DIY Ribbon Chandelier

The round-up of decorations from this year’s birthday extravaganza continues. To see all the birthday party posts, please click here.

We had such fun making the party decorations for this year’s birthday extravaganza!

These simple, festive chandeliers were easy to make, fashioned out of ribbon remnants and embroidery hoops from our local craft supplies resale shop.

We cut lengths of ribbon, then taped them to the inside of the outer embroidery hoop in such a way that the tape is all but invisible once you put the hoop back together.

At this point we decided the double ribbon was over the top, so we chopped off half of each ribbon (just below the place where we taped the ribbon to the inner embroidery hoop):

David hung the ribbon chandeliers for us above our coffee table (that we moved into the middle of the living room for the party).

I love how a simple project can transform the room and set a festive tone. The pink ribbons are out; we’re ready to party!

Well, almost! In the photo, above, from Sunday morning, someone had yet to don her fabulous fancy party outfit:

That’s better. We had such fun!