to the felt base I used my hot glue gun! Glue right along the gathered edge all the way across the circle. I decided to only do half of the circle base -- because my tree is in a corner of the room, so the other half is toward the back of the tree and harder to see, especially when gifts are under the tree. Saved me some time. Then I hot glued the striped ribbon so that it slightly overlapped the gathered edge of the ruffles. Lastly, I tucked the ends of the ribbons under the base and hot glued them in place. I ended up using a whole bolt of the burlap ribbon for this project and maybe half of the striped ribbon. I LOVE how it turned out!! I love the solids and stripes together, as well as the ruffles and the flat ribbon together! And I love how it came together pretty easily with ribbon and hot glue. Try it! I'm so excited to see what the other bloggers have designed! Michaels will be sharing my tree along with the trees of the other participants next week, so be sure to connect with them via Facebook , Twitter , or Pinterest. Disclosure: This is the second post in a series of posts sponsored by Michaels Stores . I was provided with gift cards and free product in return for participating in this challenge. All thoughts and opinions are my own -- I shop at Michaels often