I honestly don’t know how I lived my life till now without a garland hanging about - and you will too once you make this. The materials are simple, and it’s a relatively quick craft (about one episode of dexter should cover it) so it fulfills any instant gratification needs you may have ;)

You need: a thick needle, some beads (I like the rustic feel of wood but feel free to use anything else), string (again, I love hemp but use anything you like), and some paper origami hearts from this tutorial here. I’m using some newspaper squares I cut out from last week’s paper - yay for reusing :)

1. Poke a hole at the two “tops” of all your hearts - wiggle your needle around to create bigger holes if you’re using a thick string/cord.

2. Thread your heart.

3 & 4. I looped around the bead because I wanted to keep it in place & not have it move around. However, if you like your beads to move around depending on how you’re hanging it, just thread it through and forget about the loop.

5. I looped around the 2 beads at the end & not the middle to save string - it accomplishes the same effect.

6. Repeat steps 1 through 5 until you run out of hearts.

Voila!