Hello welcome back I hope you are well I have been trying to write my blogs for a while but weebly has been having trouble loading. Or it might just be my fault. But things just seam to get in the way and I have been so busy. Anyway this months wreath needed to be something easy to make and colourful. I just seam to love colour at the moment. A pom pom wreath So how do you make a pom pom wreath well you need a pom pom maker which is is actually easy to find from any good craft store or on ebay. How many pom poms do you need to make well that depends on the size of your wreath base. I used a 24 cm wreath base from hobby craft that cost about £3. Firstly I cut some strips of felt but ribbon would be just as good and I stuck that around the base to make sure the pom poms would stick to the base. I used a trusty glue gun and tied some purple ribbon so i would have something to hang it from when it was finished. I started to place the largest pom poms centrally around the wreath. Then you need to fill around being careful not to have two colours together unless that is what you want. The down side is this that this took about 5 hours to make with all the pom poms on it and it is massive. If you had to buy lots of wool to make this it would cost over £20 to make easily but I am really pleased with it and I would love to make a different colour one soon. So what's next well that would be telling.
You will have to check back next month to find out. Take care and thanks for reading xxxx
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Hello and yes the March wreath is late. Sorry. Well actually I made 3 wreaths this month. It all started with a new die from sizzix which I absolutely love. The bundle of flowers die from sizzix is a bigz die and costs about £20 . I can get 4 flowers out of it without thinking but im actually sure I could probably make a lot more but I am not an expert in flowers so that needs a little research. Now the great thing about sizzix bigz dies is they cut fabric and felt so easily but before I experimented with felt I wanted to have a go with some paper and card so I was sure I was making my flowers correct. I selected a range of greens and pinks and just basically made up lots of flowers. Then taking a paper plate I cut the middle out and hot glued a small piece a lace to allow me to hang the wreath to the paper plate and then stuck the flowers in place. I did find a few gaps so I cut some extra leaves out to fill in the gaps. The flowers are lovely themselves but I think it's the colours that make this really lovely. Once I was confident that I could make the flowers I then made some in felt. which, in turn inspired me to make this beautiful crochet wreath. When I realised I had some wool that matched the felt flower it just seamed perfect to make a crochet wreath. I loved making this one so much I decided I would make the odd one to sell in the local craft shop I sell my hair clips. But the wreath bug struck again and before I knew it I had made another one!. I have an order for one which is nearly finished and I'm working on a slightly smaller version too.
I had planned to make an Easter themed wreath I am actually disappointed that I didn't but I may look out for some reduced craft supplies ready for next year who knows. My job has kept me really busy and I just don't have the time to craft as much as I'd like, well apart from the items I make to sale. This week my work load is looking big but I do have a few projects that I really want to try including mastering the art of getting vinyl to stay on clothes!. Take care everyone I hope you have a lovely week. |
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