Photo from Please Note PaperGarlands are very popular party decorations and can be used to decorate for various holidays. Here's a clever way to make them from gift bags that are not quite nice enough to use again for gift giving.You can trace any shape you like using cereal box cardboard, but circles and triangles are the most popular. The nice … [Read more...]
New Year’s Eve Decor: Fun, Easy, and Inexpensive
I love these easy "clocks" to make for New Year's Eve. Just acordian fold the paper as you would for an old-fashioned fan. Glue 4 of them together to make a complete circle. Make paper clock hands and glue them on. Stick-on numerals or ones you make complete the clock-striking-midnight look.The countdown numbers are easy to make and stick into a … [Read more...]
Free Printable Napkin Rings
I love a beautiful ribbon bow serving as a napkin ring for holiday meals and parties. They add a lot of color to a table, they make the napkin seem like a present, and they can be reused every year! But sometimes you are going for a more simple, elegant look. Enter these printable napkin rings with your guests' name printed on each. If you add … [Read more...]
Sugared Fruit: Easy Classy Centerpiece
What is classier than sugared fruit in a pretty bowl? Fruit is so welcome this time of year, but adding a frost of sugar makes them even more tempting. These are not the sugarplums of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, but they are gorgeous nonetheless. I like that this recipe does not use egg white for the sticking agent as you see in many … [Read more...]
Origami Lotus Flower Tutorial
The linked tutorial has quite a few steps, but it's all done in a clear manner with good photos. I love all the photos of finished lotus flowers (water lilies) that people all over the world have sent in to the site. You can use bigger pieces of paper than the 6-inch sheet used in the tutorial--it just has to be a perfect square. I think that … [Read more...]
DIY "Sun Jar" Solar Light
These look so cool in the blue color. They could be made in team colors and in various holiday colors. For outdoor decor for a party you could customize the colors to go with your theme. I also like the idea in the comments about making this a kind of night light for a child.The comments section is very long, but if you are having trouble with … [Read more...]
Coconut Shell Candle Holders
What a tropical island look for outdoors or indoors! I think they wired them together to give more stability. Coconut shells are round after all. I'd prefer them not hooked together, but then you'd need something underneath to keep them stable. How about hot-gluing a metal ring of some sort that wouldn't show that much? Or place the coconut … [Read more...]