Wood Bead Tassel Garland~ Swap it Like its Hot 6

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I'm Gillian, a Scotland based home & lifestyle blogger. Follow along as I navigate this new journey sharing my life from home.

Today is a fun day, y'all! I am excited to be participating for the first time in the Swap it Like its Hot Thrift Store Challenge! Thank you to Charlotte from Ciburbanity for organizing this event and inviting me to participate. The way it works is this, we each were assigned another blogger to mail a box full of thrift store goodies. We are then supposed to come up with unique and fun ways to upcycle those items into something new. If you are new around here, I'm Amy, and I love a good thrift store find. It's the thrill of the hunt that gets me excited! I have used many thrift items throughout my home to create an eclectic style.

My box came from my friend, Emily, at Two Purple Couches. I opened it live on Facebook. Here is the video if you missed it.

There were several amazing items in my box that I could definitely see myself using, but decided to concentrate on the bag of wooden beads for this challenge. I'll hang on to the other items for future upcycles!

I have been loving the wooden bead garlands I have seen in home decor lately, so I decided to make my own bead garland and jazz it up with some tassels.

Wood Bead Tassel Garland

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Supplies Needed:

Yarn (your choice of color)

Wooden beads

Twine or wired twine (this is the one I used)

Instructions:

This is a super easy project that was made a lot more difficult for me because my large beads did not have predrilled holes. I used my drill to make holes in my beads. I would recommend buying your beads with the holes already drilled to make this project a snap.

Another tip, I loved this wired twine! It gives your garland a little more structure and weight.

Need help making tassels? I give you a full tutorial in this post.

To put this together, I strung on the beads and tied on the tassels intermittently. For the end, I looped the wire around itself and secured the end.

Want to see what my friend, Rachel, from This is Our Bliss, did with the items I sent her? Head on over there for lots more inspiration. I can't wait to see either, so I'll join ya!

And tune in all week to see what everyone else did with their thrifty treasures!