It's no secret that these are all over the blogosphere not to mention Pinterest but I wanted a little something to go in our entry way that would bring some color in and I needed to do it on like a zero dollar amount budget. So this was the perfect project! And I didn't want to put something cheap, cute, and decor related up in my house without sharing it with the world!!! (okay, so it's a small world whatevs! I'm gonna dream big! Because it's Thursday and that's a good day to dream!) ;)
I just got a paper lantern from the Dollar Tree (for only a buck!) and I got red tissue paper from Wal-Mart (also for a buck!).
Here's the original paper lantern (this was pre-new flash and is terribly blurry! Sorry!)
Then I just cut the tissue paper into circles/teardrop shapes (because I can't cut a circle to save my life) and then taped them around the little rings of the paper lantern!
I haven't hung it up yet. Partly because I'm not sure how to do that, and partly because I'm not sold on the red...it just looks a little...blah. It matches our living room and stuff, I'm just not sure it's right for the first thing that I see every time I walk in our house....Idk! But when I decide I'll of course let you guys know!!
What do y'all think? A little blah? Or do you think it's just right? Maybe if I change the color of the paper I'll like it better....any ideas?
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I love it! How and where are you going to hang it?
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'm going to hang it in the entry way nook that we have when we walk in from our garage...I did a post about it (It's called "The Oddball" if you want to look at it). And about hanging it...I'm not really sure...it already has lighting in it (it was a battery powered led paper lantern from the dollar tree) so I don't have to worry about running that kind of wiring, but the nook doesn't have lighting in it, so whatever I do I'll have to put some kind of hole in the ceiling (or have cords running down the sides of the walls...) I'm going to talk to my hubby about it and google around to see what other people have done :)
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