Sock Garland



Our mantel is decorated with a Sock Garland this year.
Merry Christmas 2012!




In addition to more traditional stockings,
there are infant socks and
a pair of Elf Britches.




Outgrown baby socks are embellished with
tiny ornaments or big, bright jingle bells.
Yes!  That's one of Daniel's famous Magic Socks in the middle.



The adult kids have stockings I made from
decorative linen kitchen towels in 2010.
Painted chipboard letters personalize each one.



This started life as
a decorative linen kitchen towel.
With ribbon, rickrack, and star jingle bells,
it's now a stocking.




Christmas 2011, we were waiting for
the February 2012 arrival of Daniel.
This is the stocking we hung last year.



Little red patent boots look like they belong to an elf.



Daniel's stocking for this year is
Elf Britches!
Every grandbaby needs a double-wide stocking,
don't you agree?!

I dreamed of this sock garland for a long time, but was stumped about its execution until I Googled sock garland images.  Thanks to the pictures, I added tiny embellishments to the baby socks, and voila!, that's just what it needed.

In case you're interested in the details:
+wide polka dot ribbon--Hobby Lobby
+Elf Britches--HEB grocery store
+red boots--WalMart (maybe 5 years ago?)
+linen kitchen towels--discount stores like Ross & Marshalls