SVG Wedding — January 15, 2019

Cascading Paper Flower Garland + Tutorial

SVG Wedding — January 15, 2019

Cascading Paper Flower Garland + Tutorial

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April showers bring May flowers. Or this gorgeous cascading paper flower garland! I can see this garland as a backdrop for a wedding ceremony, or as a backdrop for the photo booth at the reception. It would also be perfect for a spring party or event. Or to decorate a room. Or to liven up a dreary classroom. The possibilities are endless really! I will be incorporating this cascading paper flower garland into the decor of my new home. This garland template is printed onto text weight (not card stock) cream, yellow, and pale green papers with a metallic sheen that I purchased at PaperPapers. The PDF is three pages, one for each color of paper. I purchased my branch from a floral wholesale house, but you may be able to find one at your local florist on perhaps one that fallen from a tree. I would also check out your local craft store just in case. Just follow the tutorial below to create this beautiful spring decoration. Cheers! ~ Lia

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120 Comments

Vamika January 13, 2022 at 1:34am

Love this flowering fall decorating stuff, will love to make this. Thanks for sharing this one

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yamini December 10, 2021 at 11:38pm

This is amazing , love to share with others. Thanks for sharing this

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Kayleigh January 15, 2019 at 5:28am

Hello Lia,

I am a member that does not live in the united states. Unfortunately letter weight paper is not something that is known to me. I already asked at the local hobby shop ands searched on google but nobody is able tot tell me what kind of paper I need to have. They do not know what’s meant with letter weight paper here. Can you tell me what I need? What can I compare it with? And is it about te size or the thickness?

I would realy love to make this desing as a backdrop for a photobooth at my wedding!

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1. Lia January 15, 2019 at 8:09am
  
  @Kayleigh
  
  Hi Kayleigh! We call it text weight paper here– if you follow the links in the post to the papers we used from paperpapers.com, you’ll see the paper weight in lb. as well as gsm, which may help when you’re describing what you need. Iit’s lighter paper similar to a good quality copy paper, but not thick like card. I hope that helps!
  
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Jennifer February 8, 2018 at 6:37pm

I would love to have this pattern as an SVG cut file. Is it available somewhere on your website?

P.S. Love your website and everything you do! Thank you.

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1. Lia February 12, 2018 at 10:51am
  
  @Jennifer
  
  Yes! We made it into a tropical lei 🙂 https://liagriffith.com/paper-flower-lei/ Thank you so much, happy to have you here!!
  
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Amanda July 6, 2017 at 10:57am

Hi there, do I have to purchase a membership to obtain the pdf files?

Thanks!

Amanda

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1. Lia July 6, 2017 at 12:57pm
  
  @Amanda
  
  Hi Amanda, yes our downloads, patterns & printable are available for our members. You can sign up for a membership and cancel at any time! Go here to learn more: http://www.liagriffith.com/membership
  
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jess August 2, 2016 at 8:19am

what size string and needle did you use here?

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1. Lia August 2, 2016 at 9:29am
  
  @jess
  
  I used white baker’s twine, and I believe a size 2 embroidery needle!
  
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Emily January 8, 2016 at 12:28pm

If I subscribe, do you receive a separate link where you can download the pdf’s and cricut templates? Thank you!

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1. Lia January 8, 2016 at 4:22pm
  
  @Emily
  
  All of the links for the PDFs and cut files should be at the bottom of each respective post 🙂 Once you have a membership, you will be able to open those links
  
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  1. Sristi January 13, 2016 at 5:39pm
    
    @Lia
    
    Hi Lia! I just subscribed to your blog! Its really cool. In the above comment, you mentioned a membership- is that just subscribing, or is there a cost. Also, i am using this using an iPad, so how can i access those links? Thanks for your help.
    
    P.S. I will be using this for my room 🙂
    
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    1. Lia January 15, 2016 at 9:49am
      
      @Sristi
      
      Awesome! Thanks for your support! Subscribing is different from becoming a member. You can subscribe for all the free inspiration and tutorials that you want! Becoming a member will give you access to all of my downloads (except for the Freebies!) 🙂 You should be able to access the links using your iPad
      
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  2. Emily January 14, 2016 at 4:32am
    
    @Lia
    
    Thank you!
    
