I'm sure I'm sure I'm not the only SAHM that LOVES nap time! It gives me a chance to regroup, get some peace and quiet, and perhaps to even sit down watch some reality TV and work on a project. I've been having so much fun making my home more merry this year with the boys, but sometimes I just want to do something fun without any interruptions!! I've been all over my favorite place Pinterest, and I found this perfect nap time activity.
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I love the classy and elegant feel of it and I new right away I wanted this in my dinning room. So off to Hobby Lobby I went (on the weekend with both boys of course).
Now typically I don't do glass ornaments in my house (two kids under 3 and all). Anyway I was looking for plastic silver balls and they just weren't giving me the shine factor I wanted. So I went with glass and some silvery looking ribbon.
I bought one box of I think 10 small balls and like 3 boxes of 6 larger ones. I started by stringing a small ball on the end of my ribbon. I guessed the length of the ribbon I wanted. I figured I could always cut any extra if it was too long.
I tied a loop on each ball along the way to keep it from sliding down to the bottom.
Then I added 2 or 3 more balls using smaller ones near the bottom and bigger on top. When I was done I had this. I repeated these steps about 5 times until I had a shiny bunch.
I attached each string of balls directly to the light fixture simply by tying it. Once I finished, I had to do a bit of sliding the balls up or down to get the look I wanted. This of course was kind of tricky since I had tied the balls to keep them from sliding. It took a few different tries to get it exactly the way I wanted.
I was really happy with how it turned out, but it made the table look super plain. So I did some rummaging through the house and found an old runner. I borrowed two candles from the mantle over the fire place, and an old charger from party city sitting in one of my kitchen drawers. It was gold and kind of very spotted. Two coats of white spray paint solved that problem.
TA DAAAA!! I told my mom I was going for winter elegance. I know it's no Macy's window display, but it makes me happy and that's what matters.
It looks awesome, kudos for using stuff you already had for your table vignette! That's the type of projects I love to hear about:)
ReplyDeleteI love it too I am all about simple!
ReplyDeleteGreat tutuorial. I will definitely try this! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteVery nicely done! I plan to do the same thing (ornament clusters) on my staircase and in the formal dining room.
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