The huge difference between ours was the yarn. The project called for a nice, thick yarn, but I fell in love with the fun fur. It took me about 5 times longer to wind the yarn (and they wrapped theirs two and three times!) but I felt it was well worth it.
I did wrap some shiny heart garland over the fun fur, but you can barely see it in the picture. After that, we just glued some heart-shaped gems onto some glitter hearts and glued them to the wreath. Hot glue rules!
Missy's:
Jen's:
All three together: