Home Decor, Funky Front Door

the Painted Apron

11 years ago

I had some fun with mesh ribbon this year, I know it’s being used all over the place, but I’ve just never tried it…a little behind in the trend I realize, but now I see why this stuff is so popular! It is so much fun to use and so EASY! I just tucked a little here and there and my wreath and front door garland have a new fresh look!

The fat red mesh ribbon really makes the doorway “pop” from a distance.

I must confess, I have used the same garland for the past few, maybe even 10 years {Yikes! time flies!}, recently adding the larger ornaments and tweaking it here and there to keep it looking updated. But, when I put it away, I just leave the lights and decorations on it, so it’s just a matter of dragging this unruly snake of greenery and lights upstairs to the storage closet where it patiently waits in a heap until the next year.

The oversized M was in the center of the wreath, so I decided to hang it from the bottom this year so I could incorporate the mesh ribbon.

I just wrapped, and schrunched and tucked the mesh ribbon into the greens, and added a few loops of ribbons and small balls.

I first hung the garland, with wire wrapped around nails {the nails are up so high and painted making them invisible, so they just stay in place which makes this easy peasy}