yarn wrapped bracelets

what you'll need: some yard, some bracelets, and some hot glue
cost: $5-or free for me cause I had all this around the house!
difficulty level: if you are tangle-prone (like me) then medium... if you are normal this should be a piece of cake. or pie, whichever you prefer.

Before bracelets!

In an effort to prevent tangles I did this with a few yards of yarn......

To start it out: just put a dab of hot glue on the inside of the bracelet and press the yarn into it to secure.

Wrap the yarn covering the hot glue dot and working your way around the whole thing. Keep the yarn pulled tight and wrap closely together.

This is about the point where my yarn tangled despite my best efforts. "Nice try, Katie." is what you can say right here if you'd like. I'll be untangling yarn for a few minutes, feel free to take a coffee break ;)

You will run out of yarn and some point (or you will tangle it and have to cut yourself free), so just tie another piece to the one that's about to run out and make sure the knot will be at the inside of the bracelet. Trim the knot tails and keep wrapping!

To finish, just put another dab of hot glue and press the yarn in so the fibers get all caught up.

 I made another one in a smaller size. 

And then I gave it a haircut since I used fuzzy yarn and it looked like I made a bracelet out of Nico (my dog). She was not amused when I told her this would be her punishment if she didn't stop looking at me like that.

Finished! Now I have 2 fuzzy yarn wrapped bracelets. Make a couple more of these and you can keep wearing your summer clothes all the way through winter. Who needs sleeves when you got an arm full of these bad boys. 

Yarn Pom "Flowers"

Super easy and FREE decoration for fall.

Cost: FREE (unless you need to buy yarn..get the cheap kind)

Difficulty level: Ridiculously easy

You need:

yarn

sticks

scissors

Step One: 

Choose a color of yarn and wrap it LOOSELY around your hand about 100 times.

Step Two:

Slip the yarn off your hands, and tie it across the middle with another piece of yarn to make a ball.

Step Three:

Cut the loops open with your scissors.

Final Step:

Put the sticks through the middle of the yarn balls, and put in a vase! 

Note to self:: Maybe don't use grey yarn... it looks like I've been dusting with it. Ooops...

Kayleigh vs the Yarn Wrapped Wreath

 

I've seen some really awesome yarn-wrapped wreaths all over the internet, so I thought I'd try it out. Turns out, it's ridiculously easy, and you have tons of options! I made a super simple, gray yarn wreath so that I could add pretty much anything to it (here I attached a vintage brooch). Let me show you how...

Difficulty level: super easy

Cost: $10 or less

You Need:
- a styrofoam wreath (mine is 9" diameter because I'm cheap and lazy)
-yarn of any color (I used left-over yarn from another project)
-scissors
-hot glue gun
-a ruler
-something to add on (brooch, fabric flowers, small wooden letters, etc)

Step One: Making the hanger
Cut three 12 inch pieces of yarn to braid together. Braid them, and tie off the ends.

 

Next, make a loop with your braid, and hot glue it to the back of your wreath like so...

Step Two: Start wrapping!!

Take the end of your ball of yarn and hot glue it on the back, near the hanging loop...

Then start wrapping it around the wreath, adding hot glue here and there to make sure it stays tight. Is there anything worse than loose yarn? Well... yeah, but not here!

Keep on wrapping.....

If it looks like that, you're half way there! Don't give up!

When you reach the end, add some more glue (making sure you end on the back), and cut off the excess yarn.

Last Step:

Add your decoration, and hang it up. I added a vintage brooch that I got for 50 cents. Again, I'm cheap and lazy, so there's that.

These wreaths are super versatile. You can make them in different holiday colors, your favorite sports team colors (not my thing, but whatever), you can add whatever you like. I've seen some with flowers, leaves, letters, tiny stuffed animals; pretty much if you can hot glue it, you can add it.

I was victorious with this craft, but be warned... it takes FOREVER (although not as long as the yarn covered letters--coming soon) 
>>>Buy it pre-wrapped from our Etsy Shop if you don't want to wrap it, beause, let's be honest, who loves spending 2 hours wrapping yarn?