[Wordless Wednesday] Rainbow Pom-Pom

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[Make] Fluffy Yarn Wreath

With the addition of natural burlap and muslin to my Christmas decorations, I also wanted to add a wreath to the mix. To be quite honest, I don't usually do wreaths, but something about this warm, fluffy sweater-like wreath is right up my alley. Plus, it matches the Christmas Tree vignette that I'm working on.  :)

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[Home] Lil' Christmas Tree with Pom-poms

It's official, our first Christmas decoration is up!  A little tree covered with little white yarn pom-poms.  We went down to San Diego for the Thanksgiving weekend and on our way back up, we stopped at Ikea.  I don't get to Ikea often, maybe once a year... if that, so I was like a kid in a candy store.  I didn't buy that much, but my eyes were round like saucers and my mind was swirling.  After I came down from my Ikea-idea-induced high, I had to purchase this cute little Christmas tree.  It's artificial, but it looks pretty darn real!

This morning I made a bunch of mini yarn pom-poms and wrapped the pot in burlap.  Easy!

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[Make] Creepy Muppet Pumpkin

AKA "How to turn a Craft Fail into a Funky Vampire Pumpkin"

I'm not sure if this project is worthy of inspiration or duplication, but it scared both my kids so it wins in the "Boo!" department.

Since I'm not one to throw away something that I've spent money on, I decided to turn a craft fail into this crazy muppet pumpkin.

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[Make] Paintable Yarn Bottles

After having so much fun making a huge mess with the glue & cornstarch mixture that I used for the yarn hearts and yarn words, I decided I needed MORE!  The texture of the hardened yarn is paintable, so I decided to create some yarn vases that I could pretty-up with a little paint.

A nice mix of texture and color.

[Make] Yarn Hearts

[Make] Yarn Words

This year I said nay to a typical pink and red Valentine's mantel.  I want something that  I can enjoy for a while... at least until March, so  the traditional hearts, red and pink are a no-go.  I'm still working on a couple more things, but here's my un-Valentine Valentine's mantel so far...

This idea came about when...

I saw these awesome rope words by wednesday and knew that I had to try it out... 
but with yarn. no rope to be found in mi casa.

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I then decided on the quote "love makes the world go round".
love that quote... when's the last time "hate" made the world go round, huh?
besides, "love means never having to say you're sorry" 
is just too long... and untrue :)
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Sorry, where was I? Oh yeah...
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Since the word "world" was mentioned, I then had a deep desire to...

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pilfer the globes from Happy Vee's room,

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and was further motivated to dig around my untidy craft room until...

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 I uncovered my stash of old Auto Club maps,

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which where then cut-up and taped to the large mirror above our fireplace.
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which then became a cool backdrop for the yarn words.
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but the white words blended too much into the map background...
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so a coat of venetian gold paint came to the rescue.
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and those glue dots really do hold everything.
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and the rest is history. 
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the end.

Don't you love the snowball effect that comes about with a little inspiration?