and around we go!

Some of you may know about my huge crush small obsession with Danielle Burkleo..

I first started seeing the yarn wreaths when I found her blog Take Heart

they are so cute, so girlie and oh so fun to make!

Now dont' worry I'm not taking her idea, running with it to the first etsy shop I can open

so that I can become a wreath making goddess..

instead, when I was sick this weekend, and it was raining out I decided to take my

hands away from the flowers and do a little craft, for fun!

Now I would like to put a disclaimer in here

*this is my first wreath and i have no idea what I'm doing*

so don't giggle too hard, and please don't take my instructions too seriously!

Oh and if you want a pretty rad wreath for yourself go visit

Sugar Money (those are the real deal!)

First up, you start with a round foam form.. I picked mine up at dollar tree (along with the twine)

everything else is just scraps of things I had laying around the studio..

so I'm sure there is some really easy way of doing this, that I will never discover

but basically you wrap the crap out of that yarn around the wreath!

it's tedious, i wont lie

But when it's done, its like a super comfy hula hoop!

Next I took my twine and wrapped it around the wreath, why you ask?

no clue, just sounded like a cool idea!

There was no method to my madness.

It was a gloomy day, I was drinking a coffee and I just wanted to make something!

I wanted to go for a "vintage" feel so I grabbed a few things here and there

and really just started attaching them in a manner that looked "not like sh*t" lol

I'm sorry, I didn't really know how else to explain that one so forgive me ;p

 

I came up with a random little flower thingie mabob mainly because

I didn't want to make it a perfect rosette.. I think it came out super cute!

Another scrap of fabric here...

 then onto a bigger fluff of lace behind the black lace fan, because it was missing something

yummy!

I need something to fill that hole next to the pink flower, right?

I made another one of the flower thingie mabobs with lace and attached a cute embellishment!

Next up I had to decide what to do to the top..

 I had a really wide piece of lace so I made a pretty little bow and that hid the twine I needed to hang the wreath!

after it was done, since I was going for a "vintage look"

 I found this cute ribbon with words on it in my scraps that I totally forgot I had and wanted to use!

So I added that to the front, and voila! there you have it =)

I wouldn't consider this a "tutorial" but more of how I spent my Sunday afternoon, when I was bored! 

 I hope you enjoy how I throw things together and get inspired to just make things for fun and loosen up once in a while.. and if not.. just go browse Danielles' wreaths, they are super satisfying!