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Emilie November 4, 2015 at 2:54pm

Just curious- how long did this project take?

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1. Lia November 4, 2015 at 3:05pm
  
  @Emilie
  
  Thanks for your question Emilie! Certainly the most time-consuming part is cutting out the flowers. We used a Cricut so it didn’t take very long. Cutting it out by hand will take longer–it’s tough to be exact. Even if you are cutting by hand though, I’d say the end result is well worth it 🙂
  
  Good luck!
  -Lia
  
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  1. Emilie November 5, 2015 at 7:25am
    
    @Lia
    
    I’ll need to have this ready by January, so I think allowing two months for cutting should be okay. Especially if I enlist help from friends/coworkers. I was also thinking of adding a bit of glitter to the flowers on the tips of the petals. Any tips on the best way to do that? I was thinking about first forming them into the cone/glueing the tab and then dipping the very ends of the petals in glue and then in a pile of glitter…
    
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    1. Lia November 5, 2015 at 11:41am
      
      @Emilie
      
      Glitter would be such a cute addition! Liquid glue can get messy and tough to control, so I would recommend using a spray adhesive and then sprinkling glitter on top of that 🙂
      
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      1. Emilie November 12, 2015 at 6:36am
        
        @Lia
        
        Started cutting! So far so good. Do you have a link to a video of how to curl the petals? Thanks!
      2. Lia November 12, 2015 at 11:35am
        
        @Emilie
        
        That is great!! We do not have a video link specifically on curling the petals, but it is a similar technique to curling ribbon. Just use the edge of your scissors to make a curl on each end of the petal 🙂
Kimmi October 28, 2015 at 1:44pm

Hi! Thanks so much for sharing this! Quick question: how did you hang up the branch to your wall?

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1. Lia October 30, 2015 at 7:51am
  
  @Kimmi
  
  I looped a string of bakers twine around the branch on both ends and hung that to two nails on the wall.
  
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SRH October 20, 2015 at 11:38am

This sounds silly but where did you find this branch?

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1. Lia October 20, 2015 at 3:19pm
  
  @SRH
  
  We bought that at a flower shop that had some decorative branches. 😉
  
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Lia June 15, 2015 at 3:20pm

It is the same as text weight

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Unique May 14, 2015 at 5:58am

Very Beautiful

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1. Lia May 14, 2015 at 8:37am
  
  @Unique
  
  Thank you so much:-)
  
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melyinda March 31, 2015 at 1:25pm

Do you have a cut file for the Silhouette Cameo? I’d love it if you did!

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1. Lia April 1, 2015 at 12:39pm
  
  @melyinda
  
  no:( I cut it by hand, it was before I had a cutting machine.
  
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Andrea October 24, 2014 at 6:04am

Lia,

I’m strongly considering purchasing a Cricut Explore to create this awesome project for my wedding (and many more projects). How do I go about getting this template?

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1. Lia October 27, 2014 at 10:01am
  
  @Andrea
  
  Hi Andrea, I think you will love a Cricut Explorer. I made this paper flower before I had a Cricut so I didn’t make it in a SVG file. However you can convert the pdf into a jpeg and cut with Cricut. Cricut’s customer service department should be able to help you if you have any questions. Believe it or not, I actually do not work for Cricut:)
  
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Jaymie August 28, 2014 at 10:10am

Hi there! Im wanting to do a lot of the small flower on the first page. I would like to get as many of this printed on one page as possible. Is there anyway you would share a document of a page with just the small flower? I thought maybe 12 copies of that flower would fit on a page and that would save me from wasting a lot of paper. Just thought I would check 🙂

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1. anna October 14, 2014 at 1:09pm
  
  @Jaymie
  
  HI Jaymie, I am all for saving a few trees but I don’t have enough time in the day to get everything I want to do done:( Can you use the flowers on the 2nd page?
  
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Lani July 21, 2014 at 5:33pm

Question…what do you mean by ‘glue a tab’…I can tell on the instructional pictures what that means.. thanks

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1. Lia July 23, 2014 at 9:28am
  
  @Lani
  
  Each flower has a little tab on the open side that is not part of the petal formation. This is how you can shape your flowers into cones, by using the tab to glue to the other flat edge.
  
