Ruffled Felt Tree {and tutorial}

There are endless amounts of beautiful craft projects on Pinterest. Picking one to make can be tough, but with Christmas right around the corner, I figured one with a holiday theme would be best.

I went with a Holiday Ruffle Tree and I'm happy with how it turned out!


My Ruffle Tree

What you’ll need:
Styrofoam tree form
Felt
Fabric scissors
Dressmaker pins
Circle template
Decoration of your choosing or glitter (optional)



Directions:

I used a bottle cap as my circle template and folded the felt over so that I was able to cut lots of circles each time.

I did the circles very close together on the tree and probably cut about 350 in total, which made this very time consuming. You can do less and space them further apart.



Take each circle and fold it in half two times to make a rosette shape.



Insert one dressmaker pin as close to the bottom as possible and push it into your tree form starting at the top.



Continue these steps and work your way around until you complete the tree.



Top with glitter or decoration and you’re done!



When I finally decorate for Christmas, this will look nice tied in with all of my other decor.

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Yarn Wreath Tutorial

This has been a popular craft as of late and something that was too cute not to make. I followed Ashley’s tutorial while adding a few of my own twists. This was fairly easy, but somewhat time consuming. It really did make the perfect craft for a girls’ night.

What you’ll need:
Foam wreath from (I used a 12 inch)
Large roll of yarn
Several squares of felt in various colors
Glue gun
Fabric scissors
Push pins/T-Pins (optional)
Ribbon

Directions:
Tie a secure knot around the wreath with the yarn and start rolling. After emailing with Ashley, I decided it was best to start this the night before. It took about 2 hours in total.





Create the leaves by drawing an oval/leafy shape on the felt and cut out as many as you wish to use on the wreath. I did this in two different shades of green.



Create the flowers by cutting out 2-3 inch strips of felt. I found that 2.5 inches worked best after a little trial and error.



Put a thin line of glue at the very edge of the strip and fold over to attach.

Start cutting notches with fabric scissors on the fabric that does not have the glue. The more notches you create, the more dense looking the flowers will be. The less, the fluffier looking they will be.






Before you start rolling the flower up, you need to put down another line of glue. It is now time to start rolling.



Completed flower



To make a large flower, you do the same steps as above but instead glue 2 strips of felt together. Ensure they’re glued at the very edge so it doesn’t get bunchy.



Once all flowers and leaves are complete, you’re ready to attach them to your wreath. They can either be glued directly to the wreath or be pinned on. I preferred to pin them so that they can be interchangeable if I decide to make flowers of another color.



Attach flowers and leaves to your wreath as you wish them to be placed, hang from any ribbon and add it your favorite door with a wreath hanger.


My wreath & Kristen's St. Patrick's Day themed wreath

Cheer for my Pom Pom Necklace {and tutorial}

I’ve admired many crafts and beautiful creations since I started blogging and always watched from afar thinking, I could never do that. This year I made a promise to myself to make at least 3 crafts and I surprised myself by making two in one weekend. Wow!

I saw this last week on Little Miss Momma’s blog and decided I was going to make it. Her instructions were so simple even for a newbie like me. This necklace completely reminds me of something I’d pay mucho dinero for at Anthropologie and I made it for about $10!



What you’ll need:
Cotton fabric remnant
1 Square Foot Felt
Chain/necklace
Glue gunFabric scissors



Directions:
Cut out 5 – 1 inch felt circles



Cut out bunches of fabric circles the same size as the felt circle. I used one of the 5 felt circles as a template and folded the fabric so that by cutting one circle, it would make 8 circles at time. This was a huge time savings.



Once you have your fabric circles, you’re ready to make the pom poms. Take one fabric circle at a time and scrunch it. The technique I used was grabbing it in the middle and making a cone shape so that each circle had a point. I used the hot glue gun to put a dot of glue on each point of the circle and then affixed it to the felt circle by pushing down and starting in the middle. Keep doing this until you like the overall shape and fluffiness of the circle and continue until you have all 5 felt circles completed.





Place pom poms on top of the remaining felt in the shape that you want your necklace in.
Glue down each pom pom with the exception of the top two and then glue the ends of the chain down to the remaining pom poms and then glue those down to the felt along with the others.





All pom poms will be attached to the felt at this point. Finally, trim the felt around the pom poms until you’re left with your beautiful necklace!



Let me know if you try this!