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Yarn Pom Pom Garland

January 20, 2016 by girlinspired 1 Comment

Use Yarn Pom Pom garland to decorate for a hot cocoa bar or party!

I really enjoy clean, fresh decor heading into the new year.  I’m a homebody and the cold weather definitely provides even more justification to stay tucked in at home.  Our house lacks some of the natural light that I adore, particularly in the winter, so I’m finding that decorating with whites and metallics adds warmth and brightness to the rooms.  After knitting a little scarf for one of the girls, I had a fluff of leftover yarn and so I sat down with the kiddos to make some fun yarn pom poms.  Do you make these?  They’re easy and look cute – plus the cats like them, so be advised.

Making pom pom garland from yarn is a fun and easy way to add a little winter charm to your decor!

Pom poms and garlands are a popular decor item right now and they’re so simple to make.  For this particular pom garland, I used this fluffy, creamy Angel Hair yarn in white.  You can use any yarn, really, but the thicker and/or fuzzy yarns will make a more plush pom pom.  (This yarn also made an incredible little scarf – I’ll try to share that soon!)

Making pom pom garland from yarn is a fun and easy way to add a little winter charm to your decor!

  1. To make the pom pom, simply wrap the yarn around and around your fingers, as shown.  For a larger ball, I wrapped the yarn 50 times around three fingers.  You can wrap more times or fewer and/or alter the number of fingers that you’re wrapping around to get different sizes.
  2. Once you’ve wrapped, cut a 10″ length of yarn and wrap it horizontally around the whole wrapped packet of yarn.  If you have wrapped around three fingers, adjusting to two fingers now will give you a little working space to get the yarn tie wrapped around and spaced in the center.
  3. Pull the yarn tie tightly and make a knot.  This tie is what holds the pom pom together, so the tighter the knot, the better.
  4. Carefully slide your scissors inside the loops on the top half of the wrapped yarn and snip.  Then, snip through the loops on the other half.
  5. Fluff the pom pom and trim any yarn pieces that stick out unevenly.
  6. Be gentle with the pom pom as pulling on one of the threads will easily pull it all the way out of the pom.

Making pom pom garland from yarn is a fun and easy way to add a little winter charm to your decor!

Repeat to make a pile of fluffy little snowballs.

Making pom pom garland from yarn is a fun and easy way to add a little winter charm to your decor!

To turn the pom poms into a garland, take a length of yarn and thread the end through a yarn needle.  Gently weave the needle through the center of each pom pom and space to your liking along the string of yarn!

Use Pom Pom garland to decorate for a hot cocoa bar or party!

Doesn’t the garland look cheery accompanying this little hot cocoa bar?  I used this perfectly sized apothecary jar for my hot cocoa mix and this wider apothecary jar for the mini marshmallows.

Use Yarn Pom Pom garland to decorate for a hot cocoa bar or party!

Snow sparkle marshmallows!

Make quick and easy treats to round out the table using these tips for candy dipping!  My family goes crazy for candy dipped stuff!

Use Yarn Pom Pom garland to decorate for a hot cocoa bar or party!

And there you have it!  Sparkling decor for a party or every day!

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Filed Under: Crafting Tagged With: garland, hot cocoa bar, pom pom, winter decor

Dinner Party Hot Cocoa Bar

March 6, 2013 by girlinspired 10 Comments

  Hot Cocoa Bars have been popping up everywhere and I just had to get one in my own house.  I guess I really like a whole bunch of choices with no restrictions or limitations…and a whole array of choices revolving around chocolate is just as good as it gets, in my opinion.  A dinner party was the perfect time to set up a hot cocoa bar here.  Not because my girlfriends weren’t too full after appetizers, dinner, and cake (because they were), but it’s less weird than if I staged the whole thing for myself on a rainy day.  I needed a dessert bar for the dinner party that I could mostly prepare ahead of time and that would be quick to set up after dinner while still being part of the conversation with my friends.  

