happy february!!

My awesome friend Amanda (who kinda needs to update her blog... just sayin') invited me over the other night and we made heart wreaths.

don't judge the lopsided heart... he needs love, too.

Amanda is the scrapbook paper queen.  I thought I had a lot.  She wins.

inspired by this pin

DIY felt flower

It's always good to know how to make a felt flower... you never know when you may need one.

tools.  felt, scissors, hot glue gun.

cut a strip of felt.

I eyeballed it.  It's about 1.75 inches wide.

hot glue it in half.

*make sure you hot glue just the edge.

cut small slits all the way down the edge.

*opposite the hot glue edge, fool.

stop, drop and roll.

*stop and drop are optional.

this is what it should look like upside down.

and right side up.

now use your fingers to fluff the petals.

whoa!  they're multiplying!!

*notice different slit widths make a different looking flower.

**a shorter length on the felt gives you a smaller flower.

Now you can make a flower for your hair, make a wreath, gift wrap, make a picture frame, make a pizza... NO do NOT put felt flowers on your pizza.  I just wanted to make sure you were paying attention.

Oscar loves wreaths

He just loves Christmas time. He can't get enough.

my Christmas wreath

feliz navidad!

weekend craftiness

this weekend, my friend Bethany and I decided to do a Pinterest project.  She's been wanting to make a yarn wrapped wreath and I could definitely use a new fall wreath, so...

here I am wrapping my wreath

this was our progress after a few hours so I went home and we finished our wreaths separately

Bethany's wreath with felt flowers

my wreath with fabric flowers

my new summer wreath

Since we have a ton of burlap left over from our wedding, I decided to put some of it to good use by making a summer wreath.  I bought a pack of felt in bright colors, made some felt flowers and had a hot gluing extravaganza!

(playing around with photo editing today... makes my pics look cooler without having to buy a super cool camera!!!)