style

Anyone who knows us knows we love Virginia Tech, after all that's where we met! Now we don't have any VT colored cars or walls painted maroon & orange, but we definitely don't hide our Hokie pride. We have VT decals/magnets on our cars, a Hokie Bird door mat, and just a "few" maroon & orange shirts.

When we first started decorating our home, finding places for our indoor VT decorations was a top priority! I started first by figuring out where to hang a few of the larger pieces: poster size print of the Marching Virginians making the VT on the field at Lane Stadium (I'm on the right 40!), and two wall hangings.

Then as we got settled in I started to add smaller pieces and make a few of my own.  I love the way maroon & orange look with our brick home and black accents, they are perfect!  One of the newest things I've made is a mesh ribbon wreath. I had never heard of mesh ribbon until about a year ago and wasn't quite sure how people used it, but thanks to Pinterest I quickly learned how and of course maroon & orange were my first color choices. I took a few progress photos of the wreath to share:

Two rolls of mesh ribbon, and one wire wreath form (not my favorite version of it, need to find a blank one next time).

After making loops and attaching them with the "garland" this was the final product.

I then topped it off with a maroon painted S and white bow.

So the goal had been to put the mesh wreath on the front door for football season, but it doesn't fit between the door and screen door...whoops.  So I moved a different wreath (a purchased) one to the front that did fit.

Let's Go Hokies!

Here are the last few VT touches to the front yard:

Another use for the mesh ribbon - accent to our brand new HOKIES flag!

VT Gnome is ready for Gameday!

There will definitely be more VT accents added to the home, no worries there.  Another project involving maroon & orange will mostly likely be very soon and I'll make sure to blog about it as well.

It's almost time to start jumping...LET'S GO HOKIES!