Gussied Up Garland

[dhaunae]

I'd seen all sorts of fancied up Christmas tree garland in my life and was bored with all my various WIPs this week, so I decided to see what I could come up with. I'm so pleased with the results, even though I'm not done yet, that I thought I'd show ya'll! Pardon my cruddy pics .. I'm hoping for a new camera for Christmas :hook I used plain old dollar store bead garland and #10 thread for these.

The top garland in the pictures is what Lani's Gussied-Up Garland, Mark 1, looks like (I did a single crochet between beads, chain 2, repeat to the end, chain around the last bead and go back down the other side). I think that's pretty nice all by itself, but never being one to leave well enough alone I gilded the lily a bit and added a row of shells to one side of the Gussied Up Garland, Mark II shown in the center. The bottom is the one I'm currently working on, with a single side finished, in red this time. This is so easy, and it goes pretty fast all things considered (all things: seems like it takes forever to reach the end of 18' of garland!).

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a218/dhaunae/TartedUpGarland.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a218/dhaunae/TartedUpGarland2.jpg

[Katchkan]

:yay I like that, what a great idea. :yay

[BonnieCrochets]

Wow those look great!!

[winstongang]

Lani, those look fabulous! I have to tell you, Natalie has been asking about you lately :) As soon as I get the brakes fixed on my darn car, we should get together again!


Megan

[threeolivemartini]

Lani.. how creative !! i am gonna have to try it !!

[lene]

Oooo. :manyheart You're brilliant, you know that?

How much time do I have left til Christmas? How many other things have I started to work on already?

:scrachin

Ok, I know I shouldn't start something else, but this was *too* cool... :lol

Lene'

[Pink]

Just what I need...ANOTHER WIP...;)

Actually, these will be perfect for the kiddies to try at school. Thank you for sharing.

[sunshine1977]

Lani - Love your garlands...soooo pretty!!

Laurie:hook

[jaclim]

I agree with everyone else here.....they're beautiful! What a great idea!

[mimi_mia]

I agree with everyone else here.....they're beautiful! What a great idea!
Ditto.......great idea!! :hook :manyheart

[marnie413]

Love your garlands.....they're beautiful! What a great idea!

[vigilant20]

I've never seen that done before. I especially like the second one. Great job!

[PaganBaby69]

Hi, I really like what you did!


PaganBaby69

[bubblefizz]

What a great idea, they look fantastic :yay

[vernzap]

They are beautiful! You'll have to tkae a picture of your tree once it's up and decorated so we can see how pretty it looks. :clap

[Seneca and Scooch]

You did a beautiful job!! :clap I started one last Christmas but didn't finish it in time. This leaflet has a pretty one in it
http://www.craft-stop.com/store/proddetails.cfm?ProductID=8011&ProdCatID=118 and there was one in a Crochet With Heart magazine.

Coralie

[jacqui]

They are gorgeous i would'nt have thought of making them myself before.

[dhaunae]

Ooo, Coralie, that one is GORGEOUS ... maybe I'll try to do something like that with my red! I hadn't seen a crocheted one before, but I knew I couldn't be the first person to think of this.

[crochetlady]

love your garlands Lani!

hugs
Vims

[gramcar3]

Very, very nice. Will have to try that. :tup

[faithpa76]

Neat idea!! I don't like the regular beaded garlands but that might make them work for me! :)

[divaborn]

Oh, Lani, what a great idea!

[123mama]

Your tree will look great, I like the garland crocheted.:manyheart

sondra

[yarncat]

Very festive,Lani!

[13bodies]

How clever! :idea

[Kimberly]

Wow! They look great Lani! What a wonderful idea!!

[Emily]

Those look fun! Ooo, and you could dangle bellses . . .