How to Make an Artificial Flower Garland

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Who is ready for SPRING? ✋

Seeing all the beautiful flowers start to make their first appearance makes me so happy.  Although fall is my favorite season, spring gives it a run for it’s money.

Today, several bloggers have gathered together to share their spring projects with you~

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Deborah | Salvage Sister and Mister

Michelle | Our Crafty Mom

Leanna | Of Faeries and Fauna

Katrin | Kreativ K

Sam | Raggedy Bits

Janine | Happy Happy Nester

 

If you come around these parts often, you know part of salvaging means thrifting and using what I got. 

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I had some thrifted artificial flowers, along with some flowers that were leftover from a wedding, that needed a new purpose in life…… other than staying in a box in my craft room. Since I am a sucker for garland, I decided to make up this…..

THRIFTED DIY ARTIFICIAL FLOWER GARLAND

Here’s what I used:

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• Floral Wire
• Jute String
• Hot Glue 
• Flowers
• Scissors (that can cut through wire)

Here’s what I did:

1. I used a pair of scissors to measure a distance of length of floral wire for the beginning of  my garland – before flowers are added.  This is the ends so you can tie the garland up.
2. Flowers on a stem were pulled off.  Most artificial stems are easy to remove the flowers.  They generally just pull right off. If yours don’t, you can use wire cutters to remove them.
3. Build your pattern of flowers before you start.  Since I had more white flowers than any other, I used a white one every other flower. 
4.  Using the nub of the flower stem, wrap it around the floral wire – using glue to secure if needed. 
5. The scissors were again used to measure the distance between flowers.
6. Wrap around the flowers as you did in Step 4 , and repeat until all the flowers are used up.
7. Once I got to the end, I used the scissors to measure the last part of the garland end (as I did in Step 1) and then cut the wire to end it. 
8. I added some additional flowers to the back of ones that needed more fullness.  To do this, I cut some small pieces of wire and wrapped around the flower to the back of the original flower.  Again, glue as needed.
9. Next, I added jute string to cover the wire.  This step is optional, but I liked the finished look.
10. The best way to do this, for me, was to attach the end of the string to something tall so the string could be wrapped around in one continuous motion.  I attached mine to the top of our magnetic chalkboard.  To start it, you need to wrap the floral string around the jute string, glue if needed. 
11. If there were any stems that needed to be covered with the jute string, I wrapped string and glued that section.
12. Once I got to the end, I wrapped the end string piece, around the jute, just like at the beginning.
13. Finally, I glued on any leaves between the flowers or by the flowers, as I liked.

This artificial flower garland is great to use for parties or in your home decor.

Tip – You could easily turn this into a wreath by wrapping it around one of these.

Thanks so much for stopping by and being part of the salvage community today!

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As mentioned, we are joining some other fantastic bloggers who are sharing their spring crafts, DIY projects, or vignettes with you today.

Be sure to check out their projects here ~