Hello friends,

We’re only a week away from Christmas! Wow! I know that many of you are probably finished with your holiday decorating, but I like to wait until we’re about 2 weeks away from Christmas to put up my real evergreen garland. Why? Well, because it tends to get dry so fast and I don’t like to clean up after it! :-)

So, in this post, I’m showing you ideas on how to embellish your real garland to give it character as you hang it. I’ll use my staircase as an example of what I do. I like to pick my garland up from Costco because it is so affordable and comes in 9’ sections but a local garden shop or grocery store may also carry it. You can also use these tips on faux garland, too!

Here’s the process I use in decorating with real garland:

1. Attach garland with pipe cleaners, twine or wire ribbon.

This year, I used black ribbon to attach my garland to the banister. I think it looks classy and therefore I don’t mind it showing but if you prefer your ribbon not to show, I recommend wire or a green pipe cleaner

2. Attach bows/ribbon to sections.

I hang the bows from the areas where I’ve attached the garland to the banister. I like to use two types of ribbon (both tied together) - which gives it a bit more flair. Isn’t this striped ribbon that I found at Michael’s Store so classy?