Craftlandia's Felt Foliage

We came across this idea on Pinterest (you can sign up with the link on the right) and thought it would be perfect for our craft room-or as we like to call it "Craftlandia".  It was fairly simple to re-create, you just need a little bit of time on your hands and someone to talk to during the monotony of cutting all of those circles.  The steps are as follows:

1. Trace and cut different size circles onto fabrics and felts that suit your fancy.  We ironed the fabric onto interfacing to give it a little less floppiness for handling purposes, but that is up to you and the material you choose.
2. on a large piece of felt cut from a bolt, you can pre-draw or cut free hand the tree trunk.
3. Now here is where we had to use our noodles and do some thinking.  Double stick tape would stick to the wall but not the felt and we didn't want to use anything that would damage the walls.  I ended up using 3m removable wall hooks.  Not the actual hook, but the sticky part that sticks to the hook.  You can by refill packs and just put 3 at the top of each circle, peeling and sticking, peeling and sticking, over and over again.

That's all there is to it.  We even got carried away with the circle cutting and had more left over.  If you know me, I cannot let anything go to waste so I took the extra circles and jazzed up my boring old clock as well.

Who Are The Old Yarn Girls?

The Old Yarn Girls are three amazing mom's who share the love of crafting and each bring their own style and pizzaz to their Etsy Shop.  When they are not busy trying to get a baby down for a nap or driving a teenager to piano practice, they are knee deep in felt, vintage fabric, spray paint and card-stock assembling creations for parties, friends, school and each other.

You may be wondering what is the meaning behind this bizarre term "Old Yarn"?  Well, to make a long story short: Two of us love combing the vintage, antique and thrift shops for unique materials, supplies and ideas, while the other one experiences a slight amount of anxiety when entering these emporiums of timeless and moderately used goods.  Now picture that old crochet blanket your grandma made you when you were little.  If you can, get it out...really take a good look at it.  See that yarn all pilled up and matted together-That freaks one of us out, whilst the other two look at it with fondness and feel a sense of cozy warmth as they wrap it around their shoulders on cold winter nights.  Therefore the term "Old Yarn"  has been placed on all perviously used or owned items that are currently one of the chief components in all of our products.  Two of us think that it is wildly hilarious that one of us now has to make frequent trips to the one genre of shop that the third of us once feared.  Don't worry though, the one of us with the old yarn phobia is getting accustomed to this new way of life.

Check back to not only see the latest items added to our shop, but to also get updated pix of our "Craftlandia" Party craft nights, the latest themed party we are putting together, and our own personal projects we create just for fun.