St. Patrick's Day Wreath

I found this pin on pinterest the other day and decided to make something similar yesterday.  I am not sure who made the original wreath....looks like someone culled the images.  :(

Onto the supplies.

I already had the wreath form.  I had purchased it from the dollar store a while ago for a different project.  

I went to my local Joannes to grab some yarn.  I found this 'glitter eyelash' yarn (by Martha Stewart) on clearance for $2.97 a skein.  I choose this one because it has a sparkle all through it.  Sparkle makes everything better.  ;)

I purchased 4 skeins not knowing how many I needed for the project.  The yarn itself is pretty thin.  I ended up only using a little under 2 skeins.

I bought a 1/2 yd of the daisy embellishments with a 40% off coupon.  (I could have purchased a spool of it, but I didn't want that many daisies.)

To make the wreath, you just wrap and wrap and wrap the yard around the wreath form.  I wrapped the yarn in the ball before doing this.  While it takes some time to do first, I found it made it easier to wrap the form.  (Take that from someone who is usually lazy when it comes to things like that....)

While wrapping (which takes a while) I just kept thinking, this would be a cute St. Patrick's Day wreath. ;) 

 Then a lightbulb moment....my St. Patrick's pins would look cute stuck in it. 

I had already put my Easter pins in the terrarium and this is a perfect place for the St. Pat's ones. 

Now I need to add some ribbon and hang it.  :)

After Sunday, I am going to take out the St. Patrick's Pins and pin the daisies all over it to make it springy. 

{That's if I can get the wreath back from Lily...shortly after making it she asked me to take out the pins because she wanted to play with it....between wearing it as crown and using it for her ponies, I may never get it back...glad I have supplies to make a second.}

Linking to these parties, here.

Random throughs from a Sick Person.

-I feel awful!  :(  I started getting sick a few days ago and this cold is kicking my butt.  :(

-I have lost 9lbs since the beginning of January.  My husband has lost 10lbs.  We are both back doing weight watchers again.  (Old points, not new because I already have all of the stuff and I know it works.  Just need to keep up with it.)

-I finally got my kids to clean up their junk toys in my living room so I could finally take photos of my new couch.  (I have plans to move around the photos on the walls...because there used to be a corner hutch in the left of the room and paint the coffee table...any color suggestions?)

-As soon as they cleaned up, Lily decided she had to dump out a container of stickers all over the floor.  *sigh*  (Yep, I also have a tuba in my living room...gotta love small homes.)

-I had a customer stop by and pick up her order today and had to have her come in to see my new couch because my old one is by the curb and looks terrible...bowing my head in shame.  I am a bit embarrassed about how bad my old couches look. (The fabric was spent.  Keep in mind they were 12 yrs old...not to mention 4 cats & 2 kids later...it was time to replace them.)  I am LOVING my new sectional! 

- I had intended on taking a before photo of the old couches and how ragged they looked....but I must admit I never got around to it before I painted the woodwork a couple weeks ago.  I do have these photos of my living room I took 2 months after we moved in this house in 2005.  The room hasn't looked that in a LONG time...

-I am feeling a bit sad because I have been neglecting by blog....really need to change out the fall header...oops.

- Really should put out my Valentine's decorations today...but I am really thinking about skipping right over Valentine's and putting up St. Patrick's decorations (I only have like 2 things for St. Pats, not that I have much for Valentine's.).  I did make these pins for my terrarium last week. 

-We took the kids to Toys R Us for their Friends Lego Build event to build a lemonade stand.  Lily embellished her's a bit when we got home.

-Off to go cuddle up on my new couch and watch a movie. 

Hopping to the cupcake house...

Remember my Snow Scene Terrarium I made for presents this year for friends & family?...

Remember how I turned it into my Valentine Terrarium?...

My sister asked me to make an Easter pin set for the terrarium I made her for Christmas. (BTW...She still hasn't received her gift because we haven't made it down to visit yet...promise you will get it soon...with all the other holiday pins.)

So I wanted grass instead of snow. I bought some green wool roving at AC Moore and put it around the foam (go here to see the tutorial on how I made the original snow scene).

How about a closer shot?

Even closer?

After I made it I did a little happy dance. It is now on my amoire...
YAY!!

Mother nature has dumped lots of snow here over the past few days. Maybe mother nature is making up for not much snow in December & January. I am not so patiently waiting for spring. How about you?

Edited to add: You can find the set of 3 spring pins I used in my terrarium here.

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Valentine Terrarium

Remember the Mini Snow Scene I showed you how to made here?  Well, I decided that I needed to change it for Valentine's Day. 

I absolutely love the little flying fairy. She turned out really cute if I say so myself.

Instead of being on a pin like the others she is on a wire so she can fly over the house.

You can find the house & tree pin and the flying fairy in my shop.

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