It was a ridiculous price!
So I made my own!!~ Pottery Barn knock off Christmas garland.
This seemed pretty easy to me.
I saw this garland in the pottery barn catalog, they are great inspiration, and I love their ideas, but no way will I pay their prices. Soooooooooo….I started with this, and ended with that!
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| Created my Holiday saying with my font of choice. |
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| I then tea bagged the paper,let it dry,
cut it with the craft scissors into strips. |
First I cut the paper to the size as shown. I then soaked the paper in the tea bags after I boiled the tea bags.
I gently took the paper out of the water and placed it on a cookie sheet to dry. Once it dried it looked a bit aged. The print never came off…it stayed on with no problems at all.
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| I easily attached it to the tree with a clothes pin.If you want to get fancier you can also glitter the clothes pins, or even spray paint them |
And here is the inspiration originally from Pottery Barn.
if I can do it, you can do it!
Have fun.
Oh and I did add some music notes found in the craft scrap book section at the Walmart.
Looks great….what a neat idea. I love Pottery Barn also but not their prices :/ Way to go on the craftyness 😉
Are you kidding me, this is amazing girl! i just saw this garland in the new pottery Barn catalog and loved it but just takes the cake!
Good job my friend, see…now do you believe me…you do everything well!
Terry
You did a great job, Debbie!!
I won't pay their prices either!
Hi Debbie :))
molto interessanti e facili da effettuare le tue idee…
Buona serata.
Myriam 🙂
I had that exact PB garland in my hand Sat. Then I looked at the price ($12 for a VERY small amount). I then looked at the tree it was displayed on and saw that they used 6 ROLLS! Needless to say, it went back on the shelf. I do love that store, and honestly I use it for inspiration more than anything. I can see you do to. Great project!!
I had that exact PB garland in my hand Sat. Then I looked at the price ($12 for a VERY small amount). I then looked at the tree it was displayed on and saw that they used 6 ROLLS! Needless to say, it went back on the shelf. I do love that store, and honestly I use it for inspiration more than anything. I can see you do to. Great project!!
Great job, Debbie. Pottery Barn has nothing on you. La
Very nice Debbie! I love copying expensive looks..and knowing how thrifty I did it…once in a while I'll spurlge on something special but I love the bargain!
I can invision all kinds of words for the tree! Thanks for the inspiration!
Miss Bloomers
Yes you can do different words…I wanted them the same size because I also made something else for the tree, soon to be shown as well. Thanks for the compliments, I am feeling confident in the craft section now.
Great job Debbie! I think you are pretty crafty! you need to give yourself more credit! Seriously!
Congrats Debbie! You did an awesome job and the clothes pins looks just fine the way they are.
Enjoy your evening.
Gail
They are a great inspiration and I love what you did! Looks great!
AmericKim
Very cute Debbie! Your version looks wonderful! I love using that font too. I think you are just sooo crafty lady, don't kid yourself! Can't wait to see the rest of this tree.
You go girl. What a terribly creative idea. Love it. Don't you enjoy making something and not paying those overprided mall/catalog amounts. They are getting out of hand.
It's a keeper.
Really cute and you did an awesome job! Love them!
Debbie- Those are darling. We have a very musical family so it might be fun for my daughter to do those for her living room. Hugs-Diana
You are better at crafting than I am. I don't know how to download fonts and print like that plus my printer doesn't work right anyway. Those are great looking.
That's happy and merry and cute!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Very sweet, Debbie. I love when someone outdoes PB!
XO,
Jane
Well done. I will not pay those prices either. We went to the PB Outlet and I could not find anything except 2 ornaments I was willing to buy…that's another reason Joe loves me. BTW you are crafty. hugs♥olive
I was going to try to copy that from Pottery Barn as well…not paying those prices either. You did a great job. I love the tea bag idea. You did a great job.
Ok idk if it really late @ night but what do u do with the Tea Bag? and how do u get the letters to stay on the craft paper! Awesome Idea! I wish i had an ounce of craftiness in me! ;-/
Great job! I like how you created yours and attached it to the tree! Very crafy 🙂
what a cute simple idea!
I think I might be making some of these!
Best dang rooky work I have seen all day. It truly looks like it came out of a catalog. Great job!
You say you're not crafty…well, I say you are!!! What a wonderful crafty ornament!
Pam @ diy Design Fanatic told me you had a post on the same banner from Pottery Barn! Love your adaptation! I'm going to try to use a roll of brown wrapping paper to make a similar banner but it will say "Happy Birthday, Jesus" instead. Since I can't run it through the printer, I think I'll just use a black sharpie or something. So much better than paying the $12 for less than 2 yards of garland!
I saw that in the PB catalog too….love your version and I really like the idea of using the clothespin.
Jane
Very cute Debb and creative too. and the most important thing that this creativity has no cost…
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Farah
Looks great Debbie!! I love it!
You did a great job! I just invested in some cheap garland too for my tree. It was .79 a yard. Can't wait to get it up!
I tell you we are going to make you a crafter yet!!! It's starting to happen. Next thing ya know, you'll be doing craft tutorials!
Carol
Hi lovely lady, This looks great ..
You always have some neat Idea.you are getting good with all the crafts. diane
O.k. missy! You have outdone yourself!!!! That looks fantastic!
Oh Girl I love this idea…Ok I'm going to steal this one for sure ha ha!! Thanks for coming by my Dear friend…Your always so great to me…I pray all is well in your world and with your family…Oh and I wanted to tell you your mama is just a doll girl..I could be her mama ha ha!! Love ya my dear friend…Hugs and smiles Gl♥ria
This turned out beautifully, Debbie! Thanks for sharing the tutorial, too!! SO great!
Great minds think alike! I was just wanting to try to recreate the very same garland from PB. Love it that you worked out all the details for me:) It's gorgeous.
So cute! I love it and it looks so nice on your pretty tree!
Oh, Debbie! I love your little messages on your Christmas tree. I'll be doing this tomorrow. I came to your blog for inspiration and I sure got it. Thanks!!
Karen
Ladybug Creek
Hi Debbie,
So glad to hear from you and your sweet comments 🙂 I have been keeping up with you. Life gets so busy this time of year, I can barely get my posts done, yikes! I love your paperwork on the tree. I want to give it a try! Promise, I will be back soon!!!
xoxo
Love this-good job.You really got the look without paying the price!
Look who's getting all crafty! That's cute and very creative of you.
I beg to differ… you are have a crafty side to you. I love it! I'm always a sucker for a good knock-off 😀
Very creative Debbie. I love the idea! Your commercial is so awesome.
Woohoo Debbie! You are good! Your tags turned out so cute!
Debbie@lakehouse
What a great idea Debbie! Yours turned out great!
I have those same red swirly things on my tree too 🙂
Wow. Watch out PB! There's a new girl in town!
Absolutely gorgeous!! I love how yours turned out!
I think your garland turned out beautifully, and personalized. It's the best.
Debbie that is so awesome!!!! I am super proud of you for creating such loveliness and for so cheap, great job lady!!!
This is so cute and looks better in my book!