Last night I thought of how I could "jazz up" the Christmas garland on my front door...it needed color and pop. I got to thinking that I have a bunch of those little clear, plastic punch cups left over from a party and figured I could cut a hole in the bottom of them to push onto the lights to make lanterns! So I got to work...
I took 12 cups and used my craft knife to slice an "x" in the bottom of each. Then I used my BFF, the Cricut, and cut snowflakes out of vinyl (Contact Paper!) at 1 1/2" and 2" using Accent Essentials and adhered them to the outside of each cup. Then I added 1/2" circles from George into the open spaces. To finish them up, I punched holes around the rim of each cup using my Crop-A-Dile and threaded red ribbon through and tied bows.
Then I just popped them randomly onto the string of lights already on the garland and ta-da!
UPDATE: Here is the night photo I just took....ooooooooh, ahhhhhhhhhh.... hehehe!
Wow!!!!
ReplyDeleteNow that is very clever!! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHow fun!!!! What a great idea, beautiful, and it totally spiced up that garland.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea!
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Gorgeous!!!!
ReplyDeleteI wish I had your brainy inspirations (and the time to see them through!!)
Beautiful garland!
This is such a great idea. I think I will use it with my first and second grade class as an art project. I will punch a hole in the bottom and knot a strip of ribbon so it can be hung on their tree.Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteUnbelievable!! WOW thank you so much for sharing this. I am signing on to follow you are a tremendous source of inspiration. Thank you Again
ReplyDeleteI love this. I'm going to have to try this myself. Have always wanted to dress my doorway up for Christmas. TSF
ReplyDeletethese are so cool. what a great idea. love them.
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This is a great ides. I love it. I think they would make great ornaments too. I might get my DD started on that for next year. Then she can give them to her friends and she will have made them herself.
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