Drum roll please.....

the winner is comment #9 - mayangelstar. My methods were entirely scientific, by the way. I asked my oldest daughter to pick a number between 1 and 11. :-)

Thank you, guys, for playing along. Hopefully you read of an idea or two that you think you can try.

So, mayangelstar, I need your address, please. Now I'm off to make your garland. I love playing with beads. :-)