thankful garland

after being gone for five days, i was able to spend a day at home...ahh...

amidst the piles of laundry, catching up on blog reading and 

trying to restore our place to its somewhat clean & pile-free state,

i finally made the thankful garland i'd been looking forward to creating.
back in october, i considered making something more like this,
but never purchased the supplies and just didn't have the time.
then, i bought fabric a few weeks ago with the intent of
creating my first bunting banner, however i have not purchased
a sewing machine yet, so paper garland it is:

it wasn't exactly what i had planned, since i have not yet purchased 

a sewing machine, but it certainly makes our living room look festive!

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