Fall Yarn Wreath

 The closet in my guest bedroom has bags and bags of yarn in it. Why, you ask?

Well, it's not because I jump on every yarn sale like some yarn addicts I know, but because I have an aunt who downsized her yarn stash significantly within the past couple of years. Somehow, through a sequence of events {that I am too ashamed to share - that would mean admitting I love yarn more than I am willing to own up to}, a few garbage bags of said yarn made it's way to my house and has taken up in the closet.

So when I decided to make a yarn wreath the other day, you can imagine I didn't have a hard time finding enough yarn to choose from.

Yeah, I know, I know. Yarn wreaths were so last year. However, this is no ordinary yarn wreath!

Here's a twist on what I did: I didn't just run to Hobby Lobby and grab any old wrapped straw wreath. Oh no. I headed to Menard's. {For those of you who aren't familiar with Menard's, replace 'Menard's' with 'Home Depot'... Menard's may be a Midwest thing.}

And there, at Menard's {Home Depot}, in one of the plumbing aisles, I found my next yarn wreath. For literally something like 63 cents. Yes. $0.63.

That pack on the left was $2-something {with 4 lengths of foam insulation}... and I used a little more than one length. It was more than enough - in fact, I'd consider going smaller for my next wreath, so that would make the cost even less.

I used duct tape to tape the ends of the foam together, if you couldn't tell. Yeah, I do my crafts with classiness - and duct tape.

Then I started wrapping... and wrapping...

...and wrapping. 

It took me longer than usual because I didn't want my yarn to overlap. All of the yarn wreaths I've made up until this point were all haphazardly wrapped. I decided it was time for me to display a bit of patience and make sure this one was lined up nicely. To secure the loose end of yarn, I used a dab of hot glue. And then, to make sure my nicely lined up yarn will stay in place forever, I glued a ring of hot glue along the backside.

And this is how it looked when it was completely wrapped up {but naked}!

I added some felt flowers I've used on past wreaths, and TA-DA!

I can never decide how I want to 'accessorize' my wreaths. Felt flowers or sprigs of little-balls-on-wire or both? Lots of flowers, only a few felt flowers? The choices are endless!

This?

Or this?

Notice that the two pictures above are the same wreath, but accessorized with different felt flowers and ball-wire-things? Yeah, I definitely just have a stash of different accessories and mix and match to decorate for the season. It's totally easier that way; you should try it!

Have you made any yarn wreaths? How have you decorated them to go with your home decor or the season?