DIY: ombre tassel wall hanging

As I mentioned here, these rope tassels have become my favorite little project.  I love how the citron colored one came out for the nursery, and I wanted to make one more for our room.  In our bedroom, there is a "dressing area".  The closet is pretty small compared to most masters, so Jason nicely gave me the space, and took a big closet right outside our bedroom.  I have been thinking that the dressing area could be really cute if I added a few things, so I decided to make a smaller version of the tassel wall hanging. 

Here are the supplies you need and steps to make it happen.

SUPPLIES: dowel rod, rope (I found mine at a craft store here, in the sewing/curtain/tassel section), twine to hang, small twine to assemble, scissors, paint brush, paint.

*You can use all the same size/style of rope, but I picked up a few different widths/styles, to mix it up.

STEPS:
1. Cut all your rope, to make the tassels.  Depending on how thick the rope is, depends on how many strands of rope in one tassel you will need.  This is really your preference.  I did about 8-15, around 24" in length, depending on the width of the rope.
2. Loop the rope to where all the ends are pretty even.  Tie the smaller twine around the top, about 2 or so inches down.
3. - 4.  After the small twine is tied (really just to hold together) wrap a different style (if you have it) of rope around the smaller twine a few times, and tie in a knot at the back.
5.  Repeat for as many tassels as you want to make.
6. - 7. Tie a piece of twine to the top of the tassels.  I kind of loop it through the back/middle of the tassels, and tie a knot.  Make this piece of twine long, about 12" - 18".  You can later decide how long each tassel will hang, and trim accordingly.  This will later be tied to the dowel rod.
8. - 9. Time to paint.  If you can't find your exact colors you want, buy some paints to mix it up!
10. Take the dry paint brush and paint the bottom half of the tassels.  Be generous with the paint at the tips of the tassels, and as you move up, use less paint.  Make sure to move the tassel around a bit as you paint, and flip over, so you can get paint everywhere you want it.  After painting all the tassels, leave them to dry.
11.  Once the tassels are dry, add some wood beads if desired, (I rubbed some olive oil on them to make the wood richer) and tie the tassels to the wood dowel.  space evenly.
YOUR DONE!  Ready to hang.  Enjoy!
CRAFTER'S NOTE:
I thought the tassels would look awesome with some gold leafed tips.  I tried it out (see last picture) but the rope soaked up the leaf adhesive too much, and the gold sheets didn't stick as much as I had wanted.  So my tassels have spots of gold on them, instead of fully gold tips.  Oh well, you craft and learn!!