A Fun Felted Banner!

If you are looking for a cheap and quick embellishment to holiday or party decorations, PLEASE consider this fun felt banner. It took no time at all to make, and cost next to nothing.

Supplies: You will need felt (.25 cents at Joann), a small spool of yarn (1.29), a yarn needle (.99 cents for the plastic ones), and a Sharpie.

Simply make a template to cut out your "flags" from your felt. I used scissors to cut my felt, but a rotary cutter also works great and speeds things up quite a bit. 

After cutting out your flags, simply string them together with your yarn and yarn needle. I am NO sewer (sorry Mom, still trying), but this was crazy easy. I didn't measure anything, and didn't always sew in a straight line, but Im from the thinking that eye-balling it makes it look more playful/natural. swear.

Last, get to work with that Sharpie marker, writing out a message if you wish. You could also leave these bare to just use as decorative garland. 

Happy Bday Banner'ing!

Wreath {Love}

Well, it all started with a fall wreath for my front door. I decided to tackle the tedious process of cutting out a million little burlap squares and hoping they made something that resembled a wreath when I was done.

Behold: Our fall wreath!

I loved the wreath but was left with the crazy urge to make more wreaths! I had so much fun cutting and pinning, cutting and pinning, choosing cute embellishments, etc, I just needed to do more. So, I posted on my Facebook wall to see if anyone was interested in me making a wreath for them. What did I have to lose? I was blown away by how many people reached out to me. Over the next 3 weeks, I wreath-made my little heart out, and what fun it was. Check out some of the wreaths I was able to snap photos of, below:

Bonus: The friend I made this for sent me a picture of the wreath on HER door. It looks great!

bonus 2.0: another wreath at it's new home!

 Now that we're into November, and winter is fast approaching, I made my first Christmas wreath. Husbands take note, this one is going to be a gift for a friend's wife. What a great idea!!