I went down to Bloomington about a month ago for a 'girls weekend' with my closest friends from college.

While we were there, we became obsessed with yarn wreaths that we first found on etsy. Search for 'yarn wreaths' on etsy.com and you'll see what I mean. I've also seen others that have made them on various blogs I follow.

Kyle went out of town this past weekend for work, a prime opportunity for me to spend some time on various projects. So, I decided to attempt making my own yarn wreath.

I wanted something that had a winter-ish look but wasn't for Christmas. Here is what I came up with:



Here's a close up:



I'm pretty satisfied with my first try. I love how the yarn reminds me of a winter tree branch. I found a great and super easy tutorial here about how to make the felt flowers. Just a heads up: wrapping the yarn around the wreath form is VERY labor intensive and I would NOT suggest using an 18 inch wreath form like I did. Larger wreath form = more time spent wrapping yarn. However, the best part of all, total cost was $9. (They sell on etsy for $35+)

I would say my crafty weekend was successful!

First snow fall

Our first snow fall of the year occured this weekend. We ended up with about 3 inches or so.

Snow makes everything so serene and clean and magical. You can't help but smile and feel like you're in a dreamland of some kind.


And we had a little fun with Emma outside :)

Graduation

Emma graduated from her obediance class last night. She has been in a class for eight weeks here learning basic commands. We are overall very impressed with her skills. She no longer pulls my arm off when we walk around the block, she'll walk nicely beside me. If we tell her to "stay," she won't move a muscle, even if we have the front door wide open, drop treats next to her, bang objects together, etc. She sits and will lay down on command. Emma has always been very laid back and has a gentle personality, but its nice to have her be more responsive overall. We would highly recommend the training center that we used!

Here are some pics from her graduation night:









In other news - -

December 1st brought our first snow fall. And more to come this weekend. Hooray!