Hello lovely Wishing For Chanel readers, I’m Erin your first guest blogger of the week. I’m usually found making jewellery for my shop Sawyer & Scout, writing for my DIY/craft & lifestyle blog e-elise etc or running Blogger’s Bookshelf alongside Ria!
When Ria kindly asked me to write a guest post for today I accepted the offer straight away but spent a little while deciding what I should actually post about. In the end I finally settled on my favourite type of post to create – a DIY tutorial. As a nod to Blogger’s Bookshelf, aka the project that resulted in Ria and I becoming friends (!), I’ve included a book element too. I hope you like it!
To make the garland you will need – old book pages (or any other paper you like), string, a large needle, a glue stick & scissors/guillotine
1. The first step is to cut up your pages into strips – I used a guillotine to do this as its easier however if you don’t have one scissors work just as well!
2. Cut a length of string a little longer than you want the finished garland to be and thread onto your needle
3. Take a strip of paper and fold in half to find the centre point, pierce with your needle and thread through the string leaving a tail at the end to tie a hanging loop later on
4. To create the heart shape you will need to put a little glue on the ends of the paper – make sure its on the outside edge as you’ll be folding the paper inwards
5. Fold one end of the paper into the centre and press your string onto the sticky side
6. Bring the other end of the paper in to meet the first end and stick together, sandwiching the string between the two ends of paper
7. Repeat these steps until you have filled your string with hearts and finally tie a loop at either end so its ready for hanging
& that’s all there is to it!
If you would like to see more DIY tutorials ranging from home & gifts, to fashion & jewellery you can browse the archives over at e-elise etc or subscribe via Bloglovin’ to keep up to date with future posts.
Thank you Ria for inviting me to post!
Blog – e-elise etc | Twitter – @sawyerandscout | Shop – Sawyer & Scout