Easy (and cheap) Christmas Swag

The most wonderful time of the year is here!!
I know, I know, it's been a while.  I'm swamped, what can I say.  I'm sure you can relate.


The other day I was pricing out Christmas decorations, and I have to say, maybe in past years I wasn't paying attention to how pricey some of this stuff actually was.  I wanted some pine swags over the doors in the house.  Indoors I go for artificial. I don't want to risk getting sap on the woodwork. Outdoors, is real all the way!  (Next week, I'm going to tell you how to make a wreath for you door, and about a hundred feet of garland, all for around $30.)


Anyway, I was at Joann's looking at the swags, and even with 50% off, the dollar signs were adding up because I wanted 4 of them.  Then I found these....I don't know what they really are, I would assume they are "stems" of pine for making flower arrangements.  They only cost $2.50 each!   

I only used two for each swag and a little jewelery wire I already had.

I overlapped the stems in the back.  (front view)

(back view)

Secure the stems in the back with the wire.  I used 3 pieces of wire, one in the center, and then on each end.

Luckily, I didn't have to put up any fasteners, there was already a small nail that I was able to use.  If you don't already have a hidden nail on your doorway, command hooks are the greatest invention of all time.

I will be sharing this project with these awesome link parties!

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