Are you there Martha? It's me, Maegen

Last week, I channeled my inner Martha (Stewart) and made me a fall wreath. I had so many ideas about how I wanted to go about it. 

I fell in love with yarn wreaths early this year, thanks in part to my late night browsing on Etsy. After paying an astronomical amount for shipping, I decided that I could probably do that. Maybe not as nice, but what first draft is?! 

So my darling little daughter got the first wreath draft. And after enduring hours (well, maybe not that long) of wrapping yarn around a foam ring, and multiple hot glue gun injuries, it turned out somewhat decent. It's one of the many crafty touches I added to her nursery this spring. 

I decided to try out something a little different for my "Fall" wreath. Thanks to my wonderful and creative sister-in-law, Amie, I got the idea for this fantastic colour scheme. I know you're probably wondering, "How can I create such a masterpiece like that?" Well my friends, it's easy. As my first DIY blog post, I took some step by step pictures to illustrate how you too, can create your very own work of art! I bought the twig wreath and felt at Michaels for all less than $10

Here's what I used to make the felt flowers:

8 sheets of felt (2 of each colour)

an old pasta dish and sour cream lid (for tracing my circles)

sharpie

dull scissors (not recommended, but that's all I had)

glue gun

Step 1:

trace out your circle onto felt 

- the bigger the circle, the bigger the flower 

(hope I haven't lost you yet)

- cut around the outside to make it have a wavy look

Step 2:

pick any point to start cutting your spiral shape, like below

Step 3:

take the end where you started your cut and start rolling, 

keeping the roll tight so the shape will hold

Step 4: 

once you get to the end of the roll, 

you will glue the bottom of the flower

It should resemble something similar to this:

I cut random strips of felt, different widths to glue on to a twig wreath (I don't know the actual name for it). And voila, my fall wreath goodness!

Next project on the books: a SPOOKTACULAR Halloween wreath I have in the works (now if my little Turkey Butt would just nap so Momma can get her craft on!)