Tassel Garlands

Over the weekend I throw a bridal shower for my super amazing friend. The bride has been busy making and buying lots of beautiful decorations for her big day and really wanted to have tassel garlands on display. Tassel garlands can be quite expensive to buy so as part of the bridal shower we decided to help her out by making some to be hung on the wedding day. Tassel garlands were made popular thanks to Confetti System and their beautiful designs.

Making garlands at the bridal shower.

They are festive, fun and super easy to make. If you want to purchase some ready-made I recommend Confetti System as they really do an amazing job but for those on a budget or prefer to do things the DIY way, here’s how it’s done.

Supplies -

· various colours of tissue paper (including metallic paper if you like)

· scissors

· glue gun or sticky tape

· cord

Open up your first pack of tissue paper and unfold the sheet. Now, fold the single sheet in half width-wise, and then fold it over twice length-wise.

Take you’re scissors and cut strips of fringe to your desired width along the unfolded short edge of your folded tissue paper. (Try to make them quite thin) You could use a ruler to make sure they are all even and straight if you like. Make sure you leave about 2″ of uncut tissue at the folded edge.

Unfold your two length-wise folds and cut the tissue in the centre, creating two folded halves.

Open your remaining half and lay it out. You should have a sheet of tissue with fringe on either side and a solid section down the centre.

Roll the tissue paper up from the solid centre section, being careful to keep the fringe untangled.

After the entire section is rolled, twist the centre tightly. Then curl it in on itself to create a loop, and secure with a small dot of hot glue or sticky tape.

Trim your ends if desired, and string your tassel onto your cord. Repeat the process until you have as many tassels as you like.

Here are a few examples of how great your garland will look.