How Fashion Ribbon Into Hanging Garland With Lights
Megan Pflug, style guru behind our "Weekend Decorator" column, is an editor and interior designer based in New York. She's back with her latest crazy-cool DIY project to help bring a niggling style and cheer to your holiday decorating.
I've decorated for the holidays more times than I care to admit. Between clients and editorial projects, I'd guess that I accept a century'south worth of holiday decor under my belt.
So this year I wanted to try something a little unlike and observe a few looks that volition final through the holidays and into the new year. With longevity on my listen, I started thinking well-nigh tassels. Regardless of season, tassels are 1 of my favorite abode decor objects, so I figured why non try to arts and crafts a few holiday looks effectually greenery and wreaths and some of my favorite passementerie. Set to swoop into iii easy tasseled holiday decor looks? Let's get started.
The Tassel Garland
To create this look I used a few big drapery tassels to hang my garland beyond this bookcase. Because the tassels are then robust they hands support the weight of the garland. Not only was this supersimple to make, merely the idea also translates hands to a staircase, a fireplace, or above a doorway. For this look I chose champagne-colored silk tassels because they shimmer against the natural textures of the garland.
Here'south what you'll need:
6'–8′ garlands
At least ii large mantle tassels (I used Solaris from Samuel & Sons)
Command hooks
Ribbon (to conceal the tiptop of the command hooks)
Dried flowers or leaves for embellishment
To hang your garland, but attach a control hook to the front of the bookshelf in all the spots you'd like to place a tassel. Because these tassels are designed to go around drapes, the garland rests easily between the two long ends of the tassel. To conceal the command hooks I tied a few inches of ribbon to the meridian of the tassel loops.
To embellish the garland I used a few sprigs of small pink flowers and some dried white leaves that complement the colour of the tassels. I felt that ornaments or lights would overwhelm the look and detract from the beauty of the tassels.
Tip: I think a mixed-green or magnolia garland works all-time for this look thanks to the interesting textures.
The Tassel and Arched Wreath
If you're looking for a smaller argument or simply a fresh accept on a wreath, this piece of cake project is for you. I created the arch of greenery by cut one wreath in half and then using three pall tassels to hang information technology. Don't worry, information technology's really uncomplicated to cut a wreath in one-half.
Here'due south what yous'll demand:
One wreath
Wire cutters
3 drapery tassels (I used Saisons, Abrielle jute, and Abrielle linen from Samuel & Sons)
A command hook or picture hook
To become started, flip your wreath over then that yous tin can encounter its wire frame. Then use your wire cutters to snip the wire in 2 places and so that it makes 2 halves. Y'all don't need to cut the greens; they will separate naturally.
If your wire cutters can't cut through the thick frame of the wreath form (mine didn't), you can use them to "score" the spots you lot desire to cut. I plant that the wreath bent easily on the scored lines and eventually snapped apart cleanly.
To finish I but looped iii tassels around the eye of the cutting wreath and hung it in a higher place a mirror inside an existing gallery wall. Because this spot had a natural feel I opted for jute and linen tassels. I love how well the greenery frames the circular mirror!
Tassel and Rosemary Identify-Card Holders
If you lot're looking to make a statement at your adjacent vacation dinner party, these little fundamental-tassel identify-card holders are sure to charm your guests! I chose a mix of three colors and styles for diverseness.
Here's what you'll need:
A few sprigs of fresh rosemary
Key tassels (I used Harbour, Aurelia, and Calisto from Samuel & Sons)
Identify cards or gift tags with holes
Thin ribbon
To create the small rosemary wreaths I bent a sprig and then tucked the ends in together. I found that the rosemary stayed together, merely if you like you can secure the wreath ends with a thin piece of wire. I used a piece of thin ribbon to adhere the tassels, wreath, and name tag to the dorsum of my chairs.
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