Prettying Up the Place with Pom-Poms!

I'm writing today to bring you another update to the library decor. Unlike most of my ideas, this one was conceptualised, planned and carried out within the space of a week! In the library, there are a lot of support beams high up on the ceiling, not to mention an awful lot of plain ceiling space. I've been brainstorming how to jazz up this space to make the library more jolly and attractive. When I came across this idea this week, I felt that I had found something that might work.

Using Cicelie's excellent tutorial that I found on Chintzy Couture (via Pinterest), I decided that it couldn't be too difficult, even for a non-crafty person like me. I cut up a small cardboard box into two circular templates and set about wrapping up my tulle, similar to how you would make traditional woolen pom-poms. I have a very faint memory of attempting a woolen pom-pom when I was about 5 or 6 years old in a Rainbow group, which was only brought back when I started this craft!

This is a shot of about half of the tulle pom-poms finished. I was absent minded and didn't think to take photos of my creation process. If you want a guide, though, the tutorial I linked above has really great information (and additional discussion in the comments). I read through it in the morning and spent the day making pom-poms.

The finished result:

I got enough material for 15 tulle pom-poms in total: 5 blue, 5 white and 5 pink. I spent most of my Friday balancing on library tables and stringing them up. I'm quite pleased with the result.