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Tassel Garland Tutorial
Friday, January 30, 2015
Today I am going to show you how I made the tassel garland that I made for Amelia's first birthday on Sunday.
I picked up these tissue papers in a local card shop and really loved the colours especially the mint green. I also found some washi tape in my stash that match quite well.
I cut the tissue paper into strips. I think I took the harder route of making the tassel's like this rather than keeping the tissue paper whole and cutting strips into it, but I started it like this so continued.
Next I gathered some of the strips and folded them in half and taped them up making a little loop of the top to thread the yarn though to hang it up.
I just added the tassel's to some yarn and put the yarn through the loop twice so keep the tassel's in place.
I hung the garland up under some shelves above my dining table and placed the yarn number one that I showed on Wednesday, above the garland.
I really like the colour combinations of the tassel garland and the yarn number and worked well with the stone colour of the wall.
It was so easy to make, adds a lovely pop of colour and you could make one for any occasion.
This, like the yarn number, will probably be put on a wall in the girls room to add some more colour.
What do you think to this simple garland? Let me know.
Yarn Number One Tutorial
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
On Monday, I showed some pictures of Amelia's first birthday and showed some of the things I had made. Today I am going to show you how I made the yarn number one.
To make the number, I used some cardboard. I started off with one piece but in the end, ended up using three pieces to make it stronger. I went with some pink yarn and also gathered the tools I needed.
To make the number one shape I kind of just draw it freehand but you could print a number from word or something similar.
I cut out the shape with a craft knife and just made sure the edges were clean and not jagged.
Next, I started wrapping the yarn around the cardboard making sure I taped the end to begin with.
I carried on wrapping the yarn around the cardboard until I had wrapped it around in both directions and then wrapped the yarn around a few more times a bit more randomly to secure the yarn more.
This is the finished result. I was really pleased with the way it turned out and love the colour of the yarn.
I was going to embellish the number with bows and flowers but in the end I decided to keep it simple and just added a bow clip that I had made for the girls at Christmas and I really love the mint green with the pink.
Here is the yarn number hung on the wall and I just slotted it on to a nail gently between some of the yarn.
This took me a little longer to make than I originally thought it would because I needed to add more layers of cardboard but once I had sorted out that it was really easy to wrap the yarn around.
I think this makes such a cute birthday decoration and you can keep this on a wall in the child's bedroom, which is what I intend to do.
What do think? Is it something you would try? Let me know.
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