During the time we were struggling with an explanation for the my daughter’s sudden seizures, a beautiful and wonderful friend of mine took time out of her Sunday afternoon to take my mind off what was going on. If you are not aware of our story check it out here.
This particular Sunday afternoon was just what the doctor ordered. Cindi arrived with craft items in hand for us to make simple but elegant yarn wreaths. I made my first one that day but have made several since then. In fact that is what most of the women in my family are getting for Christmas (Ssh! Don’t tell!!)
Today I am going to share with how I made the beautiful wreath pictured below that now hangs in my oldest daughter’s college dorm room.
The first thing you need to do is gather your supplies. Those would be a straw wreath, a skein of yarn any color you chose and embellishments. You will also need to have a hot glue gun and glue sticks to use to attach the embellishments to your wreath.
Okay do you have all the supplies then let’s get started. The first thing you need to do is tie the yarn onto the wreath. Then all you do is wrap the wreath with the yarn. I will warn you this is so easy but your arms can get tired pretty quick. I have learned to do mine in sections. Here is one section.
Continue until the entire wreath is covered with the yarn. You can go back with your yarn to cover the bare spots that you may see.
Now here comes the fun part, decorating your wreath. For Maddie I used some scrap tulle, a fabric flower and a rosary.
I wrapped the rosary and the tulle around part of the wreath then using a glue gun I attached the flower and rosary to the tulle and ultimately to the wreath. Here is the finished product.
These wreaths are a great gift to give and if you are in habit of shopping thrift stores and yard sales, people are always selling their leftover craft supplies for just pennies. Here are some examples of another wreath that I made.
Remember it doesn’t have to cost tons of money to have elegant décor. It just costs a little bit of your time.
I love wreaths and always feel intimated to make them! This looks like something I could do without being intimidated.
It is so easy. Basically if you can wrap yarn around a wreath form you can make this wreath.
I have quite a bit of yarn that I need to use up. I should make one or two of these wreaths. Great idea!!
You should it doesn’t take a whole skein unless you want it to. I love how easy they are to make and they look like a million bucks.
I love it. This is such a cool project. The colors you picked are some of my favorites too!
These wreaths are so versatile! I love the Minions one
This turned out so cute. I love making easy wreaths like this. They’re such a fun way to add some personality to your home.
I want to create a wreath. I need to find a project where I can use a mold I bought. The edges are not rounded though.
The circle with the yarn creates a great backdrop for whatever else you want to put on it.
I love this, what a gorgeous looking wreath, I could imaging hanging one on my door. x
How cute! I love that. What a great project to do.
So very pretty. I have been wanting to make. My own wreath. I think I will come Spring. This is adorable!
Oh those are so pretty. What a great idea for using up the last bit of yarn I have leftover from other projects.
These yarn wreaths are so pretty and easy to make. I would use many different colored yarns to make them.
Cute wreath! I like it so much better than the tulle wreaths 🙂
those wreaths are really very nice. Seems to be easy to make too
What a cute idea. I will have to try and make one for Easter this year. It should be fun.
That came out really cute. I bet it was fun to make too!
What a nice way to accent a door. Looks easy to make, I love the cross too!
I love this idea for a wreath. The yarn gives it a unique look. I will have to try making one this weekend.
this definitely looks wonderful and gives a feel to a door as well – lovely!
I think you did an excellent job on them. I would probably get one of those pretty yarns and make one for Easter with a little chick 🙂
So stinking cute! I think my daughter and I will give this a go for Easter!
Very cute, and so easily customized for different occasions!