Day 2 of May Arts / Tattered Angels Blog Week!
Blooming Twinkle Garland
Tattered Angels + May Arts Ribbon = gorgeous, shimmery blooms! For this week’s blog swap, I decided to make a twinkle garland with lots of sparkle and shine using handmade ribbon flowers blinged up with Tattered Angels products. Here’s what you need to create your own:
May Arts Taffeta/Iridescent/Wired Ribbon in Ivory {D09}
Partridge in a Pear Tree {Limited Edition Glimmer Mist}
Blizzard {Glimmer Glam}and a paintbrush
Set of Twinkle Lights
Instructions:
I made 2 sizes of ribbon flowers. You will need 1 yard of ribbon for each large bloom and 18” of ribbon for each small bloom. I made 12 of each size. Tie a knot in the end of each ribbon and then pull one of the wires on the other end to gather the ribbon tightly. Tie the wire into a knot and leave a 3” tail of wire as shown.
Wrap the gathered ribbon around a pencil to form a flower. Using a pencil will create a center hole for inserting the blooms onto the garland light bulbs. Wrap the wire tail around the knot in back of the ribbon to secure it together.
Saturate the large blooms with blue glimmer mist, and then add a light spritz of the Partridge in a Pear Tree mist. For the small blooms, do the opposite. Add some green Wicked Glimmer Glaze to the center of each bloom. Use a paint brush to pick up glitter from the bottom of the Blizzard Glimmer Glam bottle and brush it all over each bloom. Shake the bottles of glimmer and glaze frequently to get the best shimmer. The Glimmer Glam should not be shaken at all, so that the glitter stays on the bottom and is easier to load up on the paint brush. Set the blooms aside to dry.
Carefully insert one of the light bulbs through the center of each bloom. Try to keep the bulb from touching the ribbon and never leave the garland plugged in while unattended.
When you’ve added all the blooms it’s time to hang up your sparkly twinkle garland! I draped mine across the top of my ribbon cabinet, using a bit of masking tape to secure the center bloom. The garland would look beautiful on a mantel or surrounding a window frame. Use it at a wedding reception for the dessert table, or as décor for a bridal shower or other party. Glimmer Mist is available in a wide variety of colors, so it would be easy to customize the flowers for any color palette or occasion. Many thanks to May Arts and Tattered Angels for sponsoring this tutorial! If you would like to download or print the instructions for this project, please visit my blog Serendipity Vintage Studio for a link. Happy glimmering everyone!
Blog post by: Kimberly Jones
How pretty! I love those ribbon flowers. Great idea to use with the lights. Very festive!
DeniseB
beautiful, these look like my ribbon roses – love the idea and all that pretty colorful glitter on the flowers – thanks for sharing
These turned out great, I love the idea of decorating something special with it.
such a cute idea!
Stunning idea!
Pretty, pretty!
very pretty
and unusual!
visiting from OWH!! thanks for sending them some candy for us cardmakers!
lovely garland!! (though I’d be afraid of melting and fire.
Susan
WOW! I totally want to make one of these now! Awesome!
Beautiful. Thanks for the info on making the flowers.
OMG…what a great idea! Thanks for sharing it!
You all deliver so many “outside of the box” projects! I just love it! Who knew? So inspired!
Gorgeous! Such beautiful ribbon, and combined with the Glimmer mist…absolutely stunning…Inspiring
this is just so cute. what a great idea for any time of year. the rainbow’s the limit!
WWWOOOWWW!!!! I like…These are fabulous!!!
Thanks for the tutorial, I’m sooo making these
How cute is that???? Wonderful idea for decorating the house for the holidays!
This is so cool, I can see a version of that up for Christmas. Thanks for the inspiration.
WOW! These are stunning! I wonder if I could actually make these???
I will never look at a plain piece of ribbon again and think, just a ribbon. You have changed my thinking. Amazing what you girls get up to.
Sorry, gotta rush to try out your ideas…….
I have been browsing your site since finding the link to it on the Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps blog. I am now following by e-mail. You can imagine my excitement at finding that a certain ribbon (a string of puffy reindeer) was available at May Arts which I had all but given up ever locating. Last year, I was given a length of it by a friend and have used it sparingly because I wasn’t sure it could ever be replaced. I’m thrilled to have now found a source for it as well as many other wonderful products.
Very cool..
I would love to try this. I really like fast projects like this.
That’s so pretty! Thanks for the tutorial for making the flowers
What a great idea! just beautiful!
Ohhh, love your lighted flower garland! Hmmmm, the possibilities are endless.
R/
wow kim!! these are amazing! just beautiful!
Wow, this seriously looks like a lot of work, but fabulous results.
Really nice!
That is just too awesome! TFS!
An amazing idea that you designed and created beyond perfect! Can’t wait to make this myself.
What a amazing idea…..I love this….you could make one for each occasion…..and for the 4th of July…..so clever…thank you for sharing …
Pretty light set! Great job!
Beautiful flowers made with May Arts ribbon. Truly beautiful.
Woohoo! I have got to get this ribbon and give this a try! I love it!
I LOVE IT!! I WANT SOME……..
WHAT A GREAT IDEA AND SO NICE FOR DISPLAY TOO.
THANKS FOR SHARING!
So pretty. Love it!
This is awesome!!
Kim, you are a ribbon rockstar!! WOW!!
So very pretty! I love the twinkling flowers.
Love this sparkling idea!
I LOVE this idea…Im thiking ..In my Kitchen, In my step daughters room on my xmas tree! So many possibilities!
I love twinkly lights that aren’t specifically for Christmas. Beautiful!
That is a really beautiful garland!!!
This is so cool! I have seen rosettes made like this but not a lighted garland, love it and bookmarking it!
genius! thank you for sharing this wonderful idea!
WOW! I will be using this idea for sure!
Simply stunning!!
Very pretty garland!