Over the weekend I finished up all but one of my holiday craft projects. There two are in my front entryway when you walk in. On the left, I took another fallen branch from my backyard (free!), took a spool of 10lb fishing line ($2.57), and then strung these white paper cupcake holders (5 packs of 50 quantity-$1.27 a piece) on the line. Before stringing ‘em, I flattened ‘em (mostly) and made them imperfect in shape for visual interest. I tied one end of the fishing line to the branch, and the loose end to a needle in order to string the cups, several at a time.

To keep ‘em in place, I used white yarn scrapes from the other piece you see in the picture to tie a knot at the bottom of each paper cup. After stringing the amounts I wanted on each string, I arranged them visually to my desire and then tied off the end of the line with a button (free from my collection) to weigh it down when hung.

Total cost=$8.92 and approx. 6 hours.

The other side of my entryway, I constructed this beast-a cascading string snowfall the entire length of my banister. Again, more free branches from my yard, and 8 skeins of yarn at $2 a pop. I tied up the two (huge) branches to my top railing, then took a skein, tied the end yarn to the branch, and threw it over the edge below. I figured out how my “arm length pulls” of the yarn were needed as yanking the yarn back up to me, then snipped the line-being careful to hold tight the other end so I wouldn’t have to keep running up and down the stairs. Repeat process again & again & again & again………..In the end, I trimmed any extra long strands to skim the floor and called it done.

Cost=$16. Time approx. 28 hours.

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