Do Your Own: Morse Code Garland

The other day I was pondering how to make a random circle garland.  I always inadvertently make patterns, but I thought a random garland would be visually interesting.  And after a few mental zigzags I hit upon the idea of making a garland in Morse code.  

Did you know that a dash is equal to three dots? Ya learn something new every day.

For our garland I spelled out Springtime, which seemed appropriate.  I used:

• a 2 inch circle punch 
• a 1 inch circle punch
• various pieces of decorative paper in a springtime color palette
• baker's twine 

After figuring out the Morse code for "Springtime," I punched out the circles.

I cut my baker's twine long enough for the fireplace

Then I began gluing using my glue gun (though double sided tape or glue stick would also work).  I left a space in between each letter.  It took the better part of forever (or at least, it seemed like it), and I spelled out "Springtime" twice to get the length I needed.

And that is it!  

I'm kind of fascinated by Morse Code now-- I found this print that would go perfectly in Jeremy's office...

print from here

So, what do you think?