If you have been with teachlovecraft since the beginning, then you know that I have a slight obsession with a couple of things: Burlap and Buntings/Garland/Banners. So, it should come as no surprise that I have created yet another bunting/garland/banner (I still don’t know what the heck I am supposed to call them). This time it’s made out of jute webbing. You know, the stuff used to upholster furniture?
This easy webbing bunting is, well, super easy.
Here’s what you’ll need:
- Jute Webbing… no surprise here, I got mine from burlapfabric.com
- Twine
-Hot Glue Gun and Hot Glue Sticks
Here’s what you’ll do:
- Cut the webbing into flags — I cut my webbing into rectangles, and then fold it in half to cut a symmetrical triangle at the bottom.
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- Take your desired length of twine, fold each pennant over the twine, and glue. This time I did not make my pennants fixed, instead they can slide along the twine.
- Throw that sucker up somewhere.
I scrounged up some other autumnal delights, and made myself a little festive display on the buffet.
What’s that? You like my banner? Oh, thanks. It only took me less than 10 minutes. It’s an Easy Paper DIY Banner. What’s that, you want to hit me? You won’t after this post. Because you, too, can create this ridiculously cute banner in less than ten minutes and act nonchalant when your pal compliments you on it.
I imagine the exchange to go like this:
-“Cute Banner”
-”Oh, this old thing? It took me ten minutes”
-<eyes roll>
So, here’s the latest quick and easy project for you all (See, I told you that most of my projects are quick and easy. Like my Burlap Bunting, and my Easy Burlap Bubble Wreath, and my ridiculously easy mantel).
I’m still not sure whether you call it bunting, or garland, or a banner. So, from here on out, I will be calling it a “bgr.” I hope that doesn’t stand for something unsavory, but I’m just gonna choose not to google it, and just hope for the best.
Anyway, this BGR (bunting/garland/banner) is a quick one.
Here’s what you’ll need for your Easy DIY Banner:
Assorted Paper and a heart hole punch:
I spent way too much time in the paper aisle at JoAnn’s. I really thought the grass paper was cute, but I also picked up three plaids.
Some pages from a book (I had an old geography text book that I decided to use) or newspaper, or scrapbook paper, or whatever your little heart desires:
See that Geography class from freshman year is useful.
-Scissors
-Glue
-Ribbon
-A hole punch
Here’s what you’ll do for your Easy Paper DIY Banner:
Brace yourselves because this is ridiculously easy.
1. Punch some hearts out of your paper of choice (You’ll need three hearts per pennant)
2. Fold your hearts in half.
3. Cut a “V” or a triangle out of your page/soon to be pennant.
4. Arrange the hearts on the page in a shamrock style fashion, add a stem, then glue.
5. Punch two holes in each pennant and thread ribbon through each pennant.
6. Hang.
7. Revel in your brilliance with a TON of pictures.
Okay, Okay, I’ll stop with the pictures. But seriously, the level of ease of this project is not indicative of the level of cuteness of this BGR. Give it a try, and when your friends compliment you on it, let me know if your exchange with them goes as I predicted!
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I know I am not the only one out there that just loves decorating her mantel. Seriously, I can’t get enough of it. The months after Christmas are the best for mantel decorating because it gets a makeover monthly. It’s a whirlwind, but like Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn from Wedding Crashers, I welcome this frenzy with open arms.
Ladies and Gents: It’s Mantel Season!
February (well, actually, January 10th, when I sadly deconstructed Christmas) marks my first mantel of the New Year. And best yet… it cost me next to nothing.Wait until you get a load of my Easy Paper Bag Garland.
I’m kind of pumped about February’s mantel-scape because I did not spend a cent to create this little no budget beaut!
Let’s have a look at her…
The lamps are old—a gift with purchase from Ulta in 2004. The shades, however, are newish. Newish in the sense that I recovered them, but that fabric on the shades… not so much. That fabric happens to be from a pair of my husband’s flannel boxers (they were clean!!). There is not really a how-to about this one because I just grabbed my glue gun, cut some of the fabric, and wrapped it around the shade. In fact, because I am sometimes impulsive, there is a gap at the back of one of the shades. It faces the wall, so no big deal.
I used one of my husband’s beer growlers, shoved some white lights in there, and stuck in some glittery hearts on sticks that I bought at The Dollar Tree a year or two ago.
The HUGE matted frame usually remains on my mantel year round. For this mantel-scape I found a picture I gave to E for Father’s Day, which I thought encompassed the feeling of love (it’s a picture of the boys wearing the sweatshirts he wore when they were born, and pictures of E holding the boys when they were born), threaded some burlap ribbon through it, and voila! Layers are in, people!
To add height and interest on the other side, I took a mason jar, shoved (apparently there was a whole lotta shoving going on for this mantel) some pinecones in there, cut some branches off a tree outside, and decorated them with hearts. The hearts were super easy to slap together. In fact, I had my little guys help. They used the heart punch to cut the hearts and made heart sandwiches (two hearts, baker’s twine, and glue in the middle).
And then there’s the brown paper bag garland. Easiest thing ever.
Here’s what you’ll need for the Paper Bag Garland:
- Brown paper bags (as many or as few as you’d like)
- Items to decorate bags (I used some craft paint, but washi tape could look lovely…)
- Twine
- Tape (I used clear packing tape)
Here’s what you’ll do to make the Paper Bag Garland:
Step1: Cut a V out of the open/top of each bag. I just stacked them up and cut the V out of the entire stack.
Step 2: Paint/washi those bad boys.
Step 3: Measure out some twine or ribbon to the length you would like for your space.
Step 4: Tape the twine to the back of each flag and space appropriately. (note: you could probably punch a hole and thread the twine, but I was being lazy and wanted the easiest route possible)
Took me all of six minutes.
And there she is. My free-loving Valentine’s Day Mantle.
