Festive DIY Garland

Christmas seems so near, yet so far when it come to decorating the house. I admit I get  tad over excited and tend to want to put everything up at the beginning of November, having realised that this isn’t that socially acceptable I am finding new ways to creep Christmas in without going full haul. I started with this festive DIY garland and who knows where it will end.

So some people may recognise this garland, I took inspiration and followed the tutorial for the valentines love garland over on Style Me Pretty (man I love that site). I wanted to keep mine a little more muted and opted for some Edwardian shades of blue and biscuit to keep in style with our flat. I really went to town with this one and even splashed out on a Martha Stewart paper punch to replicate the look just right – I love an excuse to have to buy more crafting bits and bobs. I used East of India ribbon and ran out half way through, so my unexpected trip to the Country Living Craft Fair turned out really useful.

Here is my whole fireplace, I recently acquired the white planter set in the middle from a cute local shop called Gathering Moss, it was originally teal blue so I decided to tone it down a little and paint it my favourite colour – white. I also managed to squeeze even more festiveness in with the addition of some yummy pine cones, generously donated by colleague at work! I am much happier now there is a little hit of Christmas in the flat, I know, it’s nuts, but December is so short that I feel I need to stretch the magic a little further.

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