I staged the hot cocoa bar over on the sidetable and secretary desk in my family room.  (This is also where I staged the dessert bar for Olivia’s slumber party and the same desk that I used as a prop for the baby shower last fall.)  You know how I like to make good use of the antiques I drag home so that my husband sees how fruitful (and necessary) thrifting and antiquing is.  
Since my girlfriends usually incorporate a theme/holiday into their decorating for our dinner parties, I considered that March brings St. Patrick’s day.  And even though emerald green is the Pantone color of the year, it’s not my favorite.  Instead, I incorporated some gold and yellow accents into the decor and I think it looks festive, classy, and very spring!
I used a mixture of apothecary jars, glass cups/bowls, and white ceramic to hold the food staples for the spread.  And a quick trip to my local Goodwill store yielded a pile of white tea cups for drinking – score!!  
I was able to set up the glassware with sprinkles, mini marshmallows, mini chocolate chips, gold-wrapped chocolate, and vanilla syrup in the days ahead of the party (I kept them kidtight airtight with plastic wrap).  The salted caramel was made ahead and kept in the fridge in a heatproof glass container so I only had to pop it in the microwave for a couple minutes just before hot cocoa time.  I also set out the hot chocolate spoons just before the party (more on that in a bit).  At dessert time, I needed only to heat the milk on the stovetop and warm the caramel and we were ready!
Since our dinner party also doubled as a birthday party, I made a yummy cake with quick, but beautiful swirled rose frosting.  Again, I needed something doable to decorate the day of the party, while also preparing dinner and cleaning the house!  I’m going to put up a separate post on the cake, so we’ll talk more about that then!  I also included a pitcher for cold milk and set out my adorable glass bottles and stripey straws that I purchased from Shop Sweet Lulu (have I mentioned before how much I LOVE THAT SHOP!!)  I don’t dare use those bottles for my little girls’ birthday parties, so I was thrilled to set them out here – I think they totally add to the decor, too!  And then I wrote up a cute menu on my chalkboard sign for fun!  I had to erase “chocolate mint” right before the party because those hot chocolate spoons were a fail (more on that below), SO I substituted “non-fat and sugar-free” on that line for the party – heeheehee!  
Alright, now about the actual chocolate for the hot chocolate….I fell in love with the idea of hot chocolate on a stick when I met face to face with a Ticket Hot Chocolate on a Stick at Alt Summit.  I love how easy it is to serve one or serve 50 without needing a big jug of messy powder.  I found a recipe for DIY hot chocolate on a stick on the Ticket Chocolate blog, and I was thrilled!  I had mixed results getting the chocolate right, though, and I’m going to share more details on this in a separate post, so stay tuned!!  
There is a TON of beautiful and clever inspiration for Hot Cocoa Bars on the web.  So many possibilities!  And really….a rainy day would be okay to set one up in your own house just for yourself.  I’m not gonna lie, I totally left mine up and have been indulging regularly.  🙂  The kids like it too, but that’s a no brainer!!  Here are some great posts that might further spark your motivation to set up a hot cocoa bar of your own:
“Some Like it Hot” – Hot Chocolate Party at Strawberry Mommycakes
Valentine’s Hot Chocolate Bar at Your Homebased Mom
Hot Cocoa and Cookies to Go at The Cards We Drew
Vintage Wedding Hot Cocoa Bar at Style Me Pretty
Hot Chocolate Bar at Dear Lillie
Christmas Hot Chocolate Bar at Your Homebased Mom
And don’t forget to stop back in tomorrow morning (6 am EST) for the launch of our first ever link party – YOU!! Inspired.   See you tomorrow – I’m so excited, I can hardly wait!!

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Filed Under: Fall, Holiday Inspiration, Parties Tagged With: dessert bar, dinner party, holiday decor, hot chocolate, hot chocolate bar, hot chocolate on a stick, hot cocoa bar, sweet treats

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