Sometimes you have an idea and just can’t find that one element to complete it.  That was the case with this fun gnome garland we wanted to make. We could find wooden red beads and white beads but no green beads. And we found that if you are trying to buy a large quantity locally they can be very expensive.

So here is our tip, buy wooden bead garland and take it apart! The cost is so much better and you get a lot more beads! That being said, we found black, grey, white and red but nothing this year had green.  So we bought the natural wood garland and painted it! This was the first time we have done this so it took a little experimenting to get the paint/water mixture the right consistency, but we did it!

We just used a sandwich bag to mix the paint and water in, rolled a couple of beads in it at a time, took them out on a toothpick and set them to dry on portion cups! You need to check them so they don’t get a glob of paint on the bottom and rotate them on the toothpick so they don’t stick to it.

We think the garland turned out darling! 

And yes you can buy this or order your own custom colors! $25.00+tax

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