One A Week {Pom-pom garland}

By Chelsea



Confession time. Serious confession time. When Matt and I were pregnant with our twins and we found out they were a boy and a girl, for a few weeks longer than I'm happy admitting, I wanted to name our daughter Garland, (I'm a huge Judy Garland fan). Don't judge me. I had a double dose of pregnant brain and I honestly thought it sounded pretty! Needless to say I'm in debt to my husband for saving our daughter from that one. But this story has so little to do with today's post...

If you missed the previous One A Week segments, (I'm sharing one Christmas DIY project a week until the week before Christmas), you can catch them here and here! Today's is the perfect touch of whimsical if you like a little twist on a traditional decoration. I happen to like garland of every kind used in almost every way. Garland is so versatile and lots of fun to string any which way you want! This week is how to make Pom-pom garland! The steps are identical to the Pom-pom wreath, so if you tried that one already you're an old pro!

Supplies:

1 spool of yarn

pair of scissors

Step 1: Wrap yarn around your hand about 30-40 times...it doesn't really matter that you do it the same every time.

Step 2: Remove the bundle from your hand but keep it together, like a donut, and snip the yarn about 7" from your bundle.

Step 3: Snip the 'tail' right at the bundle. Lay the tail out flat and then place your 'donut' bundle right on top of it, (sorry the picture for this step is inaccurate. You want your 'donut' to be right in the middle on top of your snipped 'tail'. I must have been so engrossed in my sappy reality show that I wasn't paying attention to the other side of the camera lens...)

Step 4: Tie the tail around the center of your bundle. Tie it tight and in a knot
Step 5: Weave your scissors through the loops and cut them open. Repeat on both sides
Step 6: Snip any extra length from your 'tail' and now you've made a pom-pom!


Step 7: (not pictured) Tie your pom-poms down a length of yarn, equal distance apart. Now you've got pom-pom garland! Happy decorating!

This garland would definitely add some winter fluff entwined with any real or faux green garland, too! If you try any of these One A Week Christmas decor projects please feel free to email me pictures; I'd love to see what you do!!

Thank you for reading!

~Chelsea

One A Week {DIY for Christmas}

Posted by Chelsea



Hi friends! Well, the season is soon approaching to deck our halls and I couldn't be more excited! I know there are some out there who loath people like me; People who start playing Christmas music too early, (there is never a wrong time to listen to Michael Buble's Christmas album), people who start shopping too early, (I did find some fun wrapping paper on clearance at Target that I loaded up on), and people who start  talking about it too early. If you're in this boat, please don't sink mine. The reason I am starting this One A Week series now is because I've got a handful of DIY Christmas projects that may be fun to work on now so that we can just enjoy and celebrate the holiday when it's here.

So, starting this week I will be posting one Christmas do-it-yourself decoration each week until...Christmas, (or almost Christmas)! None of the projects are complicated and the longest one takes less than than 2 hours.

What's comin' up:

~Pom-pom wreath - (my version of an Anthropologie knock off)

~Crepe paper wreath

~Pom-pom garland
~Festive holiday sign

~Cardboard & scrap paper ornaments

~Wheat spray wreath

No way do I assume anyone would actually do all or any of these. Your schedules fill up this time of year, I know. Just wanted to put these ideas out there for anyone itchin for a little project, that's all. And IF you happen to try any of these, definitely email me pictures! I'd love to see your handiwork!

Thanks for reading!

~Chelsea