Felt Snowman DIY

 On a trip to Scotland last May, I met wool felting artist, Karen Price. I was fascinated with her work & she took the time to show me the process of how she creates her art. You can view her work HERE.

I was so excited to give it a try, that I ordered a kit & it was waiting on me when I got back home. Here is the finished project. It's not perfect, but for my first piece, it was fun & I don't hate it.

In the Fall, I made lots of felted acorns...

Recently I was in a shop that had some cute felt snowman ornaments & I knew I had all the supplies at home to try and make a similar one. So, I grabbed a styrofoam ball, white wool roving, & felting needles.

I pulled off a piece of the wool roving and then pulled the fibers apart so they weren't so tight together.

I wrapped the wool around the styrofoam ball & used the tool that holds 3 needles to start pushing the wool into the ball.

Here you can see where the right side of the ball is covered & the left side isn't yet covered.

I continued until the entire ball was covered with the wool.

Once the ball was covered in white wool, I grabbed some red roving, pulled off a section & tied a knot in the middle. The knot gives me a base to start making the ear muffs.

I switched to the tool that only holds one needle & began wrapping the wool around the knot & poking it with the needle. These leather finger covers are great. If you poke yourself with the needle it hurts! I learned the hard way.

I continued wrapping the red wool & poking it with the needle until I had a ball the size I wanted to make ear muffs. I made 2 of these.

I took a little black wool & used the single needle to press it into the white ball to make the eyes.

I used wired holiday tinsel ribbon to make the strap of the ear muffs.

I used a little more black wool to form the mouth.

I used tacky glue to add the muffs.

For the nose, I dipped a toothpick in orange acrylic paint, let it dry, then broke it so I had an inch long piece. Then I pushed it into the styrofoam.

I used floral wire to make a hook to hang my snowman ornament.

This was so much fun to make! I'm still no expert, but I'm going to keep trying my hand at wool arts.

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Joy Ornament Door Hanger DIY

 

I'm not a traditional wreath type of girl and love a great door hanger that I can customize. And, there are so many options available to create something unique.

For the door hanger that is on my front door for this Christmas season, I added a little JOY!

I started with a large wooden ornament from Signopoly.

I painted the ornament with the color, Fluff, from the Dixie Belle Paint Company.

I used painters tape to add grain sack stripes with the color, French Linen.

To soften the paint colors, I washed over the French Linen with the Fluff, then washed over the Fluff with Grunge Glaze.

I cut a J and a Y with my Cricut Maker to make a stencil.

When you apply Cricut vinyl to a surface you put transfer tape over it to be able to place it easily and keep wrinkles out of the vinyl. Once I peeled up the transfer tape, I placed it at the top of the vinyl. Because the letters are close to the edge at the top of the vinyl, the tape will act as a barrier when I stencil so the paint won't go outside of the vinyl and end up where I don't want it.

I used a makeup sponge to apply the color Evergreen to the stencil. I did 3 thin coats to get good coverage.

I added Gemstone Mousse in the color, Diamond, to the top of the ornament and gave it a little accent of the paint color, Coffee Bean.

I placed a boxwood wreath between the J and Y to represent the O. I used a combination of hot glue and E6000. Hot glue will hold for now, but E6000 will hold forever.

A little JOY for my door!

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