To help celebrate the New Year, I made a really REALLY easy garland for my fireplace. I found the original craft idea on Martha Stewart’s site under Decorations for New Year’s Eve and changed it up a little.
Materials:
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All you need is some card stock (or any kind of paper that’s a bit heavier than printer paper – cardboard, cereal boxes anything like that), tinsel garland, ribbon, hot glue and scissors.
Here’s a quick tutorial on how I made my tinsel garland which is easy to do for any year!
Step 1. Print out the numbers of the year.
1. About.com has some numbers you can print out here or 2. you can use the numbers from the Martha Stewart site but those are for 2011 so you’ll have to find a 3 somewhere else or 3. use your favorite word processing program and change the size to fit a whole sheet of paper for each number.
Step 2. Cut out the numbers
Step 3. Glue the tinsel garland to numbers. It doesn’t have be silver – that’s just what I had. This is where I differ from the Martha Stewart instructions. Her’s have you wrap the tinsel garland around the numbers. I only had that big fluffy garland and wrapping made it too bulky. So I glued it to the front and then I trimmed it with some scissor to get rid of some of the fluff and to accentuate the shape of the numbers.
Step 4. Make holes at the top of each number (I made two) and thread your ribbon (I used silver curling ribbon) through the numbers and hang.
Isn’t that a super easy and inexpensive project!
Rhonda says
now that is so cute, and it looks expensive even though it was not.
you add just the best touches to make things so pretty.
Vee says
Adorable! Looks better than anything I’ve seen in the stores.
Pamela Gordon says
This is really cute Manuela. It looks perfect over your pretty house display. Happy New Year to you!
Manuela says
Happy New Year to you too!
Kimberly Dial says
Love this Manuela. I’d like to make a set to display across the living room mirror for the month of January … thanks for sharing! Happy 2013!
Judy Clark says
Manuela, what a cute idea! Am going to have to make one of those for this new year.
Happy New Year!
Judy
kathleen grace says
So easy and pretty! Thanks for the idea. I love you little village too:)
Sandra @Beneath this Roof, Within these Walls says
Perfect! You always come up with such cute projects, that are easy, and inexpensive, but look like something really special. Martha Stewart, eat your heart out!!!
Debbie says
This is so cute Manuela! I hope you’ll join me for a guest post or two in 2013! I know my readers will love your clever crafts and homemaking tips! Happy New Year!
Love,
Deb
Adrienne says
I love your garland – and your winter-y village. I didn’t set up my village on my mantel this year but – oh, how I wish I had! Seeing yours reminds me how much I love having mine up. Your New Year’s garland is perfect. I’m going to remember this for next year when my winter village will still be up. You’re always such an inspiration to me!
~Adrienne~
Cindy says
Your garland turned out great! It looks just right hanging above your fireplace.
Manuela says
Thanks Cindy! Happy New Year!
Donna ~ The Decorated House says
What a fun idea! Love it.
Wishing you a Wonderful Happy New Year!
Manuela says
Thank you Donna! Wishing you a Happy New Year too!
Theresa H. Roach says
Love it and it looks easy enough for me:) Have a blessed day dear friend, BIG HUGS!
Manuela says
It’s super easy! Happy New Year!
Jennifer says
How festive and fun! I love an easy project and this looks right up my alley. Have a very happy New Year Manuela!
Manuela says
Happy New Year to you and your family!
Michele says
I love this! So easy to do and very cute!
Manuela says
Thank you Michele! Happy New Year!
Michele says
You too!!
debra says
Yes it is and it looks great too! : )
Manuela says
Thank you and Happy New Year!
Mimi Sue says
This is such a wonderful idea! I’m thinking you could do words too. I’ll keep this in my idea file for sure! I have an IKEA kitchen and I love it. We installed it ourselves and it wasn’t too hard. I LOVE my big kitchen drawers for pots and pans and want to change all the cupboards I have into drawers. Mimi
Mimi Sue says
Happy New Year Manuela!
Carolynn says
Hi Manuela,
I love your New Years banner. How nice of you to share how you made it. It looks marvelous over your mantel scape.
Thank you for your kind comments throughout this past year. I value each one and am very thankful for your friendship.
Blessings and Happy New Year!
Carolynn xxx
Debbie says
Oh goodness I wish I had seen this earlier! I love the happy, shiny look of that. I’m pinning for next year!