Yarn Wreath

I was inspired by this pin on Pinterest. After clicking through the link and finding out that a 16" wreath would be over $80 after tax, I decided to make one myself. I already had the dark blue yarn and the orange fabric flowers. I just purchased the form and the light blue yarn. After Michaels coupons ~$8. I whipped this up in about two hours while watching the Oscars. I think it will look lovely on my front door!

Christmas Wreath

Let's pretend that it is still December or even January. I made this fun and fast wreath for my red and white themed Christmas cookie exchange party. I used this bookboard wreath form and these straws from Paper Source. I alternated between full length straws and straws that were cut in half or thirds. I finished it off with a scrap of glitter ribbon I had. My original inspiration was from the Paper Source catalog that had made a similar one.

Poinsettia Wreath

I saw an idea for a wreath like this in a Holiday Crafts magazine. Their example used an old sweater as the base, I used green ribbon instead. I made a cut file for the poinsettia flowers and cut them out on SCAL at a height of 4, 3, and 2.25 inches. I then overlapped two flowers either of the same size or two of different sizes. I then stuck them on using a pin. I thought the plain red pins were lacking, so I added some red Stickles. Cutting felt on your Cricut is way easier than I feared.

If you'd like me to share the cut file with you or know more about cutting felt on your Cricut, just ask!

Halloween Wreath

Last year I saw this beautiful Halloween wreath on the Making Memories blog and I decided that if I still had enough paper left from the Spook Alley collection that I would do something similar this year. I started this project a few weeks ago and worked on the paper rolls bit by bit. I think it turned out great! If you want to know more about how I made it, supplies and instructions are below detail photos.

Supplies needed:

• Various 12x12 papers from the Making Memories Spook Alley collection
• Spook Alley Trims and Treats
• Spook Alley Die Cuts
• 12 inch diameter foam wreath (the sample one was 8")
• One roll of black tulle - 2" wide
• toothpicks for placing ghosts and die cuts on wreath
• Sequin pins for securing paper
• Pencil
• Paper cutter

Wrap tulle around the wreath, overlapping about half of each wrap around to cover the green foam. Secure the end of the ribbon with a sequin pin. Cut off excess and tie around the top of the wreath to hang it up.

Cut paper into 1/4" strips. Wrap each strip, tightly, around a pencil to form a coil. Secure each coil to the wreath, with a sequin pin, in a desired pattern. Continue until wreath front is covered.

Once all the paper coils are secured to the wreath, it is time to add embellishments. Secure a toothpick to the back of the ghosts and die cuts. I used scotch tape to do this. Then place the tooth picks through the coils in a desired location. To secure the bats I used an adhesive dot and stuck them to a paper coil.

Once you have everything where you like it, hang the wreath indoors. I think this would also be nice with Christmas paper and embellishments!