When I first discovered tissue tassels, I made them for parties, holiday decor, and even created a tissue tassel mobile for my baby’s nursery. The downside of the tissue paper tassels is that they can get torn or smashed easily. I wanted to incorporate them in my toddler’s bedroom but I knew she would ruin the the tissue ones so I went with YARN instead!

I found this awesome Neon Pink yarn at JoAnn’s (Lion Brand), along with some Red Heart boutique yarns on clearance (Trio for the blue tassels, and Sashay for the silver ones). Here’s what I used to make my tassels:

• Yarn (Lion Brand – 81 yard skein made 6 tassels)
• Something to wrap your yarn around that is the desired length of your tassel (a clipboard worked perfect for these 8″ tassels)
• Scissors

The process for making a yarn tassel is so easy! It is a perfect thing to do while you are watching a movie or catching up on Netflix. 1. Take the end of the yarn and hold it in place on the front of the bottom of the board. Now wrap it over the front and around the clipboard. Keep wrapping it until you have the desired thickness for your tassel. I wrapped mine 18 times. 2. Cut the yarn at the bottom of your board. 3. Now you will cut a small piece of yarn to tie the tassel together. Mine was about 8 or 9 inches but I just eyeballed it. 4. Thread the smaller piece of yarn underneath your rows of yarn and pull it to the top of the board. 5. Tie it together once, and hold the ends securely. Now flip the board over to the other side (still holding on to the yarn at the top.) 6. Now you are ready to cut! Cut the yarn carefully across the bottom of the board, and that’s it! Starting to look like a tassel, huh? Make sure the ends are even and then tie the top once more into a knot to make it secure. 7. Now you will cut one last piece of yarn, a little longer than double the length of your tassel. Just eyeball it! 8. Use this piece to tie off your tassel, about an inch down from the top. Tie in a knot and trim the ends to match your tassel length. ALL DONE!! Once I got going, it only took me about 3 or 4 minutes per tassel. Aren’t they gorgeous?

Here is what my daughter’s bed skirt looked like before:

It is really cute, but I wanted to add some color since her comforter is also white. I decided to add my tasssels at the top of the bedskirt for a few reasons… First, it was really easy to attach them and they are not permanently sewed on, so I can still take them off and wash the bedskirt easily. I used regular masking tape to attach them to the part of the bed skirt that’s hidden by the mattress. Second, Her comforter is a twin size on a full bed, so it doesn’t hang much over the sides. The way I attached the tassels, I can see the full tassel and it looks like they are almost part of the comforter when her bed is made. I like how it looks both ways!

My daughter loves the new “icing” on her bed!

You can check out some other projects in my daughter’s room here. Thanks for having me Jen!

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Thanks Holly! The tassels added to the bedskirt make it so fun! I love the bright colors, and the whimsical feel to your daughter’s bed. What little girl wouldn’t love that? Holly has amazing ideas on her blog, My Sister’s Suitcase. Here are a few of her recent projects that I think you should check out:

These Easy Handprint Father’s Day Cards are such a good idea for a sweet, personalized card for Father’s Day!

And if you’re looking for a good summer organization project, this post with 4 Ways to Refresh Your Garage for Summer is a great place to start!

They also just opened their own Etsy Shop where you can buy amazing home decor like this Hexagon Accent Wall.

Make sure you follow My Sister’s Suitcase!!

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Here’s a little DIY project we made for Hannah’s room. There was a space on her wall by the little desk area we created. I thought it might be the perfect place for her to hang little purses or scarves. And we added some colorful knobs to make it pretty.

We used some left over molding from the little house I am working on, so it really only cost the price of the knobs we used. I bought the knobs from Hobby Lobby. They were 50% off too – yay.

I got a router for my birthday last year, and it’s been fun figuring out how to use it. A big thank you to my father-in-law and husband  for helping me figure it out and showing me all of the router bits and how to use them.  For this project we used a simple rounded bit.

Here’s how we made this little project:

1. Measure the space that you want the display to go on and cut your boards to match. I used 3.5 inch MDF and 5.5 MDF and then trimmed the smaller board 1 inch on each end to match the inch on the sides.
2. Then we routed the edges of the boards all the way around, including the ends.
3. To attach the boards together, we added wood glue between the boards and then flipped it over and screwed the two together from the underside.
4. At this point we also drilled two spaces on the back to hang the board on the wall. Then I spray painted the board.
5. After that I took the number of knobs and then measured the space on the board and then marked the board.
6. Now to make the knobs stay on the board and hold things on, we had to get creative. We drilled a hole the same size as the screw in each knob where we had marked the board. Then we drilled a bigger hole in the back of the board at that same place, so the two holes met up. The hole in the back was big enough so that the nut would fit inside, but smaller than the hole in the front. That way when the knob went through the front, I could put the nut in the hole in the back and then screw the knob in and the nut tightened the knob onto the board.

Once the knobs were attached, we hung the board on the wall. And to make it even more secure, we added a few Command Strips to the back of the board.

So now Hannah has a little place to keep her purses and special accessories.

And it is all tucked behind the door and uses that empty space.

Have a Happy Day!

xoxo

PS — I have a fun project coming up tomorrow and a surprise.

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