happy monday!
well if you know me at all, you know that i love, i mean love pom poms,
lanterns, and things that hang. my college apartments were filled with paper lanterns of all variations, and our wedding was filled with..
handmade flower poms
& paper lanterns
a paper lantern just screams fun to me.
and when you light them, oh man, you just can get any better than that.
i just found this new diy, from once wed, that combines them both! how excited did i get? well i ran out and got some yellow fabric, re-used a paper lantern from my baby shower, plugged in my glue gun and got to work! just a small warning, use
a small paper lantern, like 4 or 6 inch. i used a 10 in and ended up making thousands of little folded flowers. but in the end, worth it! i made mine to hang above harper's crib, i eventually want to make two more, i always decor to be in three's, just a little fetish of mine. but they can be used for wedding, events, parties, baby mobiles, or placed in a large bowl or vase. oh so many possibilities. try it out!
anything is possible with a hot glue gun.
cut circles in fabric, about 2-4 inches wide,
depending on how big you want your flower.
you'll need about 50-100, try layering your fabric for faster cutting
fold your circle in half, and glue.
fold in half one more time and glue again.
here are your flowers!
of course, sampson needed to help out
glue your flowers on, covering the entire lantern
and here is the masterpiece
lurve it! i've got some different shaped lanterns i think i'll try this out with if i ever find my glue gun! i'm really good at tidying thing up only to never find them again. grr!
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