My Favorite Christmas Project

This is by far my favorite thing I made for Christmas. I didn't really use a tutorial for this because I had seen many yarn wreaths when I started following craft blogs. I've now discovered that they're common for interior decorating and all sorts of holidays. Before I made or bought my decorations I realized I would need to plan carefully since we are very limited on storage space. As a result, I decided to make this wreath in a neutral color that would work in my living room year round. So I took a straw wreath from Michael's (about 3 or 4 dollars) and 1 skein of yarn from Hobby Lobby (about $5 but I had the 40% off coupon!) and wrapped the yarn around the wreath. I only used about half of the skein too. All I needed was one dab of hot glue to get it started then when it was finished I just tied the top. The snowflakes are felt buttons I bought at Walmart for $1. I bought snowflakes, poinsettias and gingerbread felt buttons for the stockings I made but none really worked on the stocking. I really hated how the stockings turned out, which was my first sewing project with my new machine so I will not be posting those! The poinsettias on this wreath are not the aforementioned felt buttons but they are made by two pieces of red felt (.25) and four gold beads hot glued to the center. I tucked a sewing pin into the bottom felt layer to position the poinsettias and then took sewing thread and handsewed the snowflakes. After Christmas I was able to take all the decorations off the wreath and now I have a blank grey wreath sitting on my wall waiting to become something else. I haven't decided what yet. Since our artwork in the living room is Dutch themed I will hopefully get around to finding a felt or cotton tulip that I like and put that on the wreath until at least fall rolls around.

In case you didn't figure it out, the wreath does not involve a sewing machine at all! Perfect craft for under $10 (only that high if you would need to purchase a glue gun for about $4 with out a coupon). Thrifty crafts are for sure my favorite.