DIY Wedding Pom Pom Vines
I have a soft spot in my heart for colorful paper and hanging decorations, which means of my favorite things in the world is garlands. For months I’ve been trying to come up with an excuse for a party just so I can make tons of them. This project is a simple twist on a pom pom garland by stringing them vertically with paper leaves so they become vines. You can hang them in trees or tie them to a strand across a ceiling to fill up a room. Customize your own by using different colored tissue paper, cutting different leaves and flower types, or even cutting paper birds and tying them into the strands. Click “more” below to see the rest of the project…
-Anna of Rifle Design
Supplies
1. cutting mat, 2. twine, 3. craft paper, 4. assorted tissue paper, 5. scissors, 6. floral wire
Directions
To create the tissue paper pom poms:
Accordion fold 7 sheets of tissue paper together with 7 folds, each about 1 inch wide. Find the center of the stack and wrap floral wire around the center to create a divide. Fan out each side of the tissue paper and carefully pull out each layer of paper until you have a ball.
To create the leaves:
Cut craft paper into a silhouette of a figure 8 and make a fold in the center where the leaves meet. Using a craft knife or scissors make a small “x” incision into the center of the crease to create a hole to pull the twine through. Next, fold a crease through both leaves to give your shape some character.
Attach the pom pom to the strand by using the extra wire from the center. Slide the twine through the center hole and tie a small knot underneath the leaves when you have it in place so that the paper won’t slide around on the strand.
Use as many pom poms, leaves, colors, and styles as you like to create the look you’re going for!
Time: about 20 min. per vine
Project created by Anna Bond of Rifle Design
Loddelina writes
beautiful,
thank you for the tutorial!
Ashley writes
Lovely! I’d like to make them for everyday life, not just my wedding!
Angie writes
What a great DIY project. These are so pretty.
kaytee writes
what a fantastic idea!!
bornay writes
I loooove it!! I’m going to try to do this fantastic paper flowers…thanks!:)))
TH writes
So pretty! Thank you!
maria @ {ritzy bee} writes
So fun! You ladies are so amazing!
Eliza writes
A-dorable! I especially love the leaves.
Mo writes
So pretty! I want to make some now!
Erica writes
I love it! :)
The Perfect Palette writes
crafty!
kristi writes
so clever and so lovely!
ashleigh writes
I just made a ton of these pom pom’s for my wedding this weekend! Wish I would have seen this idea earlier, love the vine idea! Thanks for all the great DYI projects.
peachey writes
uncomplicated beauty. love these!
emily @ the daily smudge writes
another gorgeous paper treat… thankyou ever so… hope you don’t mind I posted it on my blog too. ;-)
Theresa writes
Totally cute! I’m happy to see you’re back and putting up some super cute stuff! :)
charise writes
oh man! i have always liked the idea of the tissue poms but didn’t think they’d really work for my rustic wedding. seeing the leafy vine version almost makes me decide to make them for our wedding … which is in 3 weeks. hmm, can i handle another DIY project?
Wedding Chicks writes
sooo fun and pretty! great idea!!
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I was wondering if anyone could direct me to a place that sells different coloured tissue online? Impossible to find where I live! Thanks in advance.
jesse writes
wow. love this.
gigi aka the kid writes
glorious. i think i will make a bunch and just turn my apartment into a giant pom-pom ballpit. and then neatly tidy them away into the closet when the mister comes home. but the second he leaves, whooowheee. roll out the pom-poms!!!
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Nancy Ward writes
Hi!
Today Iposted an entry on my blog with a link to this tutorial.
I’d appreciate your letting me know if that was OK.
Thanks,
Nancy Ward
http://paperfriendly.blogspot.com
Fabio writes
I like very nive and I love using it in the outside mixing real and fake nature :)
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I saw these on Martha Stewarts website
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how about a variation of this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/gallery/2008/sep/16/venice.architecture.biennale?picture=337623742
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vera lucia writes
adorei!! Visite-me!
Ione writes
Muito lindo!!!
Obrigada pelo tutorial.
Ione – Brasil
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Patti Wallington writes
What a wonderful idea for an outdoor wedding. You can do so much with this little idea. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Lisa writes
love this project! so fun and not just for weddings ;)