12 Days of Christmas, Day 4, Garland

Yes, we have made it to day 4 of the 12 Days of Christmas.

Today's Christmas project is a very simple garland upcycle.  

I started with this gorgeous garland from Tree Classics.  This is the 9 ft. lit Noble Fir garland, and oh my goodness, it couldn't look more real. 

It is beautiful by itself--so full and easy to work with and "shape" as you need. Even close up it looks real!

I decided to dress it up a bit, but not too much because I didn't want to cover up the gorgeous branches.  

I added a "LET IT SNOW"  that I painted on wood slices.  The wood slices are cut from some of our firewood, but you can buy wood slices at a a craft store.    I like to keep greenery and lights up through January so I went with a winter theme rather than a Christmas one.  Because this garland is fake I won't have to worry about all those needles.

I used white paint and finished the wood slices with some coconut oil to keep the wood light.

I also added some snowflakes from the craft store that I painted with Fusion Mineral Paints Mathew Mead metallic line--I used the copper, silver, and champagne (you will be seeing more of these colors in upcoming Christmas projects).

I tied everything on with jute.  

I had a tough time deciding where I wanted to hang the garland, but decided I wanted it where I would see it often so I placed it over my French doors that lead from the kitchen to the solarium.  (Sometimes, I feel like I live in a Clue game--I say things like, "It is in the library.  It is the solarium.")

DISCLOSURE STATEMENT: I was given free product to review, the opinions represented in this post are solely mine.