I’ve been crushing on tassel garlands recently – the confetti system ones in Lane Crawford are lush! I recently had a go at making a little set of my own. This was one of my project’s you’ll find in Cosmo Australia this month – along with a bunch of others.
You Need:
- 10 sheets of assorted coloured tissue paper.
- A rotary cutter
- 2 m of twine or rope
- Clear sticky tape
- A cutting board
How to:
- Take a sheet of tissue paper and fold twice to form a smaller rectangle.
- Orientate the long fold of the rectangle away from you on the cutting board.
- Using the rotary cutter and leaving a centimeter at the top, cut the tissue paper into 1 cm strips.
- Unfold the rectangle and orientate the spine or uncut part of the tissue paper toward you.
- Carefully roll the spine up to form a roll of tassel with fringe on either side.
- Use stickytape to secure the roll.
- Fold the tassel in half to create a single tassel.
- Twist the tassel at the top to create a hole in the top.
- Thread the twine through this hole to attach the tassel to the twine.
- Repeat the steps with the other sheets of tissue paper.
- Arrange the tassels on the twine, using tape to secure.
These are perfect for hanging over the bed or on an inspiration wall, although mine were relegated to the office when my boyfriend saw them and thought I was turning into Zooey Deschanel and was going to start singing my feelings and stuff.
Make sure you grab your copy of Cosmopolitan magazine (if you happen to be in Australia) to check out my other projects in the DIY spread.
Have fun!
Oooooooooh, nice DIY idea! Might do this for my cousin’s birthday!
xoxo
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Soooo gorgeous and soooo easy!
I just did my first DIY post! I’m pretty darn excited, check it out…
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Great DIY! how fun!
xo, Tina
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I’m so doing this…it is too cute for words!!
Haha maybe if you used more masculine colours? I love these. I bought Cosmo today just to check out your DIY. I forgot how much crap they have in there about orgasms!
Or all the BJ tips, when you read them to boys they go white and start shielding their genitalia.
I wonder how you can clean these? Do you just have to trow them away when they get dusty?
What a great DIY! Def going to have to try this– thanks for sharing!
Happy Wednesday
xx, ashlyn
cool!
thanx for sharring!
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Nice and easy!
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Love these! x
They’re great – maybe a bit girly for the boyfriends though!
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The brings me back to ye ol cheerleading days where we had to make our own pom poms! I dreaded them cause I was such a perfectionist, I had to have every piece the perfect size!
I think I may start on this project for the Easter holidays. It would look so cute above my bed!
Thanks for the tutorial!
♡ M.May
cute idea!
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love! thanks for sharing! xo
great DIY! I totally want to make one!
great idea, so simple and pretty
I love these! You’re so artistic and crafty. I feel like this project can be grown-up for an adult’s room, or playful enough for a kid’s room.
xoxo,
mon amy
I’ve been looking for a DIY tutorial like this for ages! thank you for sharing it!
xx
Donyel
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I have to try your DIY, is so funny!!
xoxo from München
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An interesting idea! Thanks for the workshop.
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Cute, really want to do this when I redecorate my room. New Girl is soooo funny, right? ♥-Axelle
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COOL!!
:))
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Beautiful! And Haha to the Zooey Deschanel part! Sometimes I don’t know if her cutesy spirit is a benefit or detriment to the DIY spirit. I just want people to see that DIY can be more than cupcakes embroidered on dish towels!
wow, this is cool. and i will give it a try :)) i dream about a tassel garland for a long time 🙂 thank you for sharing this!
hugs from germany, svenja
easy enough and totally adds some oomph to a room! 🙂
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really lovely!
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xx
Too cute! xxx
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love this idea.. so colourful and creative
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happy to find your blog!!!
lol at the Zooey comment. I’ve strung mine above a window and I love watching them in the breeze.
Looks soo cute. Great idea!!
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lovely idea!!!!
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very cute, seen my latest DIY?
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so simple and beautiful!
great idea for a bachelorette party decor
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Very cute. Will have to give this a whirl!
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Love this!
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Great DIY!!!!
xoxo
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Really cute idea! Great photos!
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beautiful!!
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What a great idea! I’m all ready to throw a party! xoxo
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Wow, it looks so cute!
Love, B.
it’s so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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love it! would be perfect for the parties
xx
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i created some of these for my sister’s 21st – they were a complete hit!
I love your colour scheme 🙂
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“my boyfriend saw them and thought I was turning into Zooey Deschanel and was going to start singing my feelings and stuff” hahaha!
Man I wish I saw this first before making my own garland. The strips ended up crushed and just blech. I ended up not using them.
i love this!! thanks so much for this diy, ive been coveting these but they run up to like $130 and now i know how to make my own!
youre a huge DIY inspiration for me, thanks so much.
Maggie ( wardrobewatcher.blogspot.com )
I love DIY, garland, obviously I will make it to decorate my room! Thank you.
Greetings!
Great article, very informative. I didn’t know this information before, so this was very curious to read. Thanks!
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Oh, I’ve been wanting to do something like this for ages! Great DIY!
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