November Sweet Goodness The theme for this months swap was "Tags and Swags."
The tags were pretty easy. The swag had me stumped for a while. Then I saw a picture of Jodi's kitchen which appeared to be pale green. Since my sister in-law's bride's maid dresses were pale green it got me thinking.
I mined those dresses for all the tulle I could get and came up with a snowy theme. Ikea had great little strings of battery powered star lights. I tied strips of tulle, ribbon, fabric scraps, and silver pipe cleaner like tinsel around the light string.
At first I wasn't too happy and I posted pictures on flicker. Bridie and Sarah gave me some advice. A quick trip to mecca garnered me some great clear snowflake plastic balls and big silver bells. Voila! Thankfully, Jodi has a winter theme in her living room!
Amazing how these swaps work out!
I love that garland! LOL that it is made out of a bridesmaid dress. :) It's really pretty and I bet she can keep it up in January as well. I put all my Christmas stuff away and put out "snow" themed things in January. I just think the house looks so empty after all the Christmas is put away that it needs something! :)
ReplyDeleteLove the photo in your header! Yum.
Oh it came out lovely! I'm with Heidi, I love having some winter type decoartions to leave out after all the Christmas stuff goes away.
ReplyDeleteLove your pinpoint snowflake tags, too!