Bling a chandelier in two minutes!

Here's what I blinged today:

My ugly dining room chandelier!  Here's the plain, everyday chandy:

Okay, maybe it's not truly hideously ugly.  Just overly ornate and faux.  And I can't wait for it to accidentally become chipped or damaged or stop working or somehow be stolen by thieves in the night.  Chandelier thieves, yeah, uh-huh.

But I came up with this two-minute blingification for the holidays, and I am almost charmed into thinking my chandelier looks cute.

Want to see how quick and easy this was?  Here goes!  My chandy has six arms.  So I found six glass bead necklaces:

I bought them online for less than a buck apiece.  You could also string them yourself from random beads of any size, shape or material.

Or popcorn!  Cranberries!  Anything!  Be as creative as you like.  Basically, you want continuous-loop necklaces of something pretty.  For my wide chandelier, I used 36-inch loops.  Adjust smaller or larger for the size of your fixture.

There are just two simple steps.

Loop the necklaces over the arms, like so:

Let's say that took a minute and a half.

Then take a piece of ribbon, and use it to gather all the necklaces together in the center.  Tie a knot.

Done!  Two minutes flat.

If you have a cute chandelier to start with, yours will look even nicer.

Bling away, my elves!  Bling away.

Postscript: Thank you SO MUCH to everybody who left such insightful comments on yesterday's post about a copyright issue.  A fascinating topic and a bit of a gray area.  You all helped me think it through and feel better!  I love you guys.