Dollar Store Christmas Bells Makeover

I headed to Dollar Tree and found these bells and some rope and headed home.  After some thought, I was pretty certain I knew what I was going to do!

The first thing I did was cut off the pretty red ribbon.

Next, I painted on black paint and then starting dabbing black paint on top of the painted area.  I suppose only the dabbing was necessary, but for some reason in my head, I thought I should do both.

Look at the difference just by adding the black…

Gold paint was dabbed on next…

The bell was looking nice and antiqued…

The rope was next.  I used tape to make it act like a needle so that it’d be easier to use through each tight space.

Next, I painted this dollar store curtain rod with gold paint.  Once again, a lot of dabbing was involved…

I tied bells at unequal lengths onto the rod and moved the bells around until I was happy with how it looked.

…and voila!  My happy little dollar store Christmas bells!!!

The curtain rod was $10.00 from another dollar store and each bell and bundle of rope was $1.25 each!  For about $25.00, I was able to add so much charm to my fireplace.  Bonus points if you have a shower curtain rod just lying around!

I’m so pleased with this project and I’d absolutely love to hear if you do one, too!

Thanks, as always, for stopping by!

Marie 🙂