Design 1

Prep your base.

• Start with a 24” white evergreen teardrop swag base.
• Fluff out the pine needles.
• Take a 10” mesh and work it through the entire swag.
• Take 2 types of 10” mesh and cut 4 x 20” pieces of each.
• Take the mesh and make cruffles by curling in the edges and pinching the middle together.
• Add the cruffles to the swag, alternating colors as you go.

Add your wooden leprechaun.

• Take your wooden leprechaun and add mounting squares to the back of it.
• Add your wooden leprechaun to the center of the swag using pipe cleaners.

Make and add your half bows and ribbon tails.

• Take 5 ribbons and make a half bow with 1 loop each.
• Layer your bows.
• Secure your bow with pipe cleaners.
• Add your half bow to the bottom center of the swag.
• Fluff out your bow.
• Dovetail the ends, keeping the tails long.
• Take 5 ribbons and make a half bow with 1 loop each.
• Layer your bows.
• Secure your bow with pipe cleaners.
• Add your half bow to the top center of the swag.
• Fluff out your bow.
• Dovetail the ends.
• Take 2 ribbons and cut a few pieces for ribbon tails.
• Dovetail the ends.
• Add the ribbon tails around the swag.

Add in your greenery and ornament.

• Add in some ivy bushes.
• Add in a few shamrock bushes.
• Add in some gold fern.
• Add in some filler flowers.
• Add in an ornament to the bottom bow.

Design 2

Create your lantern swag

• Join 2 shamrock bushes together at the edges to make a small swag.
• Secure the swag with zip ties.
• Add in a wooden shamrock to the top of the swag.
• Add in some gold fern.
• Take 2 ribbons and make a bow with 2 loops each.
• Take 1 ribbon and make a bow with 4 loops.
• Layer your bows.
• Secure your bows with a pipe cleaner.
• Add your bow to the center of the swag using the pipe cleaner.
• Dovetail the ends.
• Fluff out the bow.
• Add an ornament to the center of the bow using glue.