A great friend gave me this cool black screen as a gift a few years ago and ever since I got it, I have always wondered how to decorate it just perfectly for Christmas!? Most normal people don't loose sleep over things like this but I do!!! So, as I was watching the amazing (and might I add, incredibly informative) HGTV Channel this weekend, a show came on about decorating celebrity homes for Christmas...I fell in LOVE with the look they designed for the singer Jewel's home!!! They had put this garland on her tree that was made out of old, vintage Christmas cards and I thought to myself..."I COULD totally do that!" Almost simultaneously my head turned and my eye caught the black screen in the corner--then all of a sudden there was a spot light illuminating the corner and I heard the words, "pick me, pick me...I want some Christmas Garland!"
I had to oblige and go through with it now :) So there began my fun project for the week! [YOU can DO IT TOO!!]
1. I quickly looked through my stash of old Christmas cards and designs to find some I liked
2. I copied them onto textured paper with my home printer
3. I cut them out and glued to a backing (a colored piece of cardstock---don't worry about making the lines perfect when you cut...it adds to the uniqueness & vintage feel)
4. I then glued it onto another piece of cardstock in which I had scalloped cut the edges
5. last step punch holes at the top - add a few glitter accents throughout - HANG & ENJOY :)
{I was thinking about making some of them just plain ornaments with a ribbon or possibly Christmas Cards or tags for gifts...let me know if you have any more ideas!!}
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