Holiday Yarn Ball Ornament DIY

One of my friends recently asked me how I made some of the xmas ornaments on my tree from last year, so I am going to do a little DIY series on them.

This one is a Yarnball ornament. The photo below were the ones I made last year, and personalized them for family gifts by adding broken china jewelry charms from my mother on them.

This year I decided to use thicker yarn for a different look, and keep it simple with just a few buttons.

WHAT YOU NEED:
foam ball
yarn
scissors
hot glue gun
ribbon
buttons
(or any accessories you would like to add)

Start by placing the yarn in the center of the ball.
Hold it down with your finger until you get a few wraps around the ball to hold the end in place.
It should start looking like this. Keep slightly turning your ball as you wrap the yarn around to keep it going in all directions. Otherwise you will get a fat buildup of yarn in one spot.
Continue this process until you begin to fill up all of the white space underneath with yarn.
Once all of the white space has been filled, you can cut the end of the yarn. Leave enough space to tie a little knot, or to just glue the end down. I tied a tiny little knot to ensure stability. But if you are working with dainty buttons or accessories you may want to just hot glue it down flat.
Then take your ribbon and hot glue it over that spot in a loop.
Then add your buttons or accessories in the middle of the ribbon loop. Not only does this make it cute, it covers up your spots where everything meets.


Now your ornament is ready to hang on your tree... Or, I used this as a cat toy, and added it to Bella's window of dangling things! It also just makes her little spot a bit Christmas-y!!!
This is a super easy project to do, even with your kids. You can buy these foam balls at the craft store in bundles of 6 for cheap, so go get some and have fun!

Let me know if you make any, Id love to see photos!

PEACE,
Laura

THANK YOU

I feel so blessed to have the customers that I do. Every now and then I get a random something in mail, and it makes my heart so happy. Yesterday one of my newest online friends, Polly, who is absolutely the cutest red head Ive ever seen, sent me a card and a mini painting, along with the cute little beaded necklace in the photo below... All just because, a little thank you for becoming new friends.

Being able to create and sell the things I create as a living has been one of the biggest blessings of my life. I cannot think of another way of life for myself. Execpt for one day being a mother. But this is it. This is what I was meant to do. And little things like this make it so worth it for me. All of you guys, my readers, the people who buy my work, the people who appreciate from afar... all of you are what make this whole thing go round.

THANK YOU!!!

And of course, I had to throw a feet shot in there, what is up with me and feet? I cant stop! Sorry if its annoying. Its just something I do.

Big LOVE to each and everyone I have met along this journey of art and life.

PEACE,
Laura

New Skyline Fever shirts

Two new shirts went in the shop this weekend. Forgot to post about it!

We had our Thanksgiving number 2 with James family last night and it was so nice. The first time they have done that in a very long time and it was so good to have everyone together.

Now I guess we will be hearing Jingle Bells in every store you walk into for the next month! We will be decorating our tree tonite :)

PEACE,
Laura

A Day for a New Dress

Today I got to wear one of my custom PPP dresses. I sent all the fabrics in to Shauna for her to work her magic. I adore this dress to pieces.

I wore it with one of my upcycled crop sweaters, jeans and my favorite embroidered shoes.

Today we grocery shopped at Whole Foods, I pet sat some birds & kitties, I danced in my socks on my linoleum kitchen floor while making dinner, I drank a Dunkl, and made tons of orders to ship out tomorrow.

The sale is still going on in the shop, 20% off everything! Also in James shop, and we just added some new shirts today. And starting tonite thru tomorrow only, all of my prints in my photography shop will be 1/2 off!!!

PEACE,
Laura