Yarn Wreaths inspired by Agnes at KnockKnocking!

Oh hi bloggie!  I haven't seen you in a while!  I've been a busy bee, but have managed to fit some creative projects into the mess that has been life lately!  

So, inspired by some of the lovely yarn wrapped wreaths that Agnes has in her Etsy shop KnockKnocking, I decided to try my hand at it!   I'm quite pleased with how it turned out!  And it's a lovely TV watching craft!  The wrapping took some time (mainly because I'm a bit of a picky princess and wanted each wrap of the yarn to lay just right) but the felt flowers were super fun to make!  And although it took everything in me not to try and make them all exactly the same, I messily cut some felt spirals and lovely flowers were born!

I don't have step by step pictures, but it's pretty straight forward, and it's easy to find tutorials explaining how to make the flowers :)  I got a foam wreath shape and some pieces of blue, cream, brown and green eco felt from Michaels Craft Store, some lovely scrap yarn that I picked up but never found just quite the right project for, and my trusty glue gun.  I plunked myself down on the couch, turned on the TV and qued up Criminal Minds reruns and started wrapping.  And wrapping...and wrapping...it took 3 episodes of Criminal Minds to get the whole thing wrapped (although I will admit that I was slightly distracted by Dr. Reid from time to time and the yarn wrapping slowed down while I day dreamed). 

You can't really tell in the picture, but the big blue flowers are made from felt that is embossed with a pretty paisley design! :)  I'm a fan, and now this little number is hanging on my front door!  It makes me so happy to see when I come home!

I can see this kind of project becoming addictive...especially when I see all the pretty holiday themed ones popping up all over the interweb!!  Also - what a great stash busting project!  Yarn is starting to take over my life...kind of like the blob....everywhere you look in my house there a little ball of yarn or a half finished project.  It's becoming a problem haha!

I think the next one I'll tackle is an Easter tree.  I've never really felt the need to decorate for Easter...but somehow this year I am feeling the itch.  I think it's all the lovely light colours, and the ideas moving beyond diipping hardboiled eggs in food colouring :)

Hope you are all enjoying Spring!