Faux Weaving Wall Hanging

About a year ago, I saw a 'faux weaving' craft via TheEverCo and it's been on my to do list for awhile.  I adjusted just a few things b/c I decided to make this a door hanging for my spring door, BUT the gist in the same.  

First, I grabbed a bunch of yarn at a thrift store.  They usually have these for just pennies b/c they are typically old yarn and not full skeins, which worked fine for me!
I took a foam board from the dollar store and cut it down to the size rectangle I wanted (in half) and I wrapped the top half with the textured white yarn.  Nothing fancy, just glued a few pieces down and then wrapped, wrapped, wrapped.
For the bottom half I made tassels and pompoms.  For the tassels I took a spiral notebook and wrapped it around about 20 times.

 I pulled it off, and folded it in half.

 I tied it a few times at the top, but it didn't have to be perfect b/c this part will be covered up.

 Then I snipped the bottom loops and evened them out.

 I glued these side by side to the bottom half off the board.

 And overlapped the second (and third) row just enough to cover the tops.

 Once I had the tassels glued down, I did covered the side of the board with the white yard as well so the raw edge wasn't showing.

 Next up, I made some pom poms.  I wrapped these about 100 times around my hand, tied it in the middle....

 ...then I snipped both sides and (again) evened them up.

 Then I glued these down as well.

Instead of the metal pole from the original post, I used a dowel rod from the craft store I cut down and just sprayed it, and then I found a metal 'hello' at Joann and sprayed and glued it down too.  

Yarn Rainbow

     I'm headed to GMT Thursday with some summer crafts.  I'll post the video later on facebook, but in the meantime here is one of the projects I'm bringing.  I've seen these little yarn rainbows popping up all over the net, and I decided to try a version using my own technique.  

     I had a bunch of left over yarn from another project I'll post about soon (when I'm finished).  I actually bought these little bolts at a thrift store for cents, and they are all different fun textures.  I bought some thick rope at Michaels (and used a coupon, of course).  I cut each piece a little larger so it made the traditional arch, but I used non-traditional colors because....art.  

     I just wrapped the yarn around the rope, and secured each end by tying it together, and then used a hot glue gun to press the 'bows' together.

I made two little pom poms (I wrapped yarn around my fingers 20 times and tied it in the middle, then snipped in the loops) to act as clouds.  If I made a larger rainbow, I would have done tassels, but I'm going to squeeze this and 2 other crafts into a 4 minute segment, so I'm going mini!

Pom Pom Fall Wreath

I recently made this wreath for my friend.  I have about 17 million extra wreaths at my house, so when I was thinking about making some fall décor, I called up my pal Kelly and asked her if she would use this on her door.  I've been really into pom poms lately, so....which not make a million of them, tie them to a wire wreath, and call it a project?  When we chatted, she mentioned interchangeable decorations, and so I made some vintage cats and leaves and added clothes pins to the back so they can be attached....

 It really was a super easy project, it just took some time to make all those pom poms, but....that's what tv is for, right?  I wrapped and vegged.  I used this brand and a color called burnt pumpkin.  It did end up taking two rolls of it.  I bought it at Hobby Lobby (not sure if they sell it everywhere, but....just to save on searching).

 I just used some super cheap felt and cut out some leaf shapes and cats and added some decorations.  I hot glued the clothes pins and then put an extra square of felt across the back to secure them further.

 I really think I'm going to make a few more of these for different seasons b/c I'm a fan!

Heart Yarn Argyle Wreath

 I saw this argyle heart wreath on Etsy and decided to give it a go.  One of my favorite fall wreaths followed similar steps.  That project lives here on my blog  Basically you just need a foam wreath form, yarn, felt (for your hearts), and scissors.

 Tie or tape one end to the wreath and just start wrapping.

 I tied off the end and tucked in the end.  I then cut out heart shapes from the felt and you can wrap them like that, but I did add a little glue to hold them in place (hot glue or fabric glue would work).

 Then I crisscrossed back and forth to create the argyle design which I loved.