pom pom wreath

i actually never really liked the color of pom poms that i made. for several reasons:

1. they dont match with each other, colorwise

2. the yarn i used didnt help the pom pom look fluffy

3. they werent all the same size and density

so i was actually just using them to top presents when i was done wrapping. since the felt balls only filled one wreath, i had one left over and i took out my pom poms and tied them all around the wreath.

felted ball wreath

so i finally got around to making something out of the felt balls that i have. i thought i might have enough for two wreaths but i could only fill one! the felt balls are labor intensive so i wanted to reuse the felt balls after the wreath for a garland so i didnt want to hot glue them. i bought some pins and pinned them to the styrofoam. they are definitely not secure though and have a tendency to fall off. project fail! =[ if you are willing to part with the felt balls, just hot glue them. that will make the wreath a whole lot sturdier and suitable for hanging anywhere.

i bought the styrofoam wreaths at michaels as well as the pins. i basically tied some raffia ribbon around the wreath and then i just pinned away. trying to fill all the empty spaces. my felt balls are not all round and the same size. you can also sort of see the styrofoam in spots.

candyland girls

halloween came and went just like that. we actually didnt really dress up or do anything yesterday. i was too lazy to even get kodys costume out of storage. we did dress up on saturday for a party. we were the candyland girls from katy perry's california girls video. there are actually a lot of great costumes in the video but we chose this scene.

i took about a day to make all the peppermints, cupcakes, strawberries and candy dots. i used a lot of felt and quickly sewed each together. we then took a bit of time together to sew the sweets onto a bikini top. we each wore some shorts and voila!i bought some jean shorts from forever for $10 then bought some glitter fabric pant and fabric glitter. it says its washable but after the wash, most of the glitter fell off =[ my cupcake frosting is made of pink tulle. for the cherries i just made small pom poms.