Create a time-line / checklist: This week copying and laminating - Next week: buy or beg materials - Two weeks: covering display boxes with matching paper - Three weeks: collect books matching the display....
Be careful with your fingers (blow - blow) the glue is very hot and you easily get blisters
Each object needs its own space. Think of a shop window that is more than full with appliances, you can’t distinguish one object from the other, while carefully placed objects attract the attention.
Christmas display (round tube)
Making a Christmas decoration can be very satisfactory. It makes the celebration much more personal (and less expensive) and you can use materials from previous years in a way they look totally new. Have also a look at Christmas Wreath for another inexpensive and easy way to make a Christmas decoration.
What you need:
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Hoop(s) (2 dollar shop, comes in a small package and needs to be assembled) or rubber tube or hose (approx. 1.5 cm) for drainage or irrigation (25 m for $8.00 at Mitre Ten or Hammer
Hardware shop)
- Colored ribbon or paper
- Tape
- Christmas decorations (new or old ones from previous years)
- Some green from trees (optional)
What to do:
Assemble the hoop to create a circle. If you use a rubber tube or hose: cut off the length needed. Cut off another 10 cm and cut the little piece open with knife or scissors then push it over both ends of the first piece to make a circle. I used a hoop from the 2 dollar shop and cut strips of used gold colored wrapping paper 3 cm wide to cover the hoop.
Making these displays took me 2 hours 
Wrap the paper or ribbon around the circle and tape or staple it to the tube. Tie a ribbon to the hoop so that it can hang from the ceiling or on the wall. For decoration you can use anything from Christmas balls to green branches with red berries from your garden. I used silver decoration with a white dove to decorate the golden circle. Another idea emerged when my partner showed me some green branches with lovely red berries in our garden. I
attached it to the hoop and added some little apples for decoration. To keep it really cheap but with some more preparation you can use blow out eggs and paint them. The two dollar shop had also some fantastic large Christmas bags (indeed 2 dollars) and with some of my own decoration it gave a totally different Christmas image.
The large glass vase with colored Christmas lights is soooo easy to create and has an instant impact.
You can also put some dry branches from last years pruning in the vase and decorate it with Christmas lights. Very stylish and easy to do….
The second hoop I wrapped in red paper and used some silvery and gold colored Christmas bags to adorn the hoop. As you can see: the list can go on forever. Whatever you hang into the hoop, it will look fantastic and a few hoops hanging from the ceiling with Christmas decorations in the same theme will make quite an impression.
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And.....Keep an open mind for unusual, funny or cartoon-like images in magazines, books and daily papers like the image above that was featured on the front page of Canvas magazine, Cut them out or copy them and store them for when you need inspiration. One unusual image can be the base for an imaginative display. You don't need to do all the hard work yourself.
You can hang little objects like birds, light bulbs, little books, art objects etc from the frame. Voile fabric draped over the frame will give it an extra elegance.... let your imagination run wild and try it out!