Sunday, September 28, 2008

This garland is "tulle" spooky

I am starting to get into the Halloween spirit now that September is almost over.With the Pretty your pumpkin party coming up I wanted to start decorating.... I have been admiring the ragamuffin garland's I have been seeing around blogland and wanted to do one Halloween style. Wheel's a-turning, I went to the fabric store and bought 5 yards of black tulle ( with a %40 off coupon.) and 6 feet of ribbon. At the Dollar store (of course) I found these tiny,little skeleton heads I thought were soo cute when I bought them, but I wasn't sure what to do with them. There were nine in a bag..... After  a little bit of brainstorming while doing the dishes(I always get the best idea mid-suds!) I came up with this (please ignore my ugly temporary curtain while I wait for my new ones...).... 
And I couldn't let the skulls just be skulls, the girls needed some fancier attire.... 
one hot glue gun, some vintage jewelry findings, and fake flowers later...

I love this one. It's a vintage necklace clasp that looks like a crown... To make the garland I just made a loop on both ends, and tied strips of tulle onto the ribbon. The skulls are just HGG to some thinner ribbons and tied on. It was so easy~ and cheap too.
~Jen

14 Creative people said:

Nichole said...

Very cute! I'm going to "borrow" your idea and give it a try. Did you just cut the tulle and tie it on like with the other ragamuffin garland?

Have a great day :o)

Screaming Meme said...

I love it and want to copy that idea! Thanks!

Cher said...

I KNEW I should be collecting junk jewelry!

The Texas Woman

Vanessa Greenway said...

Jen! That looks great! I have a ton of tulle here at home all different colors... and never knew what to do with them. What a great idea! Can I borrow this idea from you? Have a great week, hugs, Vanessa

Marie said...

How cool! You have the greatest ideas!

Mrs. B said...

Oh my gosh, I LOVE this! I'm totally going to copy this. Those blinged out skulls are great. Everything is better with a little bling.

Manuela said...

Very, very cute! I'm trying to think of some other pumpkin things!!

Manuela

Libby said...

Ooooh! Very Halloweeny spooky. Love it!

blessings to you and yours,

MizSmoochieLips said...

Oh my gaw-gaw, that is so wonderful! I am totally copy-catting you whenever I drag my lazy butt out to the fabric store, heh heh! Your glamorous skulls are terrific! Thanks a ton for introducing yourself to me via blogs! By the way, your other blogs with all your redos are lovely!

Buzzings of a Queen Bee! said...

What a crack up! The little skulls are the perfect touch! :)
Carrie

The Berry's Patch said...

I love it! I love the little details that you added to the skulls. Great idea. :-)

Courtney said...

this is fabulous, Jen. I think this could translate well into just about any holiday too (or am i being tacky here?).

Shirley said...

Fabulous..! Get some ideas for Halloween decorations from your post. Thanks…

Kimba said...

That's too cute! I saw those skulls at the DT but couldn't figure out what to do with them. I love your idea!

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