So, I played this weekend.
I love punches and glitter and stars! So I set out to make a sparkly garland for Christmas.
I started by using my Marvy tag punch to punch out 14 tags from a pale blue paper ( I Believe by My Mind's Eye) that I purchased last year around this time.
Next, I embellished the tags with assorted materials such as:
Self-adhesive paper lace (Narratives by Karen Russell)
Red washi tape (Hambly)
Christmas paper tape (Martha Stewart Crafts)
Red + white baker's twine (Crate & Barrel)
Snowflakes punched from velum (Martha Stewart Crafts)
Star glitter tape (Recollections at Michaels) ...sorry no source photo for this one
Red foil adhesive alphas (Recollections at Michaels) ...once again, no photo source
I didn't really have any specific design in mind, I just let my heart lead me and I am happy with the results.
While playing around and punching out stars, I got the idea to sew the stars together to form a garland of sorts. I've got to tell you, this made me smile!
I just kept feeding the stars through one after the other until I had a nice long garland.
Next, I found some mini clothespins at Walmart, spray painted them white and covered them with glitter. I hung the tags with the clothespins from some more red + white baker's twine. Then I draped the star garland across it all.
Looking forward to creating a pleasing vignette with this garland as Christmas approaches.