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Nick July 20, 2014 at 3:17pm

A scissor cutting tip:

When trying to cut the edges that face the opposite direction of your cutting hand (lefty/righty), hold them up to sunlight and cut from the back. It helps make the cutting edge is visible. You’ll know what I mean when you try it. For example, it will be more difficult cutting one side of a ‘flower petal’ when starting from an inner corner of a ‘flower’. Instead of rotating the blades and knackering up the paper, turn it around and cut from the back side, using the sunlight to illuminate the lines. However, you soon may realize you don’t have any sunlight because steps 2, 3 and 4 will occupy 40-60 man-hours in total, if you want it done right. Of course, it turned out well for us. Looks great!

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1. Lia July 21, 2014 at 8:31am
  
  @Nick
  
  Great idea Nick! I have spend many hours cutting by hand, including this garland. Now I use my cutting machine. 🙂
  
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kat June 10, 2014 at 7:35am

Hey I was wondering how you curled your flowers so well?

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1. Lia June 11, 2014 at 2:41pm
  
  @kat
  
  I use the edge of my scissors, sometimes closed. You can see it in my tutorial above.
  
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Katherine June 10, 2014 at 7:02am

How did you curl the paper?

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1. Lia June 11, 2014 at 2:42pm
  
  @Katherine
  
  Check out the tutorial above and it shows! 😉
  
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phyllis May 18, 2014 at 12:19pm

Hi Lia, I’m so sorry to bother you again, but how far apart did you space your flowers? How long is the longest length? The shortest length? How long is your branch? Thanks.

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1. Lia May 19, 2014 at 9:12am
  
  @phyllis
  
  The branch is about 7 feet wide. I spaced the strands about 4-5 inches apart and the flowers 2-3 inches. It is all guess. This is now a chandelier in my entryway. 😉
  
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Lauren May 11, 2014 at 6:32pm

Hi Lia! This is a beautiful craft project! I saw in one of the comments form last year that you were trying to get this as a template for the Cricut- were you able to? My friend has one and would be willing to help me with it but I wasn’t sure how to find out if it’s a template with Cricut. Also I personally am unfamiliar with how a circut works so forgive me if I don’t make sense with this question!

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1. Lia May 12, 2014 at 1:39pm
  
  @Lauren
  
  If you have the new Cricut Explore then I can get you the template to upload. If she has an older version it will not be available until July.
  
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zyraalfaraj April 9, 2014 at 1:28am

Hi Lia, I just wanna let you know that I am very happy, very lucky that I found your site. Everything here makes my wedding planning easy. Thank you very much for sharing this. You’ve make the lives of many brides easy and happier! God bless you! Thank you, thank you……

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1. Lia April 9, 2014 at 7:30am
  
  @zyraalfaraj
  
  I am so happy to hear! Please share photos of your wedding, I would love to hear.
  
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Jessica April 7, 2014 at 8:25pm

I am making this right now for a back drop for my wedding ceremony in less than 2 weeks! thank you for sharing, and boy is this a lot of cutting 🙂 I’m just confused about the green leaf trios. I don’t see them in your pictures? Am I just crazy, or did you not put them on your floral strings? I can see the individual folded leaves, but I don’t see the sets of three green leaves anywhere. I don’t know if I’m supposed to curl or fold them either. Please let me know what I am missing. Thank you so much!

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1. Lia April 8, 2014 at 12:18am
  
  @Jessica
  
  You are so right! I used these leaves in my original version but this one I didn’t and forgot to delete them. You can add them if you like. I wish you had a cutting machine. . . they go so much faster. 😉
  
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  1. Jessica April 8, 2014 at 7:38am
    
    @Lia
    
    Thanks, Lia. Did you leave them out for a reason (i.e. you didn’t like how it looked as much when you added them?). If you were going to add them in, would you curl them one way or another? I really don’t have an eye for this stuff — I just love this garland so much. And I’ve already cut out the leaf trios 🙂
    
    Thanks again!! If it ends up looking decent, I’ll definitely post a picture for you.
    
