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<\/p>\nThis is our first Christmas in our new home. I has high ceilings and a big archway that I wanted to decorate fancier than normal. My daughter had a great idea using plain green garland.
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I cut the garland into approximately 14″ lengths. ![\"Brighten](\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Make-Your-Own-Fancy-DIY-Garland-2b.jpg\")
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One longer piece was stapled up over the arch as the base.\u00a0![\"Brighten](\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Make-Your-Own-Fancy-DIY-Garland-3.jpg\")
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Next, the 14″ pieces were doubled over and stapled along the base piece all the way around.![\"Brighten](\"https:\/\/craftyourhappiness.com\/abode\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Make-Your-Own-Fancy-DIY-Garland-4.jpg\")
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Next we took 2 types of wide holiday ribbon and stapled it over the the garland.
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It looked great! We happened to have some large pinecones lying around and decided to add those using wire.
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Amazing! It will have to be disassembled after the holidays but if you are careful you could reuse it!
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