Yarn Wreath

This wreath is super easy to make, pretty cheap (especially with coupons!) and super, super cute!

To start you need a foam wreath (mine is 18" but yours can be smaller!), one skeen of yarn (or 2 if you do a 18"), and sheets of felt (the color of your choice).

Now you need time.

Wrapping the wreath takes some time so sit down, relax, watch a show or something and wrap your wreath. You can start anywhere on the wreath to wrap it. Just make sure you cover the foam wreath and keep it fairly neat and that's it! Since my wreath is so big it took me about 3 hours! But well worth it. ;)

Now for the fun part.
With your felt, cut a circle.

Next cut into your circle around and around until it is all cut up.

Last, "re-wrap" your felt to make a flower.

I chose to use red, yellow, and cream for my flowers. I also added pearls to the centers for some more cuteness. I didn't measure the circles to make various sizes. I just made the flower and snipped some off when I wanted it smaller. I only hot glued the end of the flower to keep it together because when I glued them onto the wreath, I used TONS AND TONS of hot glue so it wouldn't go anywhere! So far it hasn't.

I arranged my flowers according to my liking but of course you could do anything you want! I've seen these wreaths in so many different ways. There are endless possibilities. If you need more inspiration you can visit Etsy and search "yarn wreath" to find some more examples.

The finished product!

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Valentines toast (or sandwich)

Want to make something festive on Valentines morning?


Make 2 pieces of toast. Using a cookie cutter, cut out a heart out of one piece. Spread jam on the other piece and place the cut out heart piece on top. So easy & fast.

I gave Tucker all the cut out hearts and he kept asking for more "love toast..." ha ha. He must've had 6 "love toasts."

another Valentines Garland

okay, okay enough with the Valentines Garlands already...
but seriously this one was so easy that I had to share.


All you need is red (or pink, or whatever) vinyl, a sewing machine and clear thread. Cut out a bunch of hearts, and using clear thread sew right down the middle of them, connecting them all together.

Here's a closer look:



It literally took me 20 minutes total! You could probably do it for any holiday. Shamrocks, multi colored circles for new years...etc.

Valentine's Wreath

For this project all you need is a grapevine wreath ($4), a yard of felt ($3), a glue gun, and about 5 hours. Ha! This took me FOREVER. You can find the tutorial here. Even though it took a long time, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. But if I could redo it, I probably would have bought a smaller wreath and still used the same amount of flowers, so the flowers covered the sides too. This wreath looks a little big on my door. To attach it to the door, I took some old ribbon I had, wrapped it around the top, then thumb tacked it to the top of my door (so you can't see the tacks, but can still shut the door). Enjoy!


I will definitely be using these felt flowers in some upcoming projects. I seriously cannot get enough of fabric flowers!

Looking forward to spring

Every year about this time of year, we plant grass in pots to keep inside our house to get us excited for spring. And that it does! Spring couldn't come soon enough. If you have grass seeds and some empty pots lying around, this is essentially a free decoration for any table. Our kids helped Pete plant these and have loved seeing how fast the grass grows!

Menu Chalkboards

A few weeks ago, my sister and I made chalkboards that could be used to plan out our weekly menu for dinner.  It was pretty easy and I thought they turned out really cute.

Here is what you need:

Mod Podge, Chalkboard Paint, Paper, Paint (optional), and
a piece of  sanded Wood (We bought ours at Walmart for around $3)

First, we painted the boarder with craft paint and applied the chalkboard paint.  We had to put on a couple of coats of the chalkboard paint and then we set it aside to dry.

While the paint was drying, we cut out strips of paper to use as a border for the chalkboard.  Once the paint dried we glued the paper to the wood using mod podge.  I'm not a mod podge expert so my sister had to teach me how to use it.  Just so you know, you do this by first adding it to the back the paper, stick it on to the wood and then on top of the paper as well.  This was the trickiest part for me, because it is hard to not get bubbles in the paper.  Also, make sure not to get mod podge on the section you want to use as a chalkboard.  My sister also used mod podge to apply letters for each day of the week on her board.  I left mine blank so it could be used for writing notes/lists as well as a menu.

And now, the final product...

This is how my chalkboard turned out. 
(We made these around New Year's Day.)

This is how my sister's chalkboard turned out.