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    1. Lia April 8, 2014 at 9:48pm
      
      @Jessica
      
      I would LOVE to see your photos. I have to admit, it has been a year since I made it, so I can’t remember… I may have simply forgotten to add them in. If I had used them, I would have folded them in half down the middle like the other leaves and curled the edges just a bit. Add them between the flowers where you need these extra leaves to fill in the spaces and make it fuller.
      
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      1. Jessica April 29, 2014 at 7:49am
        
        @Lia
        
        Well, I did it! And it was the perfect ceremony backdrop. The only thing I would change is that I was away getting my hair done while my friends hung it for me, and I forgot to tell them to space the flower strands out a little wider. Oh well, it was still perfect. You can see the pictures here: https://plus.google.com/photos/100761725716492431027/albums/6004199352803764961?authkey=CMe99dajxO2V0gE Thank you SO much for this amazing tutorial!
      2. Lia April 29, 2014 at 5:42pm
        
        @Jessica
        
        Your wedding is just gorgeous! Love the orange! Thanks for sharing these photos with us.
  2. phyllis April 26, 2014 at 9:45pm
    
    @Lia
    
    Hi Lia,
    
    I too am cutting these out and it is taking a very long time. What do you mean by a cutting machine? And I love all your projects, by the way. I am so happy to have found your page. Thanks for sharing your creative ideas with the rest of us.
    
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    1. Lia April 28, 2014 at 1:48pm
      
      @phyllis
      
      I currently use a Cricut Explore (you can see the link on my right hand banner) and before that I used a Cameo Silhouette. LOVE the Explore and you will see more projects coming up using that machine. If you are a regular crafter or prepping for a wedding or big event, I think it is a good investment. 🙂
      
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      1. phyllis April 29, 2014 at 11:46pm
        
        @Lia
        
        Thanks for your reply and help. I called my local Michael’s to request a demo of the Cricut Explore. Can’t wait! Jessica and Amber – I love your pictures. Thanks for sharing them. Lia – you rock! 😀
      2. Lia April 30, 2014 at 2:09pm
        
        @phyllis
        
        Oh good! I hope they do a good job in showing you. There are lots of YouTube videos out there too.
Norma March 9, 2014 at 1:43pm

Wonderful! It’s very beautiful and you can use it in a lot of projects.
Thanks for the idea.
Ciao
Norma

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1. Lia March 11, 2014 at 8:49am
  
  @Norma
  
  I reused these for the paper chandelier in my entry way too. You can see that in my home tour. It is stunning!
  
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astier March 5, 2014 at 1:56am

Superbe site que je viens de découvrir, j’adore les oiseaux en papier et toutes ces superbes fleurs…..que d’imaginations et de goût….Félicitations, je reviendrais régulièrement vous faire une visite….Merci aussi pour tous ces tutos….

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1. Lia March 6, 2014 at 8:43pm
  
  @astier
  
  Thank you for visiting! I love to share my ideas.
  
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Александра February 26, 2014 at 2:14am

Добрый день! У вас очень красивые поделки. Очень понравились птички и цветы.

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1. Lia February 26, 2014 at 5:37pm
  
  @Александра
  
  Thank you! Happy you found them.
  
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weri September 19, 2013 at 2:41am

Thanks a lot! Merci beaucoup 😉

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1. Lia September 19, 2013 at 7:38am
  
  @weri
  
  You are so welcome!
  
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michelle May 10, 2013 at 9:25pm

Hi Lia,

I wondering if you could tell me the exact white and green color paper you used for this project. Also how many total sheets do I need?

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1. Lia May 10, 2013 at 10:36pm
  
  @michelle
  
  I used a metallic paper for all three of the colors. White gold and gold and serpentine. All of these you can order from paper-papers.com. If you open the PDF it lists how many sheets to print for each color. Show me photos when you are done. I would love to see it! 🙂
  
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giulia May 1, 2013 at 8:15am

WoW! This is my version, do you like? http://giulinelpaesedelriciclo.blogspot.it/2013/04/12-diy-project-april-egg-garland.html

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1. Lia May 2, 2013 at 7:37am
  
  @giulia
  
  That is a clever way to recycle egg cartons! Great job!
  
