Hello ‘Or so she says…’ readers! I’m so happy to be here sharing one of my posts with you!My name is Lish and I blog over at Imprintalish. My blog is a lifestyle blog loaded with photos and tales of life with my two little guys, 2 years old and 6 months old. Imprintalish is my place to write about our daily adventures and unleash my creativity, posting pretty things from Etsy finds to DIY Tutorials and everything in between. I hope you enjoy what I have for you today!
There were so many mobiles that caught my eye as I was looking for inspiration for little ‘Pea Pods’ room. I finally took a few ideas and combined them to make this one. It was pretty simple and I loved how it turned out!
Materials needed:
Colored & Patterned cardstock
Shape cutter
Thread
Needle
Embroidery Hoop
Ribbon
Glue Gun
Fishing Line
Hook
Cut out a variety of circles, ovals, whatever shape you like. I used ovals.
With a thread and needle string them together in any random order, varying the lengths of thread.
Tie each length to an embroidery hoop.
Wrap the embroidery hoop with ribbon, securing the ends with hot glue. In hindsight, I should have done this first before tying the strands on, but I was trying to hide the thread…so whichever way works for you! Doing it this way just means you have to equally spread out all the threads beforehand. I then used 3 pieces of fishing line to secure to a hook in the ceiling and then ‘fluffed’ each oval into the perfect place!
and….TADA!
~ Lish
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I love it, so cool! I want one of those above MY bed!!
Theres so many options for it too…a butterfly or car shape would be cool if you wanted to be gender specific!
Did you have to tie a knot below each oval?
Hi Kelz,
I didn’t tie a knot, but if your using it in front of a window that will be open or in a room with a fan, you might need to secure them with a drop of glue or a knot! In the summer months the ovals on my sons mobile sometimes floated around…but I was ok with that!
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