how to store holiday garlands

It’s the last day of 2011! Crazy.

I spent most of the day Thursday packing up our Christmas decorations. I always have trouble with my berry garlands — the berries get all stuck together and smashed when I store them — and I have a lot of garlands.

But then I had an idea (all by myself without [...]

tutorial: thanksgiving bunting

Hello! Today’s tutorial is from my amazing sister-in-law, Katie. She is the mastermind behind the easy autumn centerpieces, the burlap mat, and the embroidery hoop ornament. She is one of those that every thing she touches, she makes beautiful. Thanks to Katie for sharing this tutorial!

ps – click on any of the images to enlarge

tutorial: paper flower garland

It’s Tuesday! From here on out to the end of the year, I will have a tutorial every Tuesday.

Ready. Go.

We have a narrow window next to our front door (most houses around here do). Not a fan. The obvious solution would be to hang a curtain. But that would have required me to buy fabric and [...]

tutorial: paper heart garland

My life needed a little Valentine something and so I made this little paper heart garland. Now, I know garlands are hot right now and self explanatory. But I made a tutorial anyway. So here’s my contribution to the garland trend…

HOW TO MAKE A PAPER HEART GARLAND

1. Gather supplies. I used brown kraft paper scraps, doilies, [...]

autumn leaf garland

Last week I saw this idea and this idea. Which inspired me to make this:

Cool, huh. I cut out a bunch of leaves from an old textbook and brown kraft paper.

Max joined in the fun and helped me paint the leaves. Before he got started, we talked about what color autumn leaves are (in Houston most [...]

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