{ombre garland diy with emily}

Hey, Emily here, from Could Be Interesting. I'm here filling in a blog post while Lauren is living it up on her honeymoon! Have a cocktail for me L!

I've created a fun crepe paper garland in an Ombré pattern to share with you all today.

Materials:

3 Varying Colors of Crepe Paper

Washi Tape, I used Black & Gold

Two White Lollipop Sticks

White Thread

Large Sewing Needle

String or Bakers Twine

Scissors

First garland tuturial

1. Cut out strips of crepe paper about 16 inches long. Four or more strips of each color.

2. Starting at the end of the first strip, gently fold the paper around and around to form a flower like pattern. Holding tight on to one end, the flower will expand the more folds you wrap around.

3. Cut a 2 inch piece of tape to wrap around the end of the flower you just made. 

4. Follow these steps until you have the desired amount of flowers in each color.

5. For this garland I took a needle and thread, made a knot at one end and threaded a white flower, followed by a light pink flower, and finally the dark pink flower. I made four rows.

6. Taking your tape and candy sticks tightly attach a 6 inch long piece of bakers twine to the sticks using tape. Then take each threaded set of flowers and tightly tie them to the the string so they gently hang. 

7. Use this to decorate a cake or a plate of food of your choosing. 

Second garland tutorial

1. Cut out strips of crepe paper about 16 inches long. Four or more strips of each color.

2. Starting at the end of the first strip, gently fold the paper around and around to form a flower like pattern. Holding tight on to one end, the flower will expand the more folds you wrap around.

3. Cut a 2 inch piece of tape to wrap around the end of the flower you just made. 

4. Follow these steps until you have the desired amount of flowers in each color.

5. For this garland I took a needle and thread, made a knot at one end and threaded four white flowers. Then four light pink, and then four dark pink flowers. Making sure to leave some room on each end.

6. Taking your candy sticks tie both ends of the strands to each stick. I tied them in a bow, but decided to wrap some gold tape around to make sure it was tight enough.

I got inspiration for this after creating a fun little decoration for a Cinco De Mayo brunch. So when Lauren asked me to do a guest post, I immediately thought of her wedding and something fun that could have gone along with her theme. I know she was going for more of a peach color rather than pink, but I went with what I had on hand. Her colors being black, white, peach/pink, and gold (if I recall correctly). 

I had a blast working with this crepe paper and was surprised at how simple it was to put together! I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.

Thanks, Lauren for the opportunity! Congratulations on your wedding. I can only imagine what a beautiful bride you made! Hope you are having a blast on your honeymoon!

xoxo,

Emily from Could Be Interesting