Hi everyone! :) Julie with you here today and I wanted to share a hanging mobile that I made for one of my other DT's that I am on :)
Our challenge for my other DT was to make a hanging mobile... and at first - I actually wasn't going to do the challenge...as I couldn't figure out an idea for this one...then one day I was looking through a catalog that came in my mail... and LOOKY there -----inspiration from a catalog :)
Of course, mine's not solar powered lol!! But I have some ornaments that my Mom painted for me several years ago... and I thought.. I can do something like this! So, I did! :)
This is what I started out with :)
The round box is a box I found at Michaels awhile ago - since the lid was missing - I got it on clearance for dirt cheap ;) Gotta love a bargain :) Before I put paper on the round box, I poked holes in it to make room for my wires :)
I used a pencil to wrap the wire around to give it the curly look :)
I thought Nikki's Gingerbread Land was perfect for my mobile :)
And here is my mobile all put together :)
For the punch outs that I placed on top - I used my X-acto knife to cut a slit in the round box and then just carefully put the punch outs in the slit to stand them up :)
The punch outs were also very easy to glue onto my Mom's ornaments and to cover the part where my curly wires met up with the ornament hooks - I simply glued the punch outs to cover those spots! :)
You can see in this photo that I added paper on the under side of the round box :) Since this is hanging up high -- I wanted to make sure that the kraft side wouldn't show :) Also you can see in this photo that all I did was push my curly wires through the holes I had poked in the beginning and then I just gathered the wires at the top and twisted them all together to stay in place :)
Make sure to stop by tomorrow as Nikki has a FREE gift or all of YOU that will help you with the hustle and bustle of your Holiday's! :)
Thanks for stopping by! We appreciate it :)
~~Julie :)
