DIY Petal Curtain

MY GORGEOUS DIY PETAL GARLANDS!!!

Any color, any decoration, any length, any number...make your wedding as individual as you are!



Here's an idea I'm crazy in love with and just started creating for my wedding reception.  There are multiple instructions and hints for a DIY petal curtain but for me by far the most effective and easy is to use one strand of petals per foot of curtain/wall that you're decorating. The curtain in the my reception room is a bit dull as you can see below...

When the curtains are shut they're very boring and very green! As our top tables going in front of the curtain I'm making between 25 and 30 garlands to hang from the curtain to spice it up a bit:
I used fishing line and using a normal needle just threaded silk petals, artificial leaves, pearl beads and clear sparkly beads on. Normally as the line is so thin I'd thread each petal to the place you want it and put a double stitch in the point of each petal so they don't slide down the line when hung up. Disperse the petals and beads according to eye, it looks best when it looks like the petals are naturally falling. I sourced all my beads and petals from ebay for very very little and fishing line from a local fishing tackle shop for 99p.

To attach each garland to the curtain I used hair clips (again from ebay) ensuring that I used a large pearl bead at the end of each garland with several strong knots of fishing line round to slide the length of the hair slide and form an anchor to stop the line slipping off. Simply clip each hair clip onto the curtain tops. Use black or brown clips on a dark curtain and white or nude on a pale curtain. For walls I recommend forming loops at the end of each line, again utilizing a large beads and using removable hooks.

The fishing line makes them look like they're floating...They'll catch the glimmer of the candle-light, are romantic and if you get scented ones bring the outside in! x






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