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Amber April 30, 2013 at 8:20pm

Hi Lia!
I used your idea on our stage at church for Easter/spring set!!! I multiplied your materials by 6 and got to cutting! I gathered a team to help me and we got it done in a week! It was a huge project! You would be so proud of me! ha
It turned out SO BEAUTIFUL!
http://s90.photobucket.com/user/amberharper04/media/New%20Life%20Spring%20Set%20design/V__BA56.jpg.html

There are about 7 photos on there so I hope you can see the others by clicking the arrows.
What do you think?!

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1. Lia May 2, 2013 at 7:42am
  
  @Amber
  
  Oh my! That looked gorgeous! I love how you brought the community together to create this project. Thanks for sharing. . . it really made me smile. 🙂
  
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Nena3110 April 9, 2013 at 11:09am

That is so amazing.
But, you need hour and hours of work to make this beautiful flower.
I admire your patience.

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1. Lia April 9, 2013 at 6:10pm
  
  @Nena3110
  
  Yes, the cutting does take the most time. I am working to set these up as Cricut templates which will cut back the time it takes immensely.
  
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Lynne April 9, 2013 at 9:48am

Lia, I just love your projects and website. I get so excited every time I get an email from you just waiting to see the cool project that you are sharing. Thank you so much for sharing!

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1. Lia April 9, 2013 at 6:09pm
  
  @Lynne
  
  Thanks for the sweet message Lynne! It totally makes my day.
  
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Anna April 9, 2013 at 1:40am

Hola Lia,
M’agrada molt aquest tutorial, encara que no entenc totes les paraules i em perdo una mica,miraré de posar-ho al traductor, tot i que de vegades em diu alguns disbarats incomprensibles, jejeje, on ho enganxes és un tronc oi? sembla natural, les flors son de color blanc i unes altres e color groc i les fulles verdes? Bé, un altre dia amb més temps miraré de “entendre-ho” amb més tranquil•litat, m’agradaria mirar de fer-ho , és molt bonic.
Moltes gràcies , que tinguis un bon dia,(aquí és mig matí), no sé quina hora és allà on tu vius.
Una abraçada

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1. Lia April 9, 2013 at 7:40am
  
  @Anna
  
  Hello Anna, there are three colors but you can choose what you like to use. I will try to help you figure it out through this Google translate. http://translate.google.com
  Hola Anna, hi ha tres colors, però vostè pot triar el que desitja utilitzar. Vaig a tractar d’ajudar a resoldre’l a través d’aquest translate Google. http://translate.google.com
  
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  1. Anna April 9, 2013 at 12:53pm
    
    @Lia
    
    Si, OK, moltes gràcies ja entenc, ets molt amable.
    Fins aviat !
    
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Sue April 9, 2013 at 12:54am

This is so beautiful! Thank you for the instructions.

Best wishes

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1. Lia April 9, 2013 at 7:42am
  
  @Sue
  
  Thanks Sue! Glad you like it.
  
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Kokopelli April 8, 2013 at 6:43am

The new flowers can be glued easier as you improved the tabs. Like it!

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1. Lia April 8, 2013 at 7:51am
  
  @Kokopelli
  
  Yes! That was one of the changes. 🙂
  
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  1. nicole February 27, 2014 at 6:18am
    
    @Lia
    
    Hi Lisa! This is gorgeous and I am going to attempt to make it for my little girls nursery however, I don’t fully understand the glue tab parts of the instructions. Would you mind elaborating on this for me? Thanks so much!!!
    
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    1. nicole February 27, 2014 at 8:25am
      
      @nicole
      
      Just kidding! I had to look at the templates to understand fully, whoops! 🙂 But where did you get your branch from? I love the curves in it!
      
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      1. Lia March 3, 2014 at 6:32pm
        
        @nicole
        
        Oh wonderful! This is so perfect for a child’s room! I got the branch from a floral shop who carries things like this, but I have found some good ones after wind storms on the side of the road too. 😉
    2. Lia March 3, 2014 at 6:31pm
      
      @nicole
      
      The pattern includes a little tab on the side of the flower where you will overlap and glue.
      
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