I don’t have a cross stitch to share. Not even a knitting project, but I do have a project to share that uses yarn.
Isn’t this cool? My friend Lori sent me a link for this a couple of month’s ago. I started this project last month and finally finished it today. It was a DIY project and you can find all the info at www.thecreativeplace.blogspot.com and search for Spring Wreath. I tried to put a direct link, but I couldn’t get it to work and my IT man is out of town. Basically I purchased a 12″ foam floral wreath (the directions say 8″ but I wanted mine a little bigger). And then the fun begins…wrapping 3 skeins of fun fur yarn around the wreath, tightly to form “grass”. I finally finished my wrapping last night. Then I purchased 1 yard of daisy trim. I clipped each daisy apart and inserted a quilting pin with a yellow head to match the yellow center of my daisies. I wanted pink daisies as per the original instructions, but couldn’t find pink in my local stores. Then I stuck them into the wreath. Not all the way, but raised a little so it looks like they are laying on the grass. I printed the sign saying on the computer and die cut it out with Stampin’ Up!’s Apothecary Accents Framelits. I distressed the edges with a sponge and brown ink, stamped a couple of flowers on it and glued a portion of a skewer to the back so I could stick it into the wreath. I had these Jolee’s foam Flip Flops for some time and knew they would come in perfect for this project. Here is a close up:
I tied a length of ribbon around the top and it is now hanging on my front door. Thank you Lori for passing this idea on to me. I just LOVE it!! I am leaving mine on my front door all summer as it will remind me what grass is supposed to look like when there is enough rain. Hehe. Thanks for visiting.
My Time Stitching 
AHHH!!! What a great surprise to see this post! You know I had such great intentions on making myself one…even got the yarn and the daisies…just didn’t get around to digging out my wreath form (or just making one on a board like I was mentioning to you!)…then I forgot ALL about it! I’m SO glad to see that you didn’t forget…and that you did such a wonderful job creating this one. It is ADORABLE!!! And I still think it could be turned into a terrific little card, don’t you??? I’ll just keep coming up with ideas and you make them up, OK? hee-hee!
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Ginny, you definitely sucked me in on this one. I may just have to try this when I get a chance! Thanks for sharing.
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I’m definitely going to have to do this with bug!! We’re probably going to try and do one for every season. I’m going to Walmart today so I guess I’ll be ending up in the craft section again. 🙂
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I was just talking to Jkwrabbit about doing them for any holiday or season. She is wanting to do one for Autumn. I am thinking about doing another for Christmas-in a sparkly white yarn if there is one. It will be a fun project for you and your daughter. I think that the foam wreaths even come in smaller sizes and your daughter could make one for her bedroom door or for a window in her room. That would be cute.
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That’s a great idea!! She’s love to have something she made hanging in her room. It’d make her feel so important. 🙂
I think that the sparkly white is a great color for Christmas or even winter itself. Autumn would be more toned down hues I think. Like browns, reds and maybe some creams so it’s not too dark.
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Wow what a FUN summer wreath!!!!
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