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Given that her mother is an avowed diva, it should come as no surprise to you that Princess P's room is VERY girly. I've decorated it in a shabby chic sort of idea that involves a lot of flowers and sparkly stuff. Here I'll show you what I did along with instructions to make your own.

Gem & Flower Mobile

Materials you'll need:

- glue gun & glue sticks

- 6" (or bigger, if you like) foam wreath

- sheer ribbon in color you like - about 12' long by 2" wide

- artificial flowers - depending on the size, you'll need anywhere from 6 to 12

- gem beads

- fishing line

- sheer ribbon in another color - 1/2" wide. Just get the whole roll - every one is different and there are no hard & fast rules here on how much to use.

1. Wrap the 2" wide ribbon around the wreath to cover the green floral foam. You'll probably go around it a few times. I used 2 different colors on mine. Use your glue gun to fasten the ribbon.

2. Cut a 8" piece of the thin sheer ribbon and glue each end to the wreath opposite from each other. Then repeat with another 8" piece laid crosswise over it. Then repeat with a third piece of ribbon. To explain better, you want to glue two pieces of ribbon over the wreath to make what looks like a pie. This is how we'll hang the mobile.

3. Cut another piece of narrow ribbon, this one about 10" long. Glue each end to the wreath. This is where you'll hook your fishing line to hang it from the ceiling.

4. Now comes the hard part. Thread the gems onto ribbons cut different lengths - I had a couple of 8" pieces, a few 10" pieces, one big 12" piece, etc. I actually used a safety pin to feed the ribbon through the holes pierced in the gem. It's slow, finicky work, but worth it. Once you have the gems hung on the ribbons, tie knots at the end to keep them from sliding off. Try putting two or three gems on one ribbon for a pretty look, as well. Glue the ribbons to the wreath - put a few closer to the middle, a few closer to the outside. Space them evenly around the wreath. Tie a couple of the ribbons with the gems to the center of the wreath where the crossed ribbons meet as well.

5. Once the glue has hardened and all the ribbons are hung, glue your flowers on. Make sure to cover as much of the wreath as you can. Then get your big piece of ribbon on top and tie a knot in the middle (to create a loop.) Make the loop about 1" long. You can string gems on here as well if you like. Tie a length of fishing line to the loop but don't cut it - this is where you'll decide how high to hang your mobile. I used a white thumb tack in the ceiling to hang mine (this mobile will be quite light, as long as you didn't use a wooden wreath as your base) and just looped the fishing line where I wanted it hung. I trimmed off the extra line. Pretty!