Wrapping a Wreath

I've always liked how wreaths brighten up a porch. I looked up a bunch of wreath ideas on pinterest, and decided that even though we don't have a front door, I could still make one to hang up on one of our walls. I was expecting this project to take an hour or maybe two- little did I know how long it would actually take!

I decided to do a yarn wrapped wreath, and chose a foam base for it since I wanted to be able to pin various decorations to the wreath so it could be used all year round. This is what the wreath looked like after spending an hour wrapping yarn around it twice:

Unfortunately, the designs I had in mind called for a thicker wreath. After re-checking some tutorials online, I realized I would have to wrap the wreath with yarn a bajillion lot more times to get that thickness. So I improvised and used grocery bags to help bulk it up:

Matt was slightly concerned when he saw what had become of the wreath, but I assured him it wasn't finished.

I bought new thicker yarn and rewrapped the wreath three more times (adding another two hours): 

And then I spent an hour cutting fall leaves out of felt and arranging them on the wreath. Although white isn't the best background for fall, it will be for other seasons and holidays, so I figured it was worth the sacrifice. I'm still glad I went with a foam center, because the leaves pinned in nicely, but if you just want the thickness of the wreath without having to wrap it in yarn and grocery bags, I'd really recommend going with wrapping a straw wreath. 

Rhetorically,

Rebekah