Tassel Blanket Tutorial

You all I have been wanting this blanket from Anthropologie!!
Like a lot!
But with the price tag being a little steep for my liking, I decided to make my own!
I already had a blanket that I had purchased from Target awhile back. Nate Berkus for that matter, so totally cute!
I thought it would be perfect to add navy tassels to the navy trim already on the blanket.
While at the grocery store, I finally remembered to pick up the yarn and now I was ready to go!
Besides the yarn, you will need all these things below, along with some scissors.
You can see I already made a tassel here.

You need two pieces of cardboard. I used roughly 3x5 pieces for my tassels.

Take a piece of your yarn, a little longer than your cardboard and place it sandwiched between the
two.

Now start wrapping your yarn around the cardboard....the more you wrap, the fatter the tassel.

Now pull the piece of yarn sandwiched between the two pieces of cardboard and tie a knot 

and cut the bottom strings.

heres your tassel!

Now its time to tie a knot around it and finish it off

here you can see where your tassel top is...this is what you will sew to the blanket.

Your string is tied around the top and this is what your tassel looks like now.

Before I sew on the tassel, I like to give them a little trim to keep them nice and neat!

Now just take a little needle and thread and sew them on. 

There you have it...a sweet little tassel blanket at a much better price!

Stay Cozy

Have you all been hoping for warmer weather as much as we have around here?

Oh winter, you just aren't doing it for me anymore. I mean I loved your months when you brought me visits from family, good food and of course the gifts. But that's over now and I'm moving on....I've decided I want to start seeing Spring! 

Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way. Oh what is a girl to do? 

Well, I say embrace this cold weather and cozy up with your favorite must haves to get you through the last few winter months.

Most winter days you can find me curled up by the fire...seriously ours must be on 24/7! That phrase always makes me giggle a little...our fireplace is on. Not, we have a fire going or we built a fire. There is no building of any kind over here....we flip a switch. I do miss the old wood burning kind of way, but I will take this over no fire any day!
Oh, how it just makes the room that much cozier.
If I'm not by the fire then you will probably find me in my bed.
It's seriously my favorite place to be. When I was pregnant, I sometimes would crawl in at 7:30!
I'm just a huge believer in comfy bedding with lots of down comforters and pillows! Everyone should have a big bed full of fluffy blankets and crisp sheets...at least I think so. I've been thinking about new ones lately and I have my eye on some from Parachute Home. I mean Valentines Day is right around the corner. (Just a little hinting there, in case my hubby happens to read this post)  Doesn't hurt to try!
Oh and of course my favorite Christmas gift this year was this cream fur blanket from my sweet friend....heaven!

 Chunky socks y'all!
I usually have the coldest feet all winter long so if you stop by any weekend day during these chilly winter months, you're going to find me wearing the biggest, chunkiest, wooly socks I can find while drinking coffee as I scour through my interior design books and Pinterest...um, can you say perfect day!

But there is no place I would rather be while the snow is falling outside than with my girl's, curled up right along beside me while we sip on cocoa and watch movies all weekend long! 

Oh Spring I really wish you would hurry it up but until then this is where I will be....hidden under the covers as cozy as can be! 

(the rhyming was purely by accident, but I left it in there anyway:)