Friday, December 23, 2011

DIY: Tissue Paper Bows

Merry Christmas yall! I hope you are all having a peaceful, relaxing, extraordinary Christmas this year!  A part of me is kinda ready for it to be over. I know there are only two days until Christmas and you probably already have your presents wrapped but my friend, Allison R. asked me how I wrap my presents like this so I figured I would share t in a blog post. So here ya go....How to make a  super inexpensive, easy, and beautiful ...

 What you need: 2 pieces of tissue paper, scissors, and ribbon. The type of ribbon doesn't really matter!
 Cut the two pieces in to thirds
 Stack all 6 pieces of tissue paper.
 Start folding the tissue paper like an accordion with 1" folds. It doesn't have ti be perfect!
All folded!
 Round off the ends
 Fold it in half and cut the folded side into a V
 It should look like this when its not folded in half.
 Tie it on top of your package
 Gently pull apart the each piece of tissue paper from the stack.
 This is what it should look like when one side of the stack has been separated.
Ta-da! This is what a finished bow should look like! You kinda cant mess it up. If you accidentally rip it, you can trim it off and no one will ever notice. Good luck!!!

4 Comments. Add Yours!:

Natalie said...

OooO! So going to give this a try when I finish wrapping gifts later this afternoon =) Have a Merry Christmas Maddie!

Laura said...

AWESOME job!!! Please now invent something that will keep the shape while I need to mail them 1,000 mi back home over the next 3 Christmases at least!!

Jessica said...

LOVE! so trying this for wedding gifts and bday presents this year!

The Dumpy Duchess said...

great tutorial! these bows are gorgeous! And how did i miss your camera strap giveaway!? :o( !!! I want one! I've got one of those super big cameras and the strap is so boring!