Yarn Snowballs

Happy New Year!

I get very melancholy at the end of the hustle and bustle of the holidays but I have also come to cherish this time immediately after Christmas. I love winter and once the holidays have flown by, as they always do, I get to bask in the quiet coziness of a long New England winter. I love the snow, the hot chocolate (even better, the hot coffee with a little Kahlua), the relative calm.
My love of winter inspired me create some yarn snowballs to place on my mantle. The mantle seems so empty after the Christmas decorations come down, so I wanted to decorate with something that is everything I love about winter - shades of white, soft, and cozy.

The yarn balls are ridiculously easy. I used styrofoam balls, pins, a bit of tacky glue, and three different yarns to add texture. For this project, I used the inexpensive yarns found at the nearby box craft store.
To start the ball, I secured the yarn with a pin and just started wrapping. And then I wrapped some more, occasionally dabbing glue to hold it together. It's really a very cathartic craft. I whipped up 6 snowballs in no time and they look great on the mantle. A perfect wintertime decoration.

Here's to crafting up a great 2011!