Thrifty Thursday: Holiday Garland

Its Thrifty Thursday! Today is the day I share craft projects that are virtually free. 

Today's craft is a holiday garland that uses stuff most people already have around the house. I found this fun site that has downloadable patterns all ready to be 
cut in strips, making it So easy!

Here's what you need:

-Computer paper

-Colored ink in your printer

-Scissors or paper cutter 

(Paper cutters are AMAZING. Get one if you don't have one already!)

-A stapler/or glue

Here's what you do:

-Go here to download some fun patterns

-Print your patterns out

-Cut your strips out and then cut them each in half

-Staple or glue your chain together 
(I stapled mine...my mantra is "Aint no body got time for that!" 
So I wasn't about to sit there and glue each paper...)

(Some tips: lay your strips in the order you want your pattern. I was sure that I was going to mess it up, but surprisingly I didn't! This helped. And you can see in the picture that I left a strip of white when cutting. This was just out of laziness, but you can't see it when stapled. Just saves a little time.)

Pretty simple! What I like about this is that The dimensions are already made up and I can save the files and make one each year. I will try storing mine with the Christmas decorations, but I'm pretty sure it will get smashed. 

Thanks whipup.net for the cute patterns!