Well a few weeks ago, Nester, at the Nesting Place posted about her garland! She gave me great inspiration, so I decided to try it out! Sister and I went to Michael's at 6:00 on Thursday night for their super Thanksgiving Day sale! They were open from 6-9 PM, so I was able to get some great garland-making bargains!
To get them to stay together, I simple twisted a few strands together - just a few here and there through the langth of the garland.
Then, I took my plaid ribbon and wrapped it around the garland...and not perfectly either - it just helps to add a little personality. As soon as that was finished, I hung the garland on the mantle.
I bought a sting of holly berries to lace between the garland strands.
However, the strand was too small, so, I simple cut the strand into small pieces, then just stuck them in the garland.
Then I added some ornaments, poinsettia blooms, and pine cones.
TA-DA!!! My beautiful garland.
Thank you, Nester, for all of your wonderful decorating advise!!!
I started with one pre-lit strand, and one plain strand. You can see that one strand is actually a bit greener than then other, but they blend very well together.
To get them to stay together, I simple twisted a few strands together - just a few here and there through the langth of the garland.
Then, I took my plaid ribbon and wrapped it around the garland...and not perfectly either - it just helps to add a little personality. As soon as that was finished, I hung the garland on the mantle.
I bought a sting of holly berries to lace between the garland strands.
However, the strand was too small, so, I simple cut the strand into small pieces, then just stuck them in the garland.
Then I added some ornaments, poinsettia blooms, and pine cones.
TA-DA!!! My beautiful garland.
Thank you, Nester, for all of your wonderful decorating advise!!!
Wow, that looks great!! How did you attach everything to the garland? And how did you hang the garland on your mantle? Did you have to use nails? I love it!
ReplyDeleteSeriously...you actually took pictures of each step?!? How on earth did you take one of yourself using the wire cutters?
ReplyDeleteIt turned out beautiful. Obviously I didn't take pics.
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How very beautiful!! And I love the J-O-Y!
ReplyDeleteVery nice! This is so much fun taking a peek at everyone's handy work. You did a great job.
ReplyDeleteI love it! The hearth and the mantle matching looks great!
ReplyDeleteI need wire cutters! It looks so good--thanks for joining in girl!
ReplyDeleteYour garland is so lush and lovely. Absolutely adorable!
ReplyDeleteYou did a fantastice job -- I love everything about the fireplace area!
ReplyDeleteI have that big wood JOY too. Last year when I went from a traditional Christmas look to a sparkly silver and gold one. I covered the J and the Y in silver gliter and the O in gold. It turned out great. I think you can see in the background of the picture of my sofa table.
ReplyDeleteYour garland turned out GREAT! Doesn't make such a HUGE difference on the mantle? LOVE it! And I also LOVE the word JOY! Everything looks wonderful!
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