Craftibilities: festive office space

I love birthdays and I love decorating! Since I kinda set the bar high for the last office birthday, I needed to keep it going. :)

We recently had two birthdays and I wanted each one to be special but a little bit different. Here's what I did!

For the first birthday I made the streamer "jail" as we ended up calling it. Lol!

I love how it turned out.

Panoramic picture makes it look rounded but it's straight.

I used two different color streamers with complimenting colors or different shades of the same color for each row. Orange and red, teal and lime green, light pink and hot pink, etc.

Painter's tape on the ceiling and floor for easy removal.

Once all the colors were taped I gently twisted the streamers and taped to the floor.

Cut excess off streamers.

Since the steamers and flexible she could get in and out without taking in down.

Filled the space with balloons and made another candy bar cake similar to my Butterfinger candy bar cake and Cookies 'n' Cream candy bar cake.

I made this one with recycled boxes but I didn't have the right size. No problem!

I attached the corners together with hot glue and added hot glue on the right and left sides that touched the box. Filled the extra space with foil shreds.

I was also lazy and didn't wrap any of the boxes like the Cookies 'n' Cream cake. The candy pretty much covered everything. I did pre-warn her that I used recycled boxes.

The Whoppers attached together perfectly.

I stacked two boxes inside to make the third row.

Attached individual Reese's around the top.

Saved a box of Robin Eggs (her favorite) from Easter. Topping on the "cake."

Filled in with individual Reese's Cups.

Ta-Da! She loved it!

The next birthday was for a new co-worker that I wasn't sure how she would take my over the top decorating. I decided to scale it down a bit.

I made groups of curling ribbon and tied a knot at the end.

Used painters tape again to attach to the ceiling around her chair above her desk.

It didn't look festive enough so I added some balloons in the center and a Happy Birthday mylar balloon on her desk.

Made her super colorful birthday chocolate dipped oreos.

I prepped all the curling ribbon at home while watching TV so it only took 5 mins to put everything up. Still something special without a lot of time!

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This is my VERY FIRST cutesy Halloween craft I've ever made!!! I'm all about scary, gross, creepy, gruesome, bloody Halloween stuff. I kinda (tiny bit) had fun buying some new Halloween theme supplies.

I've made a deco mesh garland before using a wire track but this was a last minute decision to make and I'm crafting at 2am. :/

No track, craft store not open, BUT bonus.....it's an inexpensive alternative. CARDBOARD!!! 24hr craft store would be awesome! Just sayin'

Supplies:
Deco mesh (Michael's with a coupon and $1 store)
Accessory picks
Cardboard or wire track
Pipe cleaner
Ribbon
Hot glue gun
Hot glue sticks

Styrofoam block or spheres cut in half (optional)

Purchased the little sign, green mesh, and black mesh at Micheal's with a coupon and purple mesh at $1 store. I bought two rolls and used both.

I wanted orange mesh but I couldn't find it in that size. I was surprised since it's Halloween orange but they only had burnt orange or fall colors.

Cut mesh 10"

Cut ribbon 12"

Layer colors of mesh. Keep in mind that if you want all the colors to look even then make at least two of each pattern. If you don't care....mix and match all you want!

Ribbon on top, pinch in the center, use a pipe cleaner to attach together.

Make ~~a billion~~ ~~ton~~ lots of bunches. I ended up using everything. Deco mesh - 1 green, 1 black, 2- (sm) purple, 3 colored ribbon rolls, and 1 pattern ribbon. EVERY scrap was used!!!

I used a side panel from a tri-fold science experiment display board or whatever they are called. :) The rest I used for decorating the office. I cut little styrofoam spheres in half for two reasons. 1.) To have something to secure the sign and picks and 2.) Add a little height in the center.

I thought about only using 3 but once I started testing spacing I decided to use 6.

Tested spacing of the ribbon and planned my pattern to make it symmetrical.

Hot glued in place and ready to attach the deco mesh bunches.

Gather all the curls together and add hot glue to the pipe cleaner and base of mesh. I held in place for a few seconds for hot glue to dry a little so the curls would point up and not lay flat.