A friend of mine is having a baby. And I enjoy making yarn wreaths. So... I decided to make her a sweet baby boy yarn wreath for her hospital or house door. I started by buying a 10" foam wreath form at 40% off from Michael's, some nice & fuzzy baby blue yarn, as well as some embellishments (blue clothes pins & sweet little baby feet charms), and a clip-on flower.
I began by tying the yarn in a tight knot around the wreath (at any point) & then began wrapping... it took me let than 30 minutes because I was watching a sitcom & finished right as it was going off. I went ahead & stuck the flower on it to get an idea of how it would look.
Once that was complete, I cut some pennant style triangles out of 'baby boy appropriate' scrapbook paper. I then cut a backing for those out of appropriate matching card stock. My friend lent me a hole punch that creates a much smaller hole than a regular punch, so I used it on each corner of the triangles & stuck the letters on there (BOY. 'It's A' wouldn't fit) ;) Found some smaller ribbon than the jute I was going to use and threaded the white ribbon through each hole on the banner letters. I gave it some slack & tied each end around the wreath.
Now, here's where pure creativity came into play. I had all intentions of stopping there. But I knew something was missing. So I got three various types of 'baby boy' ribbons & tied them around the wreath on each side. On the ends of the skinny white ribbon, I tied on some embellishments - the charms & clothespins.
Stuck the blue/white flower in the appropriate place, attached a ribbon for hanging, and viola!
Not the best I could do, but it's a start. I plan on selling them for both boys & girls in the future. But I have some work to do. I want to laminate the pennants so the wreath can {for an intents & purposes} hang on an outside door.
Hope you enjoyed!