It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…..especially on Pinterest.  This week I’ve been in a Christmas mood and have been pinning away, of course while listening to Christmas music.  Check out my Christmas Board for more Christmas pins I’ve found this week.  Are you in the Christmas mood?  Hard to believe only a few short weeks till Christmas.  I don’t know about you, but I have a lot to do before then.  Maybe I should start doing those things instead of having fun pinning on Pinterest!

And if you are Pinterest follow me and I’ll follow you back.  You can find me here on Pinterest.

Happy Pinning!

I have been a little obsessed lately with the yarn holiday wreaths I’ve been spotting over on Pinterest.  So I decided I would try to tackle my very own to place on our front door for the holiday season.  Since I have a covered front door it works perfectly too.  I had two little helpers while making the wreath so it made for a fun little project for all of us.  They helped with the wrapping of the yarn around the wreath which honestly took the longest and if I made another wreath in the near future I would go with a thicker yarn.  So note to you, go with a thicker yarn which will allow you to wrap the wreath a little faster.  I have some other ideas for another wreath so if I get around it I’ll be hoping to work on that soon.  But for now here is how to make this yarn wreath with felt flowers.

 

Here is what you’ll need:

Styrofoam Wreath (try one with rounded edges, all I could find was the one here)

Ivory or Off-White Yarn (or color of choice)

Felt (in colors of choice)

Martha Stewart Eyelash garland (found at my local Michael’s Craft Store)

Fabric glue

 First, you will start the wreath by wrapping and wrapping the yarn around the Styrofoam.  As I mentioned above, I recommend buying a thicker yarn so you won’t be wrapping for days like I was.  Lesson learned on my part.  Luckily, I had two little helpers that were eager to help in the wrapping of the yarn.  The good thing is you can just watch a movie and wrap away.  Once the yarn is wrapped and covering the wreath you can then use the red eyelash garland from Martha Stewart to wrap around the wreath to make the wreath almost look like a peppermint.

 

For the flowers, I used a couple different flowers using the felt.  I did a little digging and found a couple tutorials to help in creating the flowers.  Of course, the rose was the only one I really took pictures.

 

First you want to cut a circle out of the felt but make the edges a little rounded or flower like.  Once you have the circle cut out, you want to cut to cut into the circle and keep cutting around the circle towards the middle.  If you continue with the wave cutting pattern as you did on the exterior of the circle this will make for great rose petals.  You’ll be almost cutting a swirl inside the circle until you have a long strip of felt.  You’ll then start from the middle end of the strip (the center of the circle you just cut) and start wrapping/forming into your rose.

 For the other flowers check out this tutorial from A Pumpkin and a Princess.  I used both versions of flowers in the wreath, but preferred one over the other.  For the poinsettia flower I just free formed and cut out in the felt.  Sorry, no direction for this one.

Once you have all your flowers prepped and ready you can start applying them to the wreath using the fabric glue.  And there you have your yarn Christmas wreath for outside or inside depending on if your front porch is covered or not.

Have fun!  And if you are looking for another holiday wreath here is a indoor wreath I made last year using popcorn.

 It’s been awhile….a long while in fact since my last fashion post.  Since it’s a dreary gray day here in South Florida I was in the mood for Fall clothing….even though the temperatures are still well above average in my neck of the woods.  So here we go….November 2011 fashion to end November with.  Hard to believe November is almost over and December is quickly approaching!  Yikes! 

H & M Jumper, H&M

Dark Denim Wash Skirt, Debenhams

Givenchy Clutch, Far Fetch

Liz Claiborne Bracelet, JCPenny

Etienne Aigner Codona Riding Boot, DSW

Ribbed Tights, Forever21

Happy Shopping!

Thanksgiving is right around the corner….are you ready?  I would like to think that I am ready, but in reality I’m so not.  To get inspired here are some festive Thanksgiving table settings for your upcoming Turkey Day.

Pottery Barn Thanksgiving

Pumpkin Serveware, Turkey Table, Pumpkin Flowers, Thankful Turkey

Fall Leaves Centerpiece and Maple Leaf Setting

More Thanksgiving inspirations to come soon.  Next Thanksgiving decorating!  And you can always jump over to the food page to see some Thanksgiving inspired recipes.

I’m obsessed with kitchens, maybe because I love being in mine and often dream of my dream kitchen.  I came across this amazing blog called for the love of a house.  It outlines the renovations of a old farm house.  Really beautiful and if you have time to look at the other rooms of this house I highly recommend it.  Beautiful design features!  What I fell in love with was the farmhouse kitchen.  So warm and inviting.  Makes me want to pull up a chair at the table next to the fireplace on a cool fall morning while drinking my coffee (or tea) and my breakfast while reading the paper.  Ahhhh….yes, this is me dreaming!  Take a look for yourself at this beautiful farmhouse kitchen. 

Are you dreaming of your weekend morning breakfast at this table like I was?  Of course, with the noise of the kids not being there. 

I love these glass canisters with scoops for the things you use often on the counter. 

And then there is the stove….yes, the stove….my dream Viking stove!  A girl can dream can’t